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2nd January 2012
Record numbers of visits to drugs.ie in 2011The drugs.ie website recorded a record number of unique visits to the site in 2011.
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1st January 2012
War on illegal tobacco gangsMore people will die in 2012 from tobacco-related illness than alcohol or heroin, Fine Gael TD Derek Keating has warned.
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31st December 2011
Down the bottle, raise awarenessColin Regan never expected to be in this job. On February 21, 2010, his mind was only on football as he jogged out onto the pitch for the first run out of the year with Melvin Gaels, a day after firing 1-1 for the Leitrim senior footballers in a league game against Kilkenny.
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30th December 2011
Anti-smoking campaign launchedA teenager who lost her mother to lung cancer is fronting a new hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign.
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28th December 2011
No one else at risk after drug-related deaths at partyGardai in Cork investigating the deaths of two men from suspected drug overdoses at a Christmas party believe they have traced everyone who attended the party and that no one else is at risk.
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27th December 2011
Drugs blamed for party deathsA christmas party ended in tragedy when two men died after apparently taking a lethal drugs cocktail.
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25th December 2011
The European Drug Prevention PrizeThe European Drug Prevention Prize was launched for the first time in 2004.
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24th December 2011
Sr Consilio Fitzgerald: Christmas story offers hope of change for us allThe greatest threat facing our country is that any person, or family, should feel excluded and, in all of the difficulties confronting our country, be without hope.
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24th December 2011
Suicide warning over some anti-depressantsTHE Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has written to the Medical Council, requesting thatpatients are informed that certain anti-depressants can cause suicidal thoughts as a potential side effect.
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24th December 2011
Motivational Interviewing Training - Dublin and CorkMotivational Interviewing Training - Dublin and Cork