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17th December 2011
Donegal Alcohol Group Pleads with people to drink moderately this ChristmasDonegal’s leading alcohol advice body has pleaded with people to be responsible around booze this Christmas.
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17th December 2011
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - National Drugs StrategyDeputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Health the progress of the new national substance misuse strategy; when this document will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17th December 2011
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Drugs Task ForcesDeputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding to a drugs task force (details supplied); the amount that is spent on salaries and administration; the amount that is spent on projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17th December 2011
Budget cuts won’t affect drink-drive crackdown, warn gardaiGardai have promised a major crackdown on drink driving over Christmas despite having budgets slashed and numbers cut.
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16th December 2011
International: Dutch to ban hash sale to foreignersAMSTERDAM – The reputation of the Netherlands as the go-to country for a legal joint will begin to vanish like a puff of smoke next year as sales to foreigners of cannabis and hashish in coffee shops are banned.
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15th December 2011
Alcohol ‘killing one person every seven hours’Alcohol kills one person every seven hours, a public health expert has said.
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15th December 2011
Time called on alcohol abuseThe Joint Oireachtas Health Committee faces new challenges in its efforts against alcohol abuse.
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15th December 2011
Warning over ecstasy pills after three hospitalisedA health warning was issued yesterday after three people were hospitalised as a result of a bad batch of the party drug ecstasy.
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15th December 2011
From smoke to coke?Tobacco has long been recognised as the main ‘gateway drug’ and new research has suggested that smokers are more inclined to crave cocaine.
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14th December 2011
Health Committee to continue its examination of alcohol marketingThe Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children will conclude its examination of the effects of alcohol marketing on young people with a number of meetings this week.
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