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9th December 2011
FETAC Level 5 Drug & Alcohol AddictionFETAC Level 5 Drug and Alcohol Addiction Component Certificate
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9th December 2011
Cut-price alcoholGovernment undertakings to ban the sale of cut-price alcohol in supermarkets and off-licences have been in circulation for more than three years.
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8th December 2011
HSE Warning: Severe reaction to ecstasy ingestionWithin the past week three persons have attended the Emergency Department in Clonmel, County Tipperary, exhibiting severe symptoms (jaw clenching, teeth grinding, severe stomach cramps, and hallucinations) after reporting using ecstasy.
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8th December 2011
Drug projects left in shock at slash in rehabilitation funding“It seems to me politicians are either stupid or think there’s no drug problem out there — that in some way methadone has solved the heroin problem and we have no one to buy cocaine.”
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8th December 2011
Dealers sell ‘packs’ of crack and head shop drugsDrugs formerly available in head shops are being sold in party packs with crack for as little as €40, a conference has heard.
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7th December 2011
Cigarettes to increase from midnightCigarettes are going up by 25 cent.
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7th December 2011
New drug counselling serviceA new drug and alcohol counselling service, which is free, is now available in the parish of Balbriggan.
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6th December 2011
Half of psychiatric admissions have a drug problemHalf of those admitted to a major psychiatric unit have a substance misuse problem, new research suggests.
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6th December 2011
International experts to examine the influence of social and economic environments on substance useEMCDDA to host conference of the European Society for Prevention Research
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5th December 2011
Addicts drinking hand sanitiser to get alcohol fixAlcoholics are drinking hand sanitiser in order to get their alcohol fix, the head of the Merchant’s Quay service has said.