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25th November 2011
House of the Oireachtas Written Answers - Sale of AlcoholDeputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health his plans to recommend the introduction of a minimum price order for the sale of alcohol in view of the below cost selling practice by some multinational supermarkets and the consequent impact of this practice on social order and public health.
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24th November 2011
Statistics show large rise in alcoholic liver diseaseResearch conducted by Dr Deirdre Mongan HRB and Prof Aiden McCormick, St. Vincents Hospital Dublin has shown a startling increase in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) between 1995 and 2009.
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24th November 2011
House of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Substance MisuseQuestions for the Minister for Health
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24th November 2011
Decriminalising drugs would make this trade much worseFor those of us who have covered the district and circuit courts over many years, the parade of young people appearing before judges for unlawful possession of drugs can be disconcerting and sometimes upsetting.
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24th November 2011
Number of young adults with alcoholic liver disease quadruplesThe number of young adults who have developed alcoholic liver disease has almost quadrupled in just 14 years, new research has found.
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24th November 2011
Shock rise in alcohol liver diseaseDeath rates from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in Ireland have seen a massive increase during the Celtic Tiger years, according to a new study.
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24th November 2011
House of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Drugs in PrisonsDeputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug-free units within the Irish Prison Service
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23rd November 2011
More men using drugs but rates for women falling, survey findsActive drug use is increasing among men but is falling among women, a survey has revealed.
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22nd November 2011
Children’s paracetamol dose under reviewThe amount of paracetamol that should be given to children is being reviewed by the state’s drug policing body following a decision to cut it in half in Britain.
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22nd November 2011
Irish cocaine use ‘may have peaked’Cocaine use may have peaked in Ireland, latest figures suggest.