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8th November 2011
Conference: Neuroscience and Evidence Based Practices for Addiction RecoveryToranfield House and Southworth & Associates is hosting Ireland’s first International Conference and Exhibition on behavioural health including addiction disorders.
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8th November 2011
Market for illegal prescription pills growing rapidlyAlmost one million prescription pills being illegally imported for sale on the black market were seized by customs and gardaí in the first half of this year, figures reveal.
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8th November 2011
National Drug Conference 2011 Videos OnlineThe first batch of videos from the recent National Drug Conference 2011 are now available online in our multimedia section.
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8th November 2011
Taoiseach prepares to tackle problem of cheap alcoholThe Government is preparing to tackle the widespread availability of cheap alcohol, with the Taoiseach admitting he had personally heard stories of young people hospitalised due to the problem.
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8th November 2011
Heroin is a terrible curse of CorkCork Prison should introduce facilities to assist prisoners dealing with heroin addiction, Cork’s senior Circuit Court judge said yesterday, adding that heroin had become one of the terrible curses in the city.
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8th November 2011
Views sought on voluntary code for sale and display of alcoholWhat do you think of the effectiveness of the voluntary code for the sale and display of alcohol products?
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7th November 2011
Teens run up €1k drug debt for tranquilliserYoung people are increasingly becoming addicted to tranquillisers such as Valium and Xanax — known on the street as “sweets” and “smarties” — and are running up massive debts to buy them.
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7th November 2011
GPs need awareness about benzodiazepinesGPs generally tend to view benzodiazepines as relatively innocuous and can be unaware of their high level of abuse and street use, the founding Professor of General Practice at University College Cork has warned.
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4th November 2011
Call for action on availability of cheap drinkDrugs Minister Róisín Shortall has said the suicide of a young man after a drink-fuelled night out highlighted the need to address the problem of cheap alcohol.
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4th November 2011
Minister considers Portuguese drugs strategyDecriminalisation of drug use in Portugal has not made the country a “paradise” for users or resulted in more children taking drugs, according to the country’s drugs chief.
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