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11th December 2010
Cocaine-linked heart attacks on the rise - cardiologistCocaine - once known as the caviar of street drugs - is causing an increasing number of sudden deaths and heart attacks in Ireland, a leading cardiologist warned yesterday.
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9th December 2010
The Funky Seomra is coming back to GalwayThe Funky Seomra, Ireland’s alcohol free nightclub, returns to Galway this Saturday night and will take place in the Commercial Boat Club in Woodquay from 8pm to 12.30am.
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9th December 2010
Drugs Network’s Blue Light DayA community group set up to tackle substance abuse related issues in the greater Mullingar area is to hold a promotional “Blue Light Day” in partnership with the emergency services on Wednesday of this week.
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9th December 2010
Drugs strategy ‘seriously undermined’Drugs groups have accused the Government of “seriously undermining” the National Drugs Strategy by slashing both the drugs and community development budgets.
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9th December 2010
Heading for a national crisis on methadone treatmentThe article that appeared in the November 26 edition of Irish Medical Times (see: www.imt.ie/news/2010/11/methadone-trained-gps-nearing-1000-mark.html) regarding the training of Level 1 and 2 GPs under the Methadone Protocol Scheme contained a number of important and misleading inaccuracies.
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8th December 2010
‘Not enough hangovers’ on TV soapsSoap operas including Coronation Street and EastEnders have been criticised for regularly showing characters drinking but rarely showing them hungover.
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7th December 2010
Services alert: Heroin drought in Dublin and across IrelandReports are reaching us from drug services of a heroin drought in Dublin and across Ireland.
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7th December 2010
Opiates ‘too addictive to be available over the counter’Psychiatrist says medication should be made prescription only after study reveals significant number of abusers.
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7th December 2010
Ireland paying heavy price for alcohol“We are all paying a high price for cheap alcohol,” the national charity for alcohol-related issues, Alcohol Action Ireland, has warned.
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6th December 2010
One in 10 teens says parents’ drinking damages their livesOne in 10 Irish teenagers says their parents’ drinking affects their own lives in a “hugely negative way” while a quarter of teenagers admit to binge drinking themselves, according to a survey to be published today.
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