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5th November 2010
Gardai probe missing drugs task force funds
Gardai are investigating the potential misappropriation of almost €140,000 in state funds by a member of a drugs task force.
5th November 2010
Youth died after vodka drinking game
A UCC Student died of alcoholic poisoning following a drinking game that led to a lethal vodka binge in Cork.
4th November 2010
California rejects proposal to legalise marijuana for recreational use
Californians have rejected a proposal that would have made it the first state to legalise marijuana for recreational use.
3rd November 2010
Politicians ‘must end public link with drink’
With a major study suggesting that alcohol is causing more harm to society than heroin or crack cocaine, a leading addiction counsellor has called on politicians to end their public relationship with drink.
3rd November 2010
Prop 19 to legalise marijuana defeated in California
The movement to legalise marijuana suffered a blow as a ballot proposition that would have allowed the growth, use and taxation of the drug in California was rejected by voters.
3rd November 2010
It’s time someone took a stand for the freedom to think and drink
In economic good times, all the different good causes lobby for their share of the bounty.
3rd November 2010
Opiate substitution for drug misusers cuts mortality
Giving opiate substitution treatment to help people with their drug addiction can lead to a 85 per cent plus chance of reducing mortality, according to bmj.com.
2nd November 2010
Alcohol more dangerous than cocaine or heroin
A new study found alcohol was the most dangerous of 20 legal and illegal drugs when the two criteria of harm to the user and harm to others were combined.
2nd November 2010
Drugs surge leads to rural resettlement call
A Kerry TD has called for tighter scrutiny of applicants for rural resettlement because of a growing drugs problem countrywide.
31st October 2010
‘Snow’ left at doors to entice a new breed of addicts
Free samples of a dangerous ecstasy-like drug known as “snow blow” are being left at people’s front doors as banned head shops go underground due to a crackdown on their business.

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