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26th July 2010
Use of ‘highly addictive’ crystal meth confined to foreign nationals, say gardaí
Detectives are satisfied that the highly addictive drug crystal meth has not gained a foothold here but say abuse of the synthetic drug does exist, mostly within the Czech and Lithuanian community.
26th July 2010
website accused of promoting real addiction
Online site ‘I-Doser’ sells soundtracks which it claims can recreate the effects of drugs such as heroin.
22nd July 2010
Needle exchange vital step in containing spread of HIV
Medics are calling for addicts to be viewed not as criminals but as patients.
21st July 2010
Legal Highs Users Survey
A research team at Dublin Institute of Technology are undertaking a study of legal high use.
20th July 2010
Tranquillisers and alcohol blamed for majority of drug deaths
Prescription tranquillisers and alcohol are the two substances most implicated in drug deaths due to poisonings, new figures show.
20th July 2010
Drugs linked to 250 teen deaths over 10 years
Almost 250 teenagers have died in drug-related incidents over a 10-year period, including 18 children aged under 15.
20th July 2010
Alcohol-induced abuse of children is rife, says bishop
Figures for alcohol abuse “would imply that many children are being physically, emotionally and sexually abused across this country on a daily basis – and especially at weekends,” the Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, Donal McKeown, has said.
19th July 2010
Steep rise in number of cocaine drug deaths
One-in-10 of the drug-related deaths registered in Ireland over 10 years were due to cocaine, according to a new report.
19th July 2010
Gardaí seize 4.5 tonnes of ‘legal highs’
More than 4.5 tonnes of drugs worth tens of millions of euro were removed from head shops in a Garda operation following a Government ban on May 11.
19th July 2010
The Beyond Clinic, Dublin, launch a new programme to help people stop drinking alcohol.
A new approach to dealing with problem drinking habits has been launched. It offers immediate help to those for whom alcohol has become a problem.

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