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6th July 2010
Providing leadership to address our Alcohol Culture“Leadership is key to changing the way in which we consume alcohol in Ireland.”
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6th July 2010
Tender to Undertake Research into Problematic Drug Use in IrelandThe National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) wishes to commission research into methods and data sources which can be used to estimate the number of problem opiate and cocaine users and the prevalence of problematic opiate and cocaine use in Ireland.
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6th July 2010
Drugs drive to awarenessThe HSE is set to launch its national drugs awareness campaign “Legal or illegal highs - they’re anything but safe” tomorrow. The campaign aims to create awareness of the dangers and risks to physical and mental health posed by both legal and illegal highs available in Ireland.
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4th July 2010
Carey officially opens the newly refurbished Coolmine Therapeutic Community premisesPat Carey T.D., Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs officially opened the newly refurbished Coolmine Therapeutic Community premises at 19 Lord Edward Street.
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4th July 2010
Bill not enough to close down head shops, FG warnsA crackdown on head shops will not put them out of business fast enough, Fine Gael last night warned.
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4th July 2010
Head shops Bill will restrict move to sell online, says MinisterRobust, innovative and urgent legislation to ban the sale of psychoactive substances will also restrict a move by head shops to sell their products online, Minster for Justice Dermot Ahern has told the Dáil.
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2nd July 2010
Youth café toolkit: how to set up and run a youth café in Ireland.This toolkit is designed for anybody involved in a youth café – you might just be starting out on the road to setting one up, you might be in the early stages of working on one and have some things already happening, or you might be involved in a well-established youth café.
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2nd July 2010
Cuts in drugs research have ‘very damaging effect’Severe staff cutbacks at the state’s drugs research body have had a “very serious and damaging effect”, the Government’s top drug adviser has said.
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2nd July 2010
Ban on drink sponsors would damage sport, warns FAIIreland’s sporting performance would suffer if drinks sponsorship was banned, the FAI has claimed.
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2nd July 2010
‘I’m living my life now, where before I was just existingDarren Balfe said he didn’t have to act much to play a drug addict casually traumatising ordinary people by robbing them on the street.