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26th May 2010
New drug & alcohol recovery group in Donegal Town
The Bill W Club, located above Simple Simons, just off the Diamond, aims to promote the personal development of those battling addictions and encourage social and practical life skills.
26th May 2010
Varadkar raises local concerns about proposed Coolmine methadone clinic in the Dail
Fine Gael TD for Dublin West raised local concerns about HSE proposals to locate a methadone clinic in the Coolmine Industrial Estate next door to a work shop for people with intellectual disabilities. Their parents are currently engaged in a campaign to have the clinic placed in an alternative location. The debate occurred on Wednesday night with Batt O’Keefe representing the government.
26th May 2010
US ends ‘war on drugs’
The United States has “ended its war on drugs” and is now moving its focus to prevention and treatment, the US drugs chief has told top Irish drug officials.
25th May 2010
Proactive ‘Legal Highs’ ban welcomed
There was a wide welcome last week from the medical community for the Government’s ban, with immediate effect, on “legal highs” in Ireland, after obtaining special dispensation from the European Commission (EC).
24th May 2010
Sharp rise in heroin use in midlands
There has been an alarming rise in the use of heroin throughout the midlands, including in rural areas.
19th May 2010
HSE to open one drink and drug detox bed for under-18s
The HSE is set to open one drug and alcohol detox bed for under-18-year-olds in the southern region.
17th May 2010
Ana Liffey publish harm reduction booklet on legal highs
At the North Inner City Drugs Task Force Seminar ‘Not For Human Consumption’ - Unregulated ‘Head Shop’ Substances and Their Risks on 6th May 2010; Tony Duffin Director of Ana Liffey Drug Project presented the newly developed booklet ‘Use Your Head – Harm Reduction Information – Legal Highs or Otherwise’.
17th May 2010
Drug treatment court in doubt after low take up.
The future of Ireland’s Drug Treatment Court is in doubt after new figures revealed that just four people a year successfully qualify from the programme.
17th May 2010
Badly cut cocaine will increase to meet lacke of legal highs.
The purity of cocaine on sale on the streets is set to decrease dramatically after the government ban on legal high products. Cocaine purity had increased in recent months as drug dealers attempted to lure people away from buying legal highs at head shops. But sources working in drug enforcement now expect the purity of cocaine to decrease.
17th May 2010
Eight year olds starting to use heroin
Children as young as eight years are starting to use drugs as experts warn of a dangerous trend of younger addicts showing signs of increasingly more violent behaviour.

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