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27th April 2010
The Chinese laboratories where scientists are already at work on the new meow meow.In a filthy Shanghai laboratory, chemists make batches of mephedrone - and a new incarnation of the ‘plant food’ linked to the deaths of British teenagers. Never heard of the drugs Eric-1 and Eric-2? That’s the point.
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27th April 2010
Year-long wait for addicts to access methadone treatmentHeroin addicts in the north-east are waiting more than a year to get on a methadone programme, figures from the Health Service Executive have shown.
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27th April 2010
Pharmacists call for closure of head shops over health risksPharmacists want the Government to force the immediate closure of head shops because they pose a serious risk to public health.
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26th April 2010
Irish head shop controls behind European normsIrish authorities are lagging behind many other European countries in controlling the sale of legal highs in head shops at a time when more new products than ever are emerging, a European drug monitoring report has found.
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26th April 2010
Boy lost two stone while taking head shop drugsA 15 year old boy has lost two stone in recent months while taking drugs bought from head shops, a court has heard.
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22nd April 2010
Drugs strategy could use youths to buy alcohol.Underage youths could be sent into pubs, off-licences and shops to see if they can purchase alcohol, under draft proposals for a new drugs strategy.
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22nd April 2010
Irish binge drinking highest in EU.Ireland has the highest rate of binge drinkers in the EU, with nearly one in five reporting they drink five or more alcoholic beverages in a single sitting.
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21st April 2010
Warning regarding inflammation of the heart muscle through the ingestion of mephedrone.Professor Joe Barry has issued this warning regarding inflammation of the heart muscle, and lining of the heart, through the ingestion of mephedrone.
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19th April 2010
Staffing shortage at drugs group criticisedThere are no researchers currently employed on the National Advisory Committee on Drugs – a body set up to conduct research with a view to advising the Government on policy in the area.
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19th April 2010
Young Irish have one of highest rates of drunkenness.Almost half of all Irish 15-16-year-olds reported being drunk in the past 12 months and three-quarters had consumed alcohol, according to a major European study of drink and drug consumption by school students.
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