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5th November 2009
Minister hits back at drug strategy criticism.A Northside drugs crisis centre that was launched last week has slammed the Government over the new National Drugs Strategy. However, Minister of State with the Responsibility for Drugs, John Curran, has hit back at the claim.
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5th November 2009
Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe launched.Today the EMCDDA launched its Annual report on the the state of the drugs problem in Europe. The report, available in 23 languages, provides the latest European data and commentary on the drug situation across the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, Turkey and Norway.
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5th November 2009
Latest drug trends across Europe. HRB compares Irish situation with European findings.European countries are faced with a new drug market which sells legal alternatives to illegal drugs, such as cannabis and stimulants according to the latest report on the state of the drugs problem published by the European Monitoring Committee on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).
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5th November 2009
The growing sophistication in marketing legal alternatives to illicit drugs, so called legal highs,Europe is faced with an increasingly complex and volatile synthetic drug market, says the EU drugs agency EMCDDA. Suppliers are now highly innovative in their production processes, product ranges and marketing and are demonstrating their ability to adapt quickly to controls.
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4th November 2009
Homeless inject bath salts to get legal high.A homeless charity has expressed serious concern after learning that increasing numbers of rough sleepers on the Southside are intravenously using a legally available substance to get high.
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4th November 2009
Nine-in-10 on methadone are chronically ill.Nearly nine-in-10 opiate users in methadone treatment have one or more chronic illnesses, in addition to opiate dependence, according to new Irish research.
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2nd November 2009
Drug takers at rave party told to get medical assistance.Gardai have expressed concern that more people who attended a rave party on Hallowe’en in Dublin may need medical help.
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2nd November 2009
Three remain in hospital after Dublin drugs party.Eight people were taken to hospital early this morning after taking drugs at a Halloween party in west Dublin.
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31st October 2009
Elton John charity to fund needle centres.Sixty five extra needle exchanges are to be set up in pharmacies around the State.
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30th October 2009
New drugs.ie video featuring Peter SheridanPeter Sheridan, writer, theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director, talks openly about his own experiences of living with, and recovering from, an alcohol problem.
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