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3rd December 2008
Guidance on standards for the establishment and operation of drug consumption rooms in the UKThis report provides essential guidance for local multi-agency partnerships that are contemplating establishing and operating a drug consumption room (DCR) in the UK.
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2nd December 2008
Head shop products face banMinister for Health Mary Harney is to consider banning stimulant drugs sold in so-called head shops, following her ban on magic mushrooms almost three years ago.
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1st December 2008
Garda alert over contaminated heroin as addicts hospitalisedHealth professionals urged to lookout for botulism after four suspected cases in drug users
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1st December 2008
Launch of free drug & alcohol counselling service.Crosscares’s Drug and Alcohol Programme have launched a free Drug & Alcohol Counselling service.
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27th November 2008
More help sought for users of hard drugs.An Urgent need for a needle exchange programme for hard drug users in Wexford was highlighted this week, following the inquest into the death of a young man who died from a heroin overdose, according to local drug counsellors.
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25th November 2008
Addiction units are key.About 95 per cent of people who get head and neck cancer tend to drink and smoke.
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25th November 2008
Scientists attack plan to upgrade cannabis in the UK.UK Government plans to overrule its own drug advisers and reclassify cannabis as a more dangerous substance are attacked by leading scientists and MPs in a letter to the Guardian today.
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24th November 2008
Cocaine use rising among children, report finds.A third generation of drug users is now emerging in Tallaght and there is a growing prevalence of cocaine use among children, a report to be published today found.
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24th November 2008
Investment In Drugs Programmes Should Be Maintained During DownturnTallaght Drugs Task Force launches Five-year Plan
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21st November 2008
Alcohol abuse unlikely to be tackled, group told.There is little reason to be optimistic that alcohol abuse will be tackled “at any stage in the near future”” because of the power of the drinks industry
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