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30th October 2008
Dogs cut drugs supply to jailsThe introduction of sniffer dogs in the nation’s jails has led to a dramatic decline in the level of drugs being smuggled into prisoners.
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29th October 2008
We must distinguish between drug use and misuse.Society needs to make a distinction between drug use and drug misuse and should consider the legal supply of drugs. This call was made by veteran homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry in a speech at a conference on drugs last night.
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29th October 2008
HSE and GAA enlist 900 officers to combat alcohol and drug abuseThe Health Service Executive and GAA have enlisted 900 officers in clubs around the country to assist members who have a problem with alcohol and drugs.
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28th October 2008
Harney to outlaw popular party pill.THE Government is planning to ban the potentially lethal party pill Benzylpiperazine (BZP).
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28th October 2008
Harney has no plans to curb the sale of cannabis seedsCannabis seeds continue to be legally sold as ‘novelty items’ in so-called ‘head shops’ in Dublin city centre – but minister for health Mary Harney has no plans to introduce legislation to curb their sale.
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23rd October 2008
Dealers begin to flood city with crack cocaineIrish drug dealers have begun distributing crack cocaine throughout the Dublin Region.
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23rd October 2008
Gardai to join war on African cocaine traffickers.EU Justice ministers including Ireland’s Dermot Ahern are to declare war on west African cocaine traffickers.
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22nd October 2008
Cocaine. You think you know it all…This week a special Cocaine Awareness Campaign is being rolled out in Ballyfermot. The Campaign called ‘Cocaine. You think you know it all…’ has been put together by a number of local drug and youth projects and their participants with funding support from the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs through The National Drugs Strategy Team.
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22nd October 2008
Study finds one in 20 has taken cocaine.One in 20 Irish people and almost one in 10 young people have taken cocaine, a major all-Ireland study of the drug has found.
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22nd October 2008
Crack cocaine in the Dublin region: an evidence base for a crack cocaine strategy.A new HRB report published on Wednesday 22 October 2008 provides the evidence base for a proactive strategy to tackle crack cocaine use in Ireland.
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