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29th May 2018
HRB publishes latest drug treatment figures for Ireland 2010 to 2016Numbers treated for cocaine use rises for third year in a row. Opiates are still the main problem drug reported. Benzodiazepines increase both as the main and as an additional problem drug.
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29th May 2018
Third of A&E attendances on Saturday nights are alcohol relatedNew research shows substantial burden of alcohol on hospitals and emergency services
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29th May 2018
UISCE warn of drug use in extreme heatUISCE, The Union for Improved Services, Communication and Education for people who use drugs warn of using drugs in extreme heat
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28th May 2018
Gardai plan crackdown on public disorder and underage drinking across Dublin‘Operation Irene’ will see Gardaí from the public order unit dispatched to areas which have seen antisocial behaviour in the past
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28th May 2018
Singer and Senator Frances Black: ‘Alcohol should not be sold in supermarkets next to nappies’Irish singer and Senator Frances Black gave up alcohol when she was 28 years old and entered into a rehabilitation programme for 15 months
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28th May 2018
Some families lost four of five children to drugs‘Some families lost four of five children to drugs’: Being a GP in Dublin’s inner city
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28th May 2018
So many people are dying from alcohol-related deaths it’s like ‘planes going down without survivors’Despite three people dying in Ireland every day due to alcohol, one expert said there’s “very little outcry”.
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24th May 2018
‘Failure to address alcohol abuse harming vulnerable children’Society’s failure to address alcohol abuse is harming vulnerable children, according to the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection Geoffrey Shannon.
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23rd May 2018
Why we must regulate the labelling of alcohol productsIn recent weeks there has been a sustained undermining of the Government’s proposed Public Health Alcohol Bill, and specifically, the measures to regulate the labelling of alcohol products to include nutritional and health warning information.
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22nd May 2018
Cabinet to consider new proposals to lower legal alcohol limits for train and tram driversCabinet to consider new proposals to lower legal alcohol limits for train and tram drivers
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