2024

July

• International Overdose Awareness Day

• High strength MDMA products a risk for festival goers

June

• HSE Risk Communication - Monitoring Emerging Overdose Situation

May

• Crisscross project Ireland

• New EU Web Survey on drugs will capture drug use trends and inform harm reduction needs in Ireland

• New EU Web Survey on drugs will capture drug use trends and inform harm reduction needs in Ireland

• Help with Irish research!

• European Web Survey on Drugs 2024

April

• Crisscross pilot launches in Ireland

• Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)

March

• Seeing Through Hidden Harm to Brighter Futures

• Drug use and nights out

• Programme to reduce the health-related harms from cocaine and ‘crack’ cocaine

• HSE Needle Exchange Programme Insights Report

February

• Temporarily unavailable

2023

December

• Red alert

• Harm reduction advice for people who use heroin

• Synthetic opioid preparation

• HSE monitoring emerging overdose situation in Cork City region

• Seeking Safety Advent calendar

November

• HSE Press release: Nitazenes detected in heroin samples related to Dublin Overdose cluster

• Nitazenes

• HSE issues warning to heroin users following cluster of overdoses in Dublin

October

• Synthetic Opioids

• Initial findings from HSE Safer Nightlife Programme 2023

July

• Crisscross research

• New report on the HSE Safer Nightlife Programme 2022

• International Overdose Awareness Day 2023

June

• School’s out for summer: how to talk to your teen about alcohol and drugs

• Results from back of house drug checking May 2023

May

• Back of house drug checking

March

• Families Matter Webinar

February

• ‘Parents Matter’ Webinar Series

• Government agrees to establish a Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use

• Cabinet to approve new Citizens’ Assembly on drug use

• Blanchardstown Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force: YEAR 7 Drug & Alcohol Use in Dublin 15

January

• DMT and Ayahuasca

• EMCDDA review of nitrous oxide in Europe

• Updates and warnings

• HSE Drug Trend Risk Communication on cannabis jellies adulterated with synthetic cannabinoids

• Benefits of new legal drug injection centre ‘outweigh risks’

• Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Granted for Dublin

2022

November

• Christmas harm reduction

October

• TCD Recovery Event: Let’s Talk About Recovery

• Electric Picnic drug-testing pilot scheme finds high strength MDMA samples

• Update on synthetic cathinone type drugs

• Results from Irelands first back of house drug testing

• Drug information on TikTok

September

• Demonstration videos

• Drug Monitoring

• Update: HSE pilot back of house monitoring this weekend

August

• HSE harm reduction outreach

• Naloxone

• International Overdose Awareness Day 31st August 2022

• HSE Safer Nightlife Programme 2022

• RTE interview on drug monitoring pilot programme

• Press release HSE aims to engage with festival and nightlife providers

• Stimulant Injecting Harm Reduction

• Syringe Analysis Pilot Project 2022

July

• The European Web Survey on Drugs Irish Findings

June

• HSE and NVDAS Survey

• At least 22 lives saved by emergency overdose drug in three years

• HSE Naloxone Administration by Addiction and Homeless Service Providers in Ireland

• HRB Press Release on European Drug Report 2022

• Unsuspecting cannabis users warned of toxic synthetic versions of the drug

• Cocaine overtakes heroin as the main drug for which people seek treatment

• HSE Naloxone Drug Insights Report

• HSE launch new awareness campaign for festival season 2022

• Reduce the harms at festivals

• Covid and crackdowns helping cause harmful increase in fake ecstasy, study warns

• Increase in number of young people treated for cocaine use

• Fears over ‘worrying’ new drugs being sold at festivals

• Brian O’Connell reports on a boxing programme in Cork

May

• HSE launches drug harm reduction campaign for festival season

• Drug trend update for festival goers

• Europe’s changing role in expanding cocaine and methamphetamine markets

• SO PREP Monitoring synthetic opioids and preparing responses

April

• Ukrainian Information

March

• Recovery Academy Strategic Plan Launch 31st March

• Year 6 of the Drug and Alcohol Trends Monitoring System (DATMS) published

• Gender differences and MDMA

• Minister Feighan to commence preparations for the citizens assembly on drug use

• Resources for guardians

February

• TCD International Women’s Day Event 8th March

• Gardaí may be given heroin antidote to save lives

• Groups concerned at delay in establishing citizens’ assembly on drugs

• Record number of heroin users accessing help

• Nitrous Oxide

• Launch of Turning Down the Volume by D12 and Canal Communities LDATF

• Drink spiking

• New resource for Traveller women on tablets

• Overdose resources

• Factsheets and posters

• Chemsex

• An Bord Pleanála reconsiders application for supervised drug injection facility near school

• Drug officials may examine wastewater to identify dangerous substances in circulation

January

• New cocaine support group for women in Ballyfermot

• First US overdose prevention centers give safe spaces to people in crisis

• Gardaí find no evidence of needle spiking despite 39 complaints

• Use of ecstasy and cocaine drops during pandemic