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All articles in this issue:
 New Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy
 Use of sedatives or tranquillisers and anti-depressants in Ireland
 Monitoring centre report reveals latest drug trends in Europe
 ‘Drug problems are too complex and dynamic for single magic bullet solutions’
 The first census of homeless persons in Ireland
 Probation Service annual report 2011
 NESC report commends city policing initiative
 Roadside drug testing
 MQI annual review 2011
 Taoiseach officially opens Riverbank Centre
 HSE publishes hepatitis C strategy
 The role of alcohol in rape cases in Ireland
 Prevalence of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Ireland
 Which talking therapies (counselling) work for drug users with alcohol problems?
 Mental health among homeless male hostel residents in Dublin
 Research on young people leaving state care in North Dublin
 From Drugnet Europe
 In brief
 Recent publications
 Upcoming events
 What makes for a ‘good’ drugs policy?
 Southern Regional Drugs Task Force stresses ‘humanistic’ approach
 Report of Alcohol Action Ireland conference ‘Time Please… For Change’
 Alcohol: increasing price can reduce harm and contribute to revenue collection



Prevalence of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Ireland
by Deirdre Mongan


 
On 24 September 2012, the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) published the main findings on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm among adults in Ireland from the 2010/11 general population drug prevalence survey.1 This is the first NACD drug prevalence survey to include a comprehensive series of questions on the rates and patterns of alcohol consumption and on alcohol-related harm.


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Which talking therapies (counselling) work for drug users with alcohol problems?
by Jan Klimas


A collaborative team based at the University of Limerick’s Graduate-Entry Medical School has recently completed a HRB-funded Cochrane Review of psychosocial interventions for problem alcohol use among problem drug users.1 The review involved collaboration with the UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science and NUI Galway and was conducted over two years.

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Mental health among homeless male hostel residents in Dublin
by Martin Keane


Recently published research aimed to determine the prevalence of mental illness among residents of a homeless hostel in inner-city Dublin.1

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Research on young people leaving state care in North Dublin
by Martin Keane


 
Recently published research examined the issues facing young people leaving state care in North Dublin.1 The research was commissioned by the independent association, Empowering People in Care (EPIC).


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