HRB National Drugs LIbrary e-newsletter: volume 15, issue 2

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Drugs are a problem but alcohol sponsorship is the big issue.

[The Times] Early, Ronan (28 Feb 2019)

Ministers publish first set of data on gambling in Ireland.

[Department of Health] (27 Feb 2019)

Breath-test pregnant women to see if they smoke, study suggests.

[Irish Times] Cullen, Paul (27 Feb 2019)

Drug use should be dealt with by health system – survey.

[Irish Times] Burns, Sarah (25 Feb 2019)

People using street tablets 'don't know what they are getting'.

[Irish Examiner] Ring, Evelyn (25 Feb 2019)

Night-time economy.

[Irish Examiner] (23 Feb 2019)

From medicine cabinet to the streets: Abuse of prescription drugs rises in Dublin.

[thejournal.ie] Thomas, Conal (22 Feb 2019)

Project will highlight the issue of problematic alcohol misuse.

[The ECHO] Dennehy, Mary (22 Feb 2019)

'Unenforceable and unworkable': Government given legal warning over alcohol ad restrictions.

[thejournal.ie] McDermott, Stephen (21 Feb 2019)

Irish psychiatrists treating children for 'gaming disorder'.

[Independent.ie] Kelleher, Lynne (17 Feb 2019)

Hepatitis C could be eliminated in Ireland in a decade, conference hears.

[Irish Examiner Breaking News] (16 Feb 2019)

90% of gambling addicts treated by HSE are young men.

[thejournal.ie] Murray, Sean (15 Feb 2019)

Young jockeys required to attend anti-doping seminars in March.

[Irish Times] O'Connor, Brian (15 Feb 2019)

Alcohol Action Ireland calls for concerted effort from all stakeholders to ensure alcohol does not hinder Irish holidaymakers safe travel.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (14 Feb 2019)

HSE and USI launch new drug harm-reduction campaign for students.

[Joe.ie] Hanratty, Dave (12 Feb 2019)

Record seizures tell of booming cocaine trade.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (11 Feb 2019)

Drug debts: First come bullets in the post. Then the family home is firebombed.

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (09 Feb 2019)

'Not drifting towards a gambling crisis, we're in the middle of one': 800 addiction cases treated by HSE.

[thejournal.ie] Murray, Sean (04 Feb 2019)

Codeine overdoses down 33% since 2010 painkiller restrictions.

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (04 Feb 2019)

CBD: miracle or menace?

[Independent.ie] (03 Feb 2019)

Governor of Ireland's biggest jail admits staff face 'constant battle' to stop prisoners getting drugs.

[Irish Mirror] Pownall, Sylvia (03 Feb 2019)

'We've been to too many funerals': Study shows one third of homeless deaths linked to drugs or alcohol.

[thejournal.ie] Fitzgerald, Cormac (01 Feb 2019)

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