News
• Restore excise duty to 2009 levels and raise €200 million – alternative to cuts to frontline services.
• Man died from overdose soon after 'unstructured' release.
• Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI calls for action on tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks in Budget 2013.
• British Ministers defend plan for minimum alcohol pricing.
• Be Overdose Aware
• Drug trade resilient even in face of recession.
• Callinan: 25 organised crime gangs in country.
• 400 cannabis factories uncovered this year.
• Gangs rake in cash as war on drugs fails to halt trade.
• Addiction among doctors rises.
• Flanagan to bring bill to Dáil on legalising cannabis.
• Rural addiction to 'cheap' ecstasy rises.
• Legislation to address street trading of benzodiazepines ‘due in early 2013′.
• Painkiller withdrawal symptoms ‘similar to heroin’.
• Irish have 'permissive' attitude to alcohol.
• Self-harm on rise for young drug users.
• No laughing matter.
• Alcohol putting pressure on GI services.
• Alcohol action plan set to come before Cabinet.
• Call for minimum pricing on alcohol.
• Need to improve alcohol advice in SATUs.
Publications
• Primary care support for youth mental health: a preliminary evidence base for Ireland's Mid-West.
• Benzodiazepine and Z-drug prescribing for elderly people in a general hospital: a complete audit cycle.
• Situational and psycho-social factors associated with relapse following residential detoxification in a population of Irish opioid dependent patients.
• Growing up in Ireland. Key findings: 13-year-olds. No. 4. The lives of 13-year-olds: their relationships, feelings and behaviours.
• Cognitive behavioural coping skills therapy in cocaine using methadone maintained patients: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
• Clinical report 2011.
• Health at a glance: Europe 2012.
• Report on the implementation of the National Youth Justice Strategy 2008-2010.
• 2012 National Report (2011 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point. Ireland: new developments, trends and in-depth information on selected issues.
• Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway.
• Future health. A strategic framework for reform of the health service 2012 – 2015.
• 2012 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe.
• Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and childhood behavioural problems: a quasi-experimental approach.
• Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child well-being: a burning issue.
• Life as a child and young person in Ireland: National consulation.
• Drug and alcohol misuse among adult offenders. Findings from the drugs and alcohol survey 2011.
• Speech by Minister of State at the Department of Health Alex White at the opening of Alcohol Action Ireland national conference ‘Time please … for change’
• Ultra high risk of psychosis on committal to a young offender prison: an unrecognised opportunity for early intervention.
• Pregnancy, childcare and the family: key issues for Europe’s response to drugs.
• Growing a body of evidence: data on alcohol consumption and sexual violence. Factsheet 8.
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Restore excise duty to 2009 levels and raise €200 million – alternative to cuts to frontline services.
[Alcohol Action Ireland] Restore excise duty to 2009 levels and raise €200 million – alternative to cuts to frontline services. (30 Nov 2012)
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Man died from overdose soon after 'unstructured' release.
[Irish Times] , Humphreys, Joe Man died from overdose soon after 'unstructured' release. (30 Nov 2012)
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Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI calls for action on tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks in Budget 2013.
[Royal College of Physicians of Ireland] Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI calls for action on tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks in Budget 2013. (27 Nov 2012)
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British Ministers defend plan for minimum alcohol pricing.
[Irish Examiner] British Ministers defend plan for minimum alcohol pricing. (28 Nov 2012)
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Be Overdose Aware
[Southern Regional Drugs Task Force] Be Overdose Aware. (26 Nov 2012)
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Drug trade resilient even in face of recession.
[Irish Times] Drug trade resilient even in face of recession. (24 Nov 2012)
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Callinan: 25 organised crime gangs in country.
[Irish Examiner] , O'Keefe, Cormac Callinan: 25 organised crime gangs in country. (22 Nov 2012)
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400 cannabis factories uncovered this year.
[Irish Examiner] , O'Keefe, Cormac 400 cannabis factories uncovered this year. (22 Nov 2012)
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Gangs rake in cash as war on drugs fails to halt trade.
[Irish Independent] , Cusack, Jim  Gangs rake in cash as war on drugs fails to halt trade. (18 Nov 2012)
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Addiction among doctors rises.
[Irish Times] , Gartland, Fiona Addiction among doctors rises. (19 Nov 2012)
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Flanagan to bring bill to Dáil on legalising cannabis.
[Irish Examiner] , Gallagher, Rowan Flanagan to bring bill to Dáil on legalising cannabis. (19 Nov 2012)
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Rural addiction to 'cheap' ecstasy rises.
[Irish Independent] , O'Sullivan, Majella  Rural addiction to 'cheap' ecstasy rises. (17 Nov 2012)
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Legislation to address street trading of benzodiazepines ‘due in early 2013′.
[thejournal.ie] Legislation to address street trading of benzodiazepines ‘due in early 2013′. (19 Nov 2012)
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Painkiller withdrawal symptoms ‘similar to heroin’.
[Irish Examiner] , Shanahan, Catherine Painkiller withdrawal symptoms ‘similar to heroin’. (12 Nov 2012)
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Irish have 'permissive' attitude to alcohol.
[irishhealth.com] , Condon, Deborah Irish have 'permissive' attitude to alcohol. (09 Nov 2012)
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Self-harm on rise for young drug users.
[Irish Examiner] , English, Eoin Self-harm on rise for young drug users. (06 Nov 2012)
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No laughing matter.
[Irish Examiner] , McCartney, Daniel  No laughing matter. (04 Nov 2012)
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Alcohol putting pressure on GI services.
[irishhealth.com] , Condon, Deborah  Alcohol putting pressure on GI services. (05 Nov 2012)
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Alcohol action plan set to come before Cabinet.
[Irish Examiner] , O'Keefe, Cormac Alcohol action plan set to come before Cabinet. (02 Nov 2012)
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Call for minimum pricing on alcohol.
[irishhealth.com] Call for minimum pricing on alcohol. (01 Nov 2012)
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Need to improve alcohol advice in SATUs.
[Medical Independent] , Jordan, Ailbhe Need to improve alcohol advice in SATUs. (01 Nov 2012)
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