HRB National Drugs LIbrary e-newsletter: volume 14, issue 8

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HSE offers training in treatment that can reverse drug overdoses today.

[thejournal.ie] (31 Aug 2018)

Press release. Alcohol treatment in Ireland: HRB publishes latest figures for 2016

[Health Research Board] (30 Aug 2018)

Complaint upheld over Ryanair ad that 'promoted excessive drinking'.

[thejournal.ie] (30 Aug 2018)

Arteries damaged by teenage drinking and smoking.

[Irish Independent] (29 Aug 2018)

Tesco installs three bins for disposal of illegal drugs in Northern Ireland.

[Belfast Telegraph] (29 Aug 2018)

Editorial. The Irish Times view on alcohol research: heed the long-term dangers.

[Irish Times] (27 Aug 2018)

Two-thirds of booze sales are to heavy drinkers, and most in shops.

[Independent.ie] (24 Aug 2018)

40%. of those taking methadone are on it for 10 years

[Irish Examiner] (23 Aug 2018)

Drinking from young age could increase the odds of aggressive prostate cancer in later life.

[Irish Cancer Society] (23 Aug 2018)

HPRA to launch information campaign on illegal anabolic steroids.

[The Medical Independent] (23 Aug 2018)

[Independent.ie] (22 Aug 2018)

Don't get caught in the spiral of drink or drug addiction.

[Evening Echo] (22 Aug 2018)

Falling into addiction: a look at alcohol and drug abuse.

[Irish Examiner] (22 Aug 2018)

Uncorked: Irish consumers drink record 9.1m cases of wine.

[Irish Times] (21 Aug 2018)

Ana Liffey Drug Project to provide harm reduction services at Electric Picnic.

[Hot Press] (21 Aug 2018)

Alcohol warning labels ‘should show the benefits too’.

[The Sunday Times] (19 Aug 2018)

Making capital. Drug dealers from west of Ireland travelling to Dublin to target desperate addicts as snaps reveal ‘Operation Spire’ gardai on patrol across city.

[The Irish Sun] (19 Aug 2018)

For most people recovery will be a series of false starts and empty promises.

[Irish Examiner] (18 Aug 2018)

Halligan claims doubling of betting tax would help ‘save lives’.

[Irish Examiner] (17 Aug 2018)

Tony Geoghegan: We need to take personal drug use out of the criminal justice system.

[Irish Examiner] (17 Aug 2018)

From nuns with needles to crash mats for clients.

[Irish Examiner] (16 Aug 2018)

Special policing need for injection centre, says charity organiser Tony Geoghegan.

[Irish Examiner] (16 Aug 2018)

New figures reveal number of Defence Force members that have failed drug tests.

[Irish Examiner] (16 Aug 2018)

Simon Community urging State to legally prescribe heroin to users.

[Irish Examiner] (14 Aug 2018)

Alcohol misuse 'biggest health problem in Northern Ireland'.

[BBC News Online] (14 Aug 2018)

HSE urges parents to get informed ahead of Leaving Cert results night on Wednesday.

[Health Service Executive] (14 Aug 2018)

Dr Ciara Kelly: Ireland has a drink problem of collective denial.

[Irish Independent] (13 Aug 2018)

'I understand people can relapse, but you have to be honest': Inside Dublin's drug treatment court.

[thejournal.ie] (11 Aug 2018)

#DrinkLessGainMore at today's all Ireland football semi final.

[Health Service Executive] (11 Aug 2018)

Northern Ireland hospital deals with 170 drug overdoses in two months - Two dead from heroin in last few days.

[Belfast Telegraph] (10 Aug 2018)

Call for opioid antidote to be available without prescription.

[Medical Independent] +(09 Aug 2018)

When a local GP suddenly finds themselves in a scene from ‘Love/Hate’.

[Irish Times] (08 Aug 2018)

Councillor calls for immediate action on crack cocaine in Dublin.

[Irish Examiner] (07 Aug 2018)

'A gambler can lose everything in an instant, destroying countless lives around them in the process'.

[thejournal.ie] (04 Aug 2018)

CAB investigation gives rare insight into how business of crime works.

[RTE News] (04 Aug 2018)

Drug users ‘more blind now’ to risks.

[Irish Examiner] (03 Aug 2018)

Gardaí target nightlife figure they believe is directing rickshaw drug dealing scene.

[thejournal.ie] (02 Aug 2018)

'No self-test is 100% reliable': Watchdog warns people not to rely on HIV home tests.

[thejournal.ie] (02 Aug 2018)

HSE prescriptions for antidepressants and anxiety medications up by two thirds since 2009.

[thejournal.ie] (01 Aug 2018)

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