In this issue
News
Stop the Stigma Campaign launched.

[Citywide] (28 Feb 2018)

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How stigma can prevent drug users getting the help they need.

[thejournal.ie] Duffy, Ronan (27 Feb 2018)

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Non-Irish receive longer jail terms for drugs.

[Irish Examiner], Baker, Noel (26 Feb 2018)

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Barriers to shield children from alcohol ‘are too short’.

[Irish Examiner] Loughlin, Elaine (26 Feb 2018)

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Surge in prison drug and weapon seizures.

[Independent.ie] McDonagh, Darragh (26 Feb 2018)

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Expert view: How to tell if your gambling has become a problem.

[Independent.ie] OGara, Colin (25 Feb 2018)

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Six in 10 people infected with hepatitis C undiagnosed.

[Irish Times] Gleeson, Colin (24 Feb 2018)

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GAA congress vote to ban betting companies as sponsors.

[Irish Times] Moran, Sean (24 Feb 2018)

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Field hospital needed to treat drunk teenagers.

[Irish Examiner] English, Eoin (23 Feb 2018)

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Abuse of sedatives leading to rise in ‘violence, aggression’ among teens.

[Irish Times] McGreevy, Ronan (23 Feb 2018)

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..... effects of alcohol spelled out in Rugby rape trial.

[Irish Independent] Anderson, Nicola (22 Feb 2018)

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This is what the plain packaging for cigarettes will look like in Ireland.

[Irish Examiner] (22 Feb 2018)

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Icelandic approach to teen substance abuse may be tested in west of Ireland.

[Irish Times] Siggins, Lorna (21 Feb 2018)

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Alcohol brands are clever enough to adapt to advertising curbs.

[Irish Times] Slattery, Laura (20 Feb 2018)

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'We've had up to five doses given before someone comes around': How an anti-overdose drug is saving lives.

[thejournal.ie] Fitzgerald, Cormac (19 Feb 2018)

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Revealed: How often gardaí have conducted new drug-driving test at checkpoints.

[Independent.ie] Riegal, Ralph (16 Feb 2018)

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HSE announces Merchants Quay Project CLG as preferred operator of Ireland’s first medically supervised injecting facility.

[Health Service Executive] (16 Feb 2018)

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Alcohol abuse costs Irish economy €2.3bn a year, Dáil hears.

[Irish Times] O'Halloran, Marie (15 Feb 2018)

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Students’ Unions should advocate for decriminalisation of drug use, says Labour senator.

[Irish Times] Ewald, Kyle (14 Feb 2018)

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More arrests in capital as 'Benzos' sold 'like sweets'.

[Independent.ie] Schiller, Robin (12 Feb 2018)

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Even legal alcohol levels can impair driving, new series reveals.

[Irish Examiner] Kelleher, Lynne (09 Feb 2018)

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Feuding gangsters using 12-year-olds to transport drugs.

[Irish Independent] Doyle, Kevin (09 Feb 2018)

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Homicide review prompts new probe into death of babies with alcohol in their system.

[Independent.ie] Doyle, Kevin (09 Feb 2018)

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Alcohol Bill latest: ‘If you were serious about tackling the drink, start with the Dáil bars’.

[Irish Examiner] (08 Feb 2018)

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Editorial: Alcohol Bill: drinks lobby digs in.

[Irish Times] (08 Feb 2018)

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40 babies admitted for drug withdrawal treatment.

[Medical Independent] (08 Feb 2018)

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Health Minister hits out at drinks industry 'efforts to scupper' Alcohol Bill.

[Irish Examiner] (07 Feb 2018)

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'2,100 have died during two-year delay to booze law'.

[Independent.ie] (06 Feb 2018)

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‘Broken’ health care system to blame for huge rise in opioid use, say GPs.

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (05 Feb 2018)

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Just 58 drivers test positive for ‘drug-driving’ in eight months.

[Irish Times] Power, Jack (05 Feb 2018)

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Minister for Health marks World Cancer Day.

[Department of Health] (03 Feb 2018)

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Prison Service vows to do more to fight contraband.

[Irish Examiner] Baker, Noel (01 Feb 2018)

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Public Health (Alcohol) Bill offers Dáil Éireann historic opportunity to deal with Ireland’s harmful relationship with alcohol.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (06 Feb 2018)

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Which city in the world has the cheapest cannabis – and the most expensive?

[Irish Times] Cullen, Damien (31 Jan 2018)

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Commission decides that the Swedish intention to impose a ban on alcohol advertising on two UK broadcasters is not compatible with EU rules.

[European Commission] (31 Jan 2018)

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