HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 19, issue 8

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News

Life-saving Nalox-home intervention announced to mark international overdose awareness day 2023

[Health Service Executive] (31 Aug 2023)

HSE back at Electric Picnic 2023 to provide harm reduction services.

[Health Service Executive] (29 Aug 2023)

€300,000 to be spent on assessing prisoners' mental health.

[Irish Examiner] Brennan, Cianan (29 Aug 2023)

Senior Garda says policing injection centre will be 'challenging'.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (28 Aug 2023)

South American cartels will 'exploit' cuts to Irish naval service, expert warns.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (25 Aug 2023)

Open drug use will 'surge' if laws changed, claims top garda.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (24 Aug 2023)

Minister Naughton announces additional annual funding of €3.5 million for drugs and inclusion health services.

[Department of Health] (24 Aug 2023)

Safety plan needed for surge in violence.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (23 Aug 2023)

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Minister of State James Browne announce new Youth Diversion Projects.

[Department of Health] (22 Aug 2023)

Irish Prison Service launches life-saving initiative to combat opioid overdoses among prisoners.

[Irish Prison Service] (18 Aug 2023)

Quarter of prisoners fail or refuse to take drugs test.

[Irish Examiner] Foxe, Ken (17 Aug 2023)

Could ‘loot boxes’ in video games potentially be a stepping stone to a gambling addiction?

[Irish Times] O'Moráin, Pádraig (17 Aug 2023)

No brainer: Alcohol's harmful impact on brain health — from cradle to grave.

[Irish Examiner] Conlon, Catherine (08 Aug 2023)

Drug-debt enforcers 'terrorising families in every county'.

[Irish Examiner] Dunphy, Liz (06 Aug 2023)

Ireland is awash with cocaine, but how does it get into the country?

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (05 Aug 2023)

'The baggies don't have a little health warning': Doctor warns coke strokes are on the rise.

[thejournal.ie] McCarron, Jamie (05 Aug 2023)

Minister Naughton announces additional funding for Family Support under the national drugs strategy.

Department of Health. (04 Aug 2023)

Revenue has seized 400kg of cocaine so far this year.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (04 Aug 2023)

Irish suffer higher rates of harm from others' drinking.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (04 Aug 2023)

‘I’m just sick of people not being believed’: authorities urged to do more to crack down on spiking.

[Irish Examiner] Crowley, Emily (04 Aug 2023)

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