HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 16, issue 2

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Major anti-drug operation launched.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (27 Feb 2020)

Colleges must provide alcohol-free student accommodation under new rules.

[Irish Times] O'Brien, Carl (26 Feb 2020)

Keeping opioid dependents in methadone treatment for longer saves lives, study finds.

[thejournal.ie] Burke, Ceimin (21 Feb 2020)

Tallaght residents the driving force behind pioneering drug-treatment project.

[Echo.ie] Dennehy, Mary (21 Feb 2020)

Garda Commissioner signals new drive against drug dealing.

[Irish Times] Lally, Conor (21 Feb 2020)

Crack houses operating like supermarkets as cocaine use sweeps across Limerick, politicians claim.

[thejournal.ie] Raleigh, David (20 Feb 2020)

Opinion: It's time to get real about heroin addiction. It's time to decriminalise this drug.

[thejournal.ie] O'Carroll, Austin (19 Feb 2020)

Study shows Dublin hospital has third highest number of drug-related medical emergencies.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (19 Feb 2020)

Should fans be allowed drink in the stand at sporting events?

[Irish Times] Croke, Ruaidhri (18 Feb 2020)

Mandatory minimum sentencing has done little to tackle serious crime.

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (17 Feb 2020)

Serious drug offenders twice as likely to go to prison as they were a decade ago.

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (17 Feb 2020)

Reducing drug deaths made national priority under Operation Tara.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (17 Feb 2020)

Primary school brings court challenge against first Irish supervised injection facility in Dublin.

[Irish Examiner] O'Loughlin, Ann (17 Feb 2020)

Garda chief injects new urgency into drug war with special units in every division.

[The Sunday Times] Mooney, John (16 Feb 2020)

Naval staff shortage may see ship tied up while Ireland ‘awash with drugs’.

[Irish Examiner] O'Riordan, Sean (15 Feb 2020)

Fentanyl: More than 50 NI deaths in four years.

[BBC News Northern Ireland] Glynn, Niall (14 Feb 2020)

Medical cost fears for families granted access to medicinal cannabis amid reimbursement uncertainty.

[Irish Examiner] English, Eoin (14 Feb 2020)

Consumers being put at risk and misled with some CBD food supplements.

Food Safety Authority. (13 Feb 2020)

Group suggests allowing nurses to prescribe methadone.

[Irish Examiner] Baker, Noel (11 Feb 2020)

Q&A: Here's where Ireland's political parties stand on drugs ahead of GE2020.

[thejournal.ie] Ryan, Orla (07 Feb 2020)

'It can be lethal' - €27k seizures raise fears of increase in ketamine use in Cork.

[Irish Examiner] Dunphy, Liz (07 Feb 2020)

High time: Netherlands moves to clean up absurd cannabis policy.

[Irish Times] (06 Feb 2020)

Cormac O’Keeffe: Pledges galore, but will anything change on the ground?

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (05 Feb 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: increased tax on cigarettes not effective.

[Irish Examiner] Foxe, Ken (05 Feb 2020)

Cocaine in Galway: ‘It’s not snowing, there is a blizzard’.

[Irish Times] Hamilton, Andrew (04 Feb 2020)

Number of drug seizures in Irish prisons increases by nearly 10%.

[Irish Examiner] (03 Feb 2020)

'A forward step': Former Assistant Garda Commissioner on Ireland's first supervised injecting facility.

[thejournal.ie] Thomas, Conal (02 Feb 2020)

More needs to be done to stop 'devastating and preventable' drug deaths, support group says.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (01 Feb 2020)

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