HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 17, issue 5

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News

Fears mount that forensic lab backlog could derail drugs prosecutions.

[Irish Times] Lally, Conor (31 May 2021)

Special report: Benzodiazepines are ‘little ticking time bombs’ on the streets of Cork.

[Irish Examiner] Dunphy, Liz (24 May 2021)

A conviction for €4 worth of cannabis 'just defies logic', say campaigners.

[thejournal.ie] (23 May 2021)

Almost 300 calls to the National Poisons Information Centre of Ireland last year about children consuming hand sanitiser.

[newstalk.com] Murphy, Eoghan (21 May 2021)

Almost 40% favour legalising cannabis for recreational use, over 90% in favour of medicinal use.

[thejournal.ie] Duffy, Ronan (17 May 2021)

Free counselling set up for Eastern Europeans struggling with addiction.

[Irish Times] Pollak, Sorcha (14 May 2021)

Call to alert young people to dangers of ‘spice’.

[Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland] (13 May 2021)

Minister Humphreys welcomes significant Garda drug seizures in year to date.

[Department of Justice] (13 May 2021)

North Tipperary group working hard to tackle rural drug addiction.

[Irish Times] Raleigh, David (10 May 2021)

The burning issue: Should cannabis be legalised?

[Irish Examiner] Kenny, Gino and Smyth, Bobby P (08 May 2021)

Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy welcomes commencement of the COVID-19 vaccination programme for medically vulnerable people in homeless services.

[Department of Health] (07 May 2021)

Drug crime in Republic last year surged to levels not seen since the Celtic Tiger.

[Irish Times] Lally, Conor (07 May 2021)

Minister of Health, Minister of State and Tánaiste mark decision to introduce Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol.

[Department of Health] (05 May 2021)

Alcohol Action welcomes government decision to commence minimum pricing for alcohol products.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (04 May 2021)

Minimum Alcohol Pricing: What does it mean for me?

[Irish Examiner] McGlynn, Michelle (04 May 2021)

Higher-potency cannabis poses 'gravest threat' to young people's mental health.

[Irish Examiner] Fagan, Maresa (04 May 2021)

Anti-smuggling agency to seize more drugs than 2020 long before the end of 2021.

[Independent.ie] Williams, Paul (03 May 2021)

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