HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 16, issue 3

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News

Drinking during the pandemic: finding balance.

[spunout.ie] (30 Mar 2020)

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) - latest information from Ireland.

[Government of Ireland] (28 Mar 2020)

How Dublin's homeless are being tested for Covid-19.

[Irish Times] (27 Mar 2020)

Public warned not to buy fake medicines that claim to treat or prevent coronavirus.

Hennessy, Michelle (25 Mar 2020)

Public transport companies give details of alcohol and drugs tests.

[Irish Times] Hutton, Brian (23 Mar 2020)

Impact of Covid-19 on drugs trade likely to hit recreational cocaine users most.

[Irish Times] Roche, Barry (23 Mar 2020)

2019 data on alcohol consumption indicative of a small but encouraging reduction.

Alcohol Action Ireland. (18 Mar 2020)

Drug harm reduction information in light of corona virus.

[Four Four Magazine] McGrath, Liam (12 Mar 2020)

Hooked on painkillers: farming's hidden addiction.

[Independent.ie] O'Sullivan, Kathleen (11 Mar 2020)

Drinks industry lobbyists met Government members and officials 361 times in 2018.

[Irish Times] O'Halloran, Marie (09 Mar 2020)

Drink driving laws cause more changes in rural areas.

[Irish Examiner] Dunphy, Liz (06 Mar 2020)

International Narcotics Control Board identify a ‘surge’ in high-purity cocaine in Europe.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (06 Mar 2020)

Project aims to tackle stigma surrounding addiction.

Press Association [breakingnews.ie] (06 Mar 2020)

Six in ten people in Ireland have experience of addiction, new poll finds.

Merchants Quay Ireland (05 Mar 2020)

Government, NI Executive under pressure over alcohol pricing.

[Irish Times] O'Halloran, Marie (05 Mar 2020)

Homeless women suffering gravely from social exclusion.

[Irish Times] Shannon, June (04 Mar 2020)

Value of seized drugs plummets in 2019.

[Irish Examiner] (03 Mar 2020)

Child cannabis addiction has nearly doubled in last decade.

[Independent.ie] Kelleher, Lynne (01 Mar 2020)

Bitter pill: Benzodiazepine medication by Irish over-65s in Ireland highest in OECD.

[Irish Examiner] Walsh, Rowena (29 Feb 2020)

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