HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter: volume 14, issue 1

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'Heated cigarettes' must face highest taxation here - TD.

[Independent.ie] Downing, John (30 Jan 2018)

Health: What's your poison?

[The Irish Field] Powell, Leo (30 Jan 2018)

Antidote action plan to tackle drug more deadly than heroin.

[Independent.ie] Horan, Niamh (29 Jan 2018)

My friend said: ‘Heroin will get rid of the pain.’ And it did.

[Irish Times] Freyne, Patrick (27 Jan 2018)

Ex-heroin addict says Dublin’s Supervised Injecting Centre will help save lives ahead of its opening later this year.

[Irish Sun] Higgins, Adam (27 Jan 2018)

Baby on board: Is there any safe alcohol limit during pregnancy?

[Irish Examiner] Quinlan, Ailin (26 Jan 2018)

Group calls for decriminalisation of minor drugs possession by 2022.

[Irish Times] D'Arcy, Ciaran (26 Jan 2018)

More than half of alcohol-related ED attendances are brought by ambulance.

[Irish Medical Times] Shannon, June (25 Jan 2018)

Work of expert group on cannabis still not complete.

[Medical Independent] Reilly, Catherine (25 Jan 2018)

Dáil passes legislation allowing alcohol to be sold on Good Friday.

[thejournal.ie] Hosford, Paul (25 Jan 2018)

Clondalkin Drug & Alcohol Task Force conference 2018. Reclaiming community development as an effective response to drug harms, policy harms, poverty and inequality.

Clondalkin Drug and Alcohol Task Force [activelink.ie] (24 Jan 2018)

Drinks industry lobbied extensively on Alcohol Health Bill.

[Irish Times] O'Halloran, Marie (22 Jan 2018)

Low daily alcohol consumption in teen years ‘may increase risk of liver disease’.

[Irish Times] Edwards, Elaine (22 Jan 2018)

One in 12 drivers involved in collision or near miss because of drink driving.

[thejournal.ie] Ryan, Orla (22 Jan 2018)

Schools rugby a potential risk area for doping.

[Irish Times] Cumiskey, Gavin (20 Jan 2018)

One in eight motorists detected for drink driving face ban.

[Irish Examiner] McCarthaigh, Sean (19 Jan 2018)

Increased drink-drive penalties passed in Dáil vote.

[RTE News] (18 Jan 2018)

Homeless 20 times more likely to use hospital emergency departments.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (17 Jan 2018)

Inmates fear gangs in Mountjoy Prison.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (17 Jan 2018)

HSE to spend €3 million on new drug addiction centre in Portlaoise.

[Leinster Express] Ganly, Conor (17 Jan 2018)

Taoiseach: Only qualified people should supply addiction services.

[Irish Times] O'Halloran, Marie (17 Jan 2018)

What really happens to your body when you give up booze?

[Independent.ie] Norris, Suzanne (16 Jan 2018)

Government urged to ban free bets as part of new gambling regulations.

[Irish Examiner] (16 Jan 2018)

Woman who consumes 'enormous amount' of alcohol can't be forced into rehab, judge says.

[Independent.ie] Healy, Tim (13 Jan 2018)

Announcement of site for Dublin injection centre delayed.

[thejournal.ie] Hosford, Paul (12 Jan 2018)

Gambling industry in Ireland to be overseen by independent regulator.

[thejournal.ie] Finn, Christina (11 Jan 2018)

Editorial. Road safety: TDs must resist the drinks lobby.

[Irish Times] (10 Jan 2018)

Young drug dealers should be able to have records wiped for second chance, minister says.

[Irish Mirror] O'Callaghan, Gavin (07 Jan 2018)

Health Minister defends alcohol bill changes.

[Irish Examiner] McConnell, Daniel (06 Jan 2018)

You're twice as likely to develop mental health problems if you smoke, HSE says.

[thejournal.ie] MacNamee, Garreth (06 Jan 2018)

Young drink drivers to be part of RSA research.

[Irish Examiner] Murray, Niall (05 Jan 2018)

Drinking alcohol causes cancer by 'damaging DNA'.

[Independent.ie] Knapton, Sarah (05 Jan 2018)

Roads to recovery: How the North handles homelessness.

[Irish Times] Moriarty, Gerry (04 Jan 2018)

New alcohol legislation will help those on a health kick.

[Finegael.ie] Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella (04 Jan 2018)

There are more quitters than smokers in Ireland.

[thejournal.ie] Duffy, Ronan (03 Jan 2018)

Speeding drivers to face higher penalty points [Drug dealing and rickshaws].

[Irish Times] Bardon, Sarah (02 Jan 2018)

Gaming addiction classified as disorder by WHO.

[BBC News Online] Wakefield, Jane (02 Jan 2018)

Steroid abuse rises sharply amongst middle-aged men.

[Independent.ie] O'Regan, Mark (01 Jan 2018)

Brazen drug dealers sending cannabis by post, detective warns.

[Independent.ie] Young, David (01 Jan 2018)

2017 sees record low of road fatalities.

[Road Safety Authority] (01 Jan 2018)

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