News
• Fears for future of Shortall's alcohol strategy.
• White to replace Shortall in health post
• Charity raises concern over support for “Arthur’s Day”.
• RCNI call for Rape Prevention Programmes that target alcohol consumption link to sexual violence.
• Action plan on alcohol must be a top priority for Government.
• Plan to ban cheap drink sales steps up a gear.
• Minister Shortall launches alcohol consumption and alcohol related harm in Ireland.
• Supervised injection sites in Ireland?
• Fatal drug batch part of 'one-off' shipment.
• NI Ban on fixed price drink promotions.
• Drugs sold through ‘hidden’ websites.
• Taoiseach defends decision to postpone ban on sale of cheap alcohol.
• Drink-drive detection fall linked to drop in traffic gardaí.
• Sudafed ‘used to make crystal meth’.
• Drug centre for mothers closes doors to new cases.
• Recreational users warned about mixing drugs.
• Europe-wide rise in ecstasy quality triggers surge in demand.
• MS patients: Cannabis-based drug move ‘fantastic’.
• Alcohol is the most used date rape drug.
• Prisoners released early in bid to reduce re-offending.
• Service proposed for doctors with drug abuse issues.
• “There is no product on the planet that is more unsuitable to act as a sponsor of these sports”
• Reassessing the dangers of cannabis.
• Late-night private ambulance service to be rolled out in Galway.
• Early tipple does not serve children.
• Southwest coast targeted by gangs for large drug landings.
• Drugs link to 70% of crimes on probation.
Publications
• Recorded crime quarter 2 2012.
• National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2011.
• Users’ voices: experiences and perceptions of European drug users on controlling their drug consumption. Thematic paper
• Southern Regional Drugs Task Force: annual report 2011
• Direct comparison of the cognitive effects of acute alcohol with the morning after a normal night's drinking.
• Social networking patterns/hazards among Irish teenagers.
• A quick question.
• Dublin Simon Community annual review 2011.
• Drug use in Ireland and Northern Ireland Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Harm in Ireland 2010/2011 Drug Prevalence Survey: Bulletin 7.
• The Irish tobacco industry position on price increases on tobacco products.
• Reporting biochemical toxicology to the coroner must be improved.
• Quality and standards in human services in Ireland: policing and the search for continuous improvement
• Quarterly report on HIV, quarter 2, 2012. (provisional data0.
• Merchants Quay Ireland annual review 2011.
• Between a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report.
• Crosscare teen counselling annual report 2011.
• RCNI Submission to the Joint Oireachtas committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, on the issue of Gratuitous Violence arising from Alcohol and substance abuse.
• Travel and drug use in Europe: a short review.
• Homeless persons in Ireland: a special Census report.
• Awareness raising of domestic and sexual violence: a survey of post-primary schools in Ireland.
• A quiet revolution: drug decriminalisation policies in practice across the globe.
• Family and individual experiences of self detoxification processes in the mid west.
• National hepatitis C strategy 2011-2014.
• Stimulant use among clients entering drug treatment in Europe.
• Substance use and psychiatric disorders in Irish adolescents: a cross-sectional study of patients attending substance abuse treatment service.
Dail Debates
• Recent Dail debates
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Publications

Recorded crime quarter 2 2012.
Central Statistics Office. (2012) Recorded crime quarter 2 2012. Central Statistics Office, Cork.
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National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2011.
National Office for Suicide Prevention. (2012) National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2011. Annual Report. Health Research Board, Dublin.
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Users’ voices: experiences and perceptions of European drug users on controlling their drug consumption. Thematic paper
Olszewski, Deborah and Hedrich, Dagmar and Montanari, Linda (2012) Users’ voices: experiences and perceptions of European drug users on controlling their drug consumption. Thematic paper. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
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Southern Regional Drugs Task Force: annual report 2011
Black, Chris (2012) Southern Regional Drugs Task Force: annual report 2011. Annual Report. Southern Regional Drugs Task Force, Cork.
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Direct comparison of the cognitive effects of acute alcohol with the morning after a normal night's drinking.
McKinney, Adele and Coyle, K and Verster, J (2012) Direct comparison of the cognitive effects of acute alcohol with the morning after a normal night's drinking. Human Psychopharmacol Clinical and Experimental, 27 (3). pp. 295-304.
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Social networking patterns/hazards among Irish teenagers.
Machold, Clea and Judge, G and Mavrinac, A and Elliott, Joe and Murphy, Anne Marie and Roche, Edna (2012) Social networking patterns/hazards among Irish teenagers. Irish Medical Journal, 1005 (5). pp. 151-152.
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A quick question.
Health Service Executive. (2012) A quick question. Health Service Executive, Dublin.
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Dublin Simon Community annual review 2011.
Dublin Simon Community. (2012) Dublin Simon Community annual review 2011. Annual Report. Dublin Simon Community, Dublin.
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Drug use in Ireland and Northern Ireland Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Harm in Ireland 2010/2011 Drug Prevalence Survey: Bulletin 7.
National Advisory Committee on Drugs, Public Health Information and Research Branch. (2012) Drug use in Ireland and Northern Ireland Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Harm in Ireland 2010/2011 Drug Prevalence Survey: Bulletin 7. National Advisory Committee on Drugs & Public Health Information and Research Branch, Dublin.
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The Irish tobacco industry position on price increases on tobacco products.
Howell, Fenton (2012) The Irish tobacco industry position on price increases on tobacco products. Tobacco Control, 21 (5). pp. 514-516.
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Reporting biochemical toxicology to the coroner must be improved.
Tormey, WP and O'Shea, P. (2012) Reporting biochemical toxicology to the coroner must be improved. Irish Medical Journal, 105 (8).
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Quality and standards in human services in Ireland: policing and the search for continuous improvement
National Economic and Social Council. (2012) Quality and standards in human services in Ireland: policing and the search for continuous improvement. National Economic and Social Council, Dublin.
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Quarterly report on HIV, quarter 2, 2012. (provisional data0.
O’Donnell, Kate and Cullen, Gillian and Moran, Joanne and Igoe, Derval (2012) Quarterly report on HIV, quarter 2, 2012. (provisional data0. Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin.
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Merchants Quay Ireland annual review 2011.
Merchants Quay Ireland. (2012) Merchants Quay Ireland annual review 2011. Annual Report. Merchants Quay Ireland, Dublin.
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Between a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report.
Adfam, Against Violence and Abuse. (2012) Between a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report. Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse, London.
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Crosscare teen counselling annual report 2011.
Crosscare Teen Counselling. (2012) Crosscare teen counselling annual report 2011. Annual Report. Crosscare Teen Counselling, Dublin.
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RCNI Submission to the Joint Oireachtas committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, on the issue of Gratuitous Violence arising from Alcohol and substance abuse.
Rape Crisis Network Ireland. (2012) RCNI Submission to the Joint Oireachtas committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, on the issue of Gratuitous Violence arising from Alcohol and substance abuse. Rape Crisis Network Ireland, Galway.
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Travel and drug use in Europe: a short review.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2012) Travel and drug use in Europe: a short review. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon.
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Homeless persons in Ireland: a special Census report.
Central Statistics Office. (2012) Homeless persons in Ireland: a special Census report. Central Statistics Office, Cork.
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Awareness raising of domestic and sexual violence: a survey of post-primary schools in Ireland.
COSC. The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. (2012) Awareness raising of domestic and sexual violence: a survey of post-primary schools in Ireland. Cosc, Dublin.
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A quiet revolution: drug decriminalisation policies in practice across the globe.
Rosmarin, Ari and Eastwood, Niamh (2012) A quiet revolution: drug decriminalisation policies in practice across the globe. Release, London.
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Family and individual experiences of self detoxification processes in the mid west.
Van Hout, Marie Claire and Bingham, Tim (2012) Family and individual experiences of self detoxification processes in the mid west. Mid West Regional Drugs Task Force, Limerick.
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National hepatitis C strategy 2011-2014.
HSE National Social Inclusion. (2012) National hepatitis C strategy 2011-2014. Health Service Executive, Dublin.
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Stimulant use among clients entering drug treatment in Europe.
Montanari, Linda and Pasinetti, Manuala and Guarita, Bruno and Royuela, Luis and Mulligan, Kobie and Vicente, Julian and Klempova, Danica and Pirona, Allessandro and Gyarmathy, Anna (2012) Stimulant use among clients entering drug treatment in Europe. Drugs: education, prevention and policy, Early online .
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Substance use and psychiatric disorders in Irish adolescents: a cross-sectional study of patients attending substance abuse treatment service.
James, Philip and Smyth, Bobby P. and Apantaku-Olajide, Tunde (2012) Substance use and psychiatric disorders in Irish adolescents: a cross-sectional study of patients attending substance abuse treatment service. Mental Health and Substance Use , Early online . pp. 1-9.
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