HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 17, issue 3

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News

Individual care plans for homeless people could be rolled out nationally.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (31 Mar 2021)

New HRB report identifies best practice for addressing drug use among people who are homeless.

[Health Research Board] (30 Mar 2021)

35% of Cork prison population seeking drug treatment in jail.

[EchoLive.ie] Murphy, Ann (30 Mar 2021)

GAA praised for their 'socially responsible approach' towards gambling.

[Irish Examiner] (28 Mar 2021)

‘As easy as ordering a takeaway’ – Dozens of social media accounts openly advertising sale of drugs.

[newstalk.com] Murphy, Stephen and McNeice, Stephen (26 Mar 2021)

Minister Browne provides update to Cabinet on the establishment of a Gambling Regulator.

[Department of Justice] (24 Mar 2021)

Sharp rise in purity of cocaine street deals.

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Sharp rise in purity of cocaine street deals. (24 Mar 2021)

Children 'still dying in their hundreds' from drugs, warns support organisation.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (23 Mar 2021)

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol set to be in place by Christmas.

[Irish Times] McGee, Harry (21 Mar 2021)

Bottling up problems: more young women presenting with alcohol-related liver disease.

[Irish Examiner] Glennon, Nicole (20 Mar 2021)

EMCDDA launches 2021 European Web Survey on Drugs to assess patterns of drug use in over 30 countries.

[EMCDDA] (18 Mar 2021)

Over a third of road user fatalities have a positive toxicology for alcohol.

Road Safety Authority.(16 Mar 2021)

Alcohol Action welcome government intention to commence minimum pricing of alcohol products.

Alcohol Action Ireland.(15 Mar 2021)

Cheltenham week should raise uncomfortable talk about gambling addiction.

[Irish Times] Clerkin, Malachy (15 Mar 2021)

Deliveries soar: Dial-a-drink services explode during lockdown with no checks to stop serving underage kids, critics say

[The Irish Sun] Higgins, Adam (14 Mar 2021)

Gangs targeting young people and their accounts to move money, gardaí warn.

[Irish Times] Lally, Conor (12 Mar 2021)

‘Ocean of alcohol’ pouring into Irish homes since Covid-19 pandemic.

[Irish Times] Pope, Conor (11 Mar 2021)

How Covid-19 changed drug crime in Ireland.

[thejournal.ie] , Costigan, Emma; Delaney, Ruth; Fenlon, Georgia;Kilbane, Rachel; and Kinsella, Niamh (10 Mar 2021)

Alcohol education in our schools cannot be out-sourced to an alcohol industry funded organisation.

Alcohol Action Ireland, Alcohol Forum.(09 Mar 2021)

Are women getting the health risk message around alcohol use? #ChooseToChallenge.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] Hough, Jennifer (08 Mar 2021)

'We've reached a point of no return - it's an epidemic': problem gambling fears raised as bookie revenues soar.

[thejournal.ie] Murray, Sean (06 Mar 2021)

There were over 1,200 drug seizures in Irish prisons last year.

[newstalk.com] (05 Mar 2021)

Minister Donnelly’s deferral of minimum pricing totally unacceptable'

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (01 Mar 2021)

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