HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 17, issue 7

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News

Construction to begin on €30m medical centre for Dublin’s homeless.

[thejournal.ie] Duffy, Ronan (28 Jul 2021)

Recall of various CBD food supplements due to the presence of unsafe levels of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

[Food Safety Authority of Ireland] (27 Jul 2021)

Drug use in Dublin: ‘People are passing all the time. It’s disgusting, for me, for them’.

[Irish Times] Holland, Kitty (26 Jul 2021)

Online consultation on the Global alcohol action plan, first draft.

[World Health Organization] (24 Jul 2021)

Ex-garda fighting Europe's €14 billion drugs trade says Irish gangs are 'top of the pyramid'.

[thejournal.ie] O'Connor, Niall (23 Jul 2021)

Minister Feighan says HRB Drug Treatment Data for 2020 highlights importance of health-led response to drug and alcohol use.

[Department of Health] (20 Jul 2021)

One corner in Ballymun, four hours, 42 drug deals: a crack epidemic.

[RTE investigates] McNulty, Fran (20 Jul 2021)

Minister for Health announces developments to Medical Cannabis Access Programme – increasing availability and benefiting eligible patients around Ireland.

[Department of Health] (19 Jul 2021)

HSE to directly pay cost of prescriptions for eligible patients treated under Ministerial Licence.

[Department of Health] (19 Jul 2021)

Court decision halting Dublin injecting centre 'a real setback' for Cork.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (18 Jul 2021)

Irish Examiner view: Journalist's death compounds power of drug gangs.

[Irish Examiner] (16 Jul 2021)

Permission for drug injection facility near school rejected.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (15 Jul 2021)

Gambling watchdog to be ‘powerful’, says Minister.

[Irish Times] O'Halloran, Marie (13 Jul 2021)

Thousands of our citizens abandoned to a life captured by alcohol.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (13 Jul 2021)

Irish fourth-worst gamblers in EU as move online accelerates.

[Irish Times] Hutton, Brian (12 Jul 2021)

Travelling drugs, alcohol and sexual health unit launched in Cork and Kerry.

[breakingnews.ie] (10 Jul 2021)

'We need to stop burying our heads in the sand': Cork's Lord Mayor on need to address causes of addiction.

[EchoLive.ie] Burke, Roisin (09 Jul 2021)

Dublin drugs task force suspension only 'temporary', says drugs strategy minister.

[Irish Examiner] O'Keeffe, Cormac (09 Jul 2021)

Paddy Power founder: Gambling a 'major social problem' .

[RTE News] McMorrow, Conor (08 Jul 2021)

Legalising drugs: ‘Drug use should be treated as normal adult behaviour’.

[Irish Times] Freyne, Patrick (03 Jul 2021)

Gardaí to target street drug dealing as burden of Covid-19 duties eases.

[Irish Times] Gallagher, Conor (02 Jul 2021)

Alcohol is Ireland’s biggest drug problem.

[Alcohol Action Ireland] (01 Jul 2021)

New HRB report examines drug use in Ireland.

Health Research Board. (01 Jul 2021)

Minister Feighan welcomes publication of the National Drug and Alcohol Survey 2019/20 by the Health Research Board.

[Department of Health] (01 Jul 2021)

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