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Drugs, alcohol and children’s lives – strategy to improve our understanding
2013 UN world drug report
Status report on alcohol and health in Europe
Physicians urge action on alcohol-related harm
LRC calls for repeal of mandatory sentencing legislation in drug cases
Penal reform high on the agenda
Report of the Inspector of Prisons
Proposed regulatory framework for buprenorphine/naloxone products in Ireland
Clinical practice guidelines for prescribing methadone in pregnancy
Research on recidivism
Suboxone feasibility study evaluated
Stakeholder views on housing-led services for homeless people
Youth homelessness in Dublin: key findings from a six-year study
Mapping the empirical research base of youth work: learning from international practice
‘A quick question’ – alcohol screening and intervention
Profile of attendees at MQI health promotion unit
From Drugnet Europe
Drug law enforcement and seizures
Recent publications
Upcoming events
Criminalising addiction: is there another way?
Breaking the taboo – debating the alternatives to criminalised addiction
Incarceration as a health strategy – imprisonment for drug offences in Ireland
Beyond criminalisation
Global trends in decriminalisation
EU action plan on drugs 2013–2016 adopted


From Drugnet Europe
by Joan Moore (compiler)


Health and social responses profiles
Cited from Drugnet Europe, No. 82, April–June 2013
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Perspectives on drugs
Cited from Drugnet Europe, No. 82, April–June 2013
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Misuse of medicines in the EU
Cited from Drugnet Europe, No. 83, July–September 2013
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New report reveals how a better understanding of the science of addiction can improve our response to drug problems
Cited from Drugnet Europe, No. 83, July–September 2013
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Drug law enforcement and seizures
by Johnny Connolly


In a recent Dáil debate on Garda operations tabled by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, the Garda Commissioner stated that there are approximately 25 organised crime groups (OCGs) operating throughout the state.1  The majority are centred in large urban areas such as Limerick, Cork, Galway, Sligo and Dublin.


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Recent publications
by Joan Moore (compiler)


Journal articles

The following abstracts are cited from recently published journal articles relating to the drugs situation in Ireland.


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Upcoming events
by Joan Moore (compiler)




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