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National Drugs Strategy Conference
Health Research Board welcomes new CEO
Supporting local efforts to tackle drug problems
Drug strategy to be evaluated
Dáil debate on cannabis
Homelessness Oversight Group submits its first report
Drug policy advocacy organisations in Europe
European research on risk factors for overdose
Preventing opiate-related deaths in Ireland: the naloxone demonstration project
Investigating the links between substance misuse and crime among young offenders
Problem-solving justice - establishing a community court in Dublin
Latest figures on drug-related deaths published
NDTRS drug treatment data for 2011 and 2012 available on line
Stakeholder consultation on Hidden Harm
Pharmacy needle exchange in Ireland
HSE services in 2014 - illicit drugs, smoking and alcohol misuse
Review of Dublin North City and County addiction service
Substance misuse in the eastern counties of HSE South
Ruhama annual report 2012
Inchicore Bluebell team launches strategy document
City Clinic marks 20 years in addiction services
Fifteenth annual Service of Commemoration and Hope
National Documentation Centre: new and updated resources
From Drugnet Europe
Recent publications
Upcoming events



City Clinic marks 20 years in addiction services
by Ita Condron


 
The City Clinic is a HSE-funded drug treatment centre in Amiens Street in north Dublin.  Set up in April 1993 as a public health and harm reduction response to the inner city's growing heroin problem, the clinic celebrated 20 years of service in December 2013 with the launch of The City Clinic: 20 years of reflections, remembrances and recollections 1993 –2013.1


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Fifteenth annual Service of Commemoration and Hope
by Ena Lynn


 
On Saturday 1 February the National Family Support Network (NFSN) held its fifteenth annual Service of Commemoration and Hope, entitled ‘Supporting Our Family’, in remembrance of loved ones lost to substance misuse and related causes, and to publicly support families living with the devastation that substance misuse causes.


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National Documentation Centre: new and updated resources
by NDC


Online tutorials

Factsheets


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From Drugnet Europe
by Joan Moore (compiler)


Kick-off: Joint action on reducing alcohol-related harm

Focus on multidimensional family therapy

Exploring methamphetamine trends in Europe

New EMCDDA toolkit for monitoring infectious diseases


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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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