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UN can’t agree on abolition of death for drug offences
UN body passes drug resolutions
Regional drug strategies across the world
Towards UNGASS 2016
EWODOR international conference held in Dublin
Prevalence of drug use and blood-borne viruses in Irish prisons, 2011
Annual review of the drug situation in Europe
Cocaine use in Ireland: 2010/11 survey results
Treated problem alcohol use in Ireland, 2008–2012
Alcohol and mental health among school students
AAI leaflet on alcohol and pregnancy
Forensic Science Laboratory analyses street-level heroin and cocaine
Barriers or bridges?
Preventing and responding to overdose in homeless accommodation in Limerick



EWODOR international conference held in Dublin
by Suzi Lyons


 
Prof Eric Broekaert, Ghent University, Karen Biggs, Phoenix Futures, Pauline McKeown, CEO Coolmine, Minster Alex White, Rowdy Yates MBE, University of Stirling, and Natalie Kennedy, Coolmine Therapeutic Community at the EWODOR conference. (Photo: Maxwells Photography).
The European Working Group on Drugs Orientated Research (EWODOR) conference took place on 22–23 May in Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with Coolmine Therapeutic Community.  This is the first time the conference has been held in Ireland.


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Prevalence of drug use and blood-borne viruses in Irish prisons, 2011
by Carrie Garavan, Jean Long, Suzi Lyons


 
A new report estimates the extent of drug use and the prevalence of blood-borne viruses among the prison population in Ireland.


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Annual review of the drug situation in Europe
by Brian Galvin


 
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) published European drug report 2014: trends and developmentson 27 May.1 The report summarises the latest trends across the 28 EU member states, and Norway and Turkey.


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Cocaine use in Ireland: 2010/11 survey results
by Margaret Curtin


 
The National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol recently published Bulletin 4 in a series of reports on the 2010/11 survey on drug use in the general population.1 The bulletin focuses on cocaine use in the adult population (15–64 years) and provides a profile of cocaine use. The final achieved sample was 5,134 in the Republic of Ireland. This represented a response rate of 60%. This article presents a summary of some of the main results.


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Treated problem alcohol use in Ireland, 2008–2012
by Suzi Lyons


The National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) has published the latest figures on treated problem alcohol use in Ireland in the years 2008–2012.


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