Ireland has one of Europe’s highest levels of drugs fatalities
A new UN report also highlights the rise in the use and distribution of so-called ‘legal highs’
View ArticleJunior Cert students want classes on sex and drugs
A nationwide consultation on Junior Cert reform finds that students want more education on social issues.
View ArticleIreland has third-highest rate of drug deaths in Europe
The annual report of the EU drugs agency also found that Ireland has the highest rate of heroin use in Europe.
View ArticlePrescription drug usage on the rise among women
A survey on drug consumption in Ireland has noted a “huge increase” in the usage of legally available opiates – particularly among women – prompting a call for the examination of how benzodiazepines...
View ArticleAddicts drinking hand sanitiser to get alcohol fix
The head of a service for drug users and the homeless in Ireland has said that some addicts are being driven to drinking hand sanitiser in an effort to get a fix of alcohol.
View ArticlePlans for new supervised drug injecting centre in Dublin
The Ana Liffey Drug Project also wants to develop a Naloxone programme and a crisis detox unit for drug users.
View ArticleColumn: To fight the drug problem, we must treat users with compassion
Demonising drug users creates social outcasts, while the real criminals go free. We need to try a humane approach, writes Tim Bingham.
View ArticleHouston autopsy report notes hole in singer’s nose
The last report into the death of singer Whitney Houston attributes a nasal issue to ‘substance abuse’.
View ArticleTreating heroin users with heroin works – EU report
A new report by the EU drugs agency has found supervised heroin therapy has helped ‘untreatable’ chronic heroin users.
View ArticleImpulsive teenagers: there’s a reason for that behaviour
Brain wiring could be a cause for early drug use by teenagers.
View ArticleCigarettes and alcohol: less experimenting, more abstinence by Irish teens
Plus, a significant drop in illicit drug use has brought Irish teens in line with their European counterparts.
View ArticleRegional differences in illegal drug use narrows
Report shows men more likely to consume illegal drugs as well as alcohol and tobacco than women.
View ArticleEcstasy use falls by half but we’re still boozing
Number of adults using drug falls from 1.2 per cent to 0.5 per cent in four years.
View ArticleMonaghan nightclub refuses tap water to patrons to discourage ‘drug use’
Vanity Nightclub says it won’t give out free water to customers as it prides itself on being a “drug free zone”.
View ArticleTwo dead as HSE issues warning over batch of heroin in Cork
Seven other people have been hospitalised as a result of what the HSE believes is a strong batch of heroin in circulation in the Cork area.
View ArticleCoke, cannabis and getting clean: Ireland’s drug problem, in numbers
How many Irish people have tried cocaine? How about cannabis? And how accessible is detox to those who need it?
View ArticleIreland has one of highest rates of cocaine use in Europe – report
The report also suggests Ireland is an entry point for Moroccan cannabis resin into Europe.
View Article1980s ‘crack baby’ scare overblown
Studies at the time suggested prenatal drug use caused irreversible brain damage and predicted dire futures for the babies.
View ArticleJust eight out of 20 beds in operation at successful HSE rehab unit
Brendan Kiernan manager of Keltoi House said “the completion rate makes it very cost-effective”.
View ArticleDrug use outside Dublin continues to grow, says report
Merchants Quay Ireland’s annual report also shows that there were 558 new users to their Dublin needle exchange service.
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