# addiction - Thursday 22 September, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
‘The present thing for homeless people is they are without hope. It’s despair. It’s exhaustion,’ he said.
# addiction - Saturday 30 July, 2022
# Vaping
# Vaping
Professor Des Cox says it’s tempting to see e-cigarettes as a solution to smoking but he says that’s just not the case.
# addiction - Thursday 21 July, 2022
# Addiction
From The42
# Addiction
Kirkland explained it has been a decade-long battle.
# addiction - Monday 18 July, 2022
# Vaping
# Vaping
The committee asked the Minister for Health to look at other countries where ages for vaping and smoking are 21.
# addiction - Tuesday 12 July, 2022
# Cannabis
# Cannabis
Dr Garrett McGovern believes Ireland should take a health-led approach to drugs and decriminalise personal use.
# addiction - Saturday 11 June, 2022
# Problems
From The42
# Problems
Ex-Ireland international Keith Treacy on how various addictions severely impacted his football career and caused him to seek help.
# addiction - Wednesday 23 February, 2022
# Addiction
# Addiction
Senators are due to debate the issue today amid much criticism over this week’s developments.
# addiction - Saturday 19 February, 2022
# Addiction
# Addiction
A nursing group specialising in addiction was removed from the committee in December.
# addiction - Friday 14 January, 2022
# Addiction
# Addiction
Drugs minister Frank Feighan has invited the IntNSA to meet with him
# addiction - Tuesday 11 January, 2022
# Dublin
# Dublin
Two Tallaght support groups warned that they may have to shut their crack cocaine services down from New Year’s Eve.
# addiction - Thursday 30 December, 2021
# Saol
# Saol
The Saol service works to help women in Dublin recovering from addiction.
# addiction - Tuesday 21 December, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dr Garrett McGovern says that regulating the drug would allow it to be researched with more accuracy and protect young people from its harms.
# addiction - Friday 10 September, 2021
# Addiction
The Keltoi Rehab Unit continues to be used as a Covid isolation facility, reports Maria Delaney of Noteworthy, our investigative platform. Keltoi closed 18 months ago, with previous Health Minister Simon Harris promising its reopening Addiction service advocates are frustrated with the HSE response and are calling for a clear reopening date
# addiction - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Rehab Wait
# Rehab Wait
Over 60% are on the waiting list for at least nine months.
# addiction - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Advertising
# Advertising
As Labour brings legislation this week to tackle the issue, party senator Mark Wall says it’s time to fight back against gambling ads.
# addiction - Monday 30 November, 2020
# Addiction
From The42
# Addiction
Paul Walsh says he was ‘drunk-driving’ everywhere.
# addiction - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# Merchants Quay
# Merchants Quay
Over 11,600 people who are homeless or in addiction were helped by Merchants Quay Ireland in 2019.
# addiction - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
The state also legalised access to magic mushrooms for therapeutic use.
# addiction - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# Debunked
# Debunked
Theories claim adrenochrome is harvested from children in a trafficking ring.
# addiction - Saturday 18 July, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
The following account is written by a member of Addictive Eaters Anonymous, who shares her experience of sobriety from addictive eating.
# addiction - Wednesday 1 July, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
Sixty-three homeless people were diagnosed with Covid-19 and there was one death, a fraction of what had been predicted.
# addiction - Wednesday 17 June, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Mental Health Occupational Therapist Michelle Murray says living with the shame of addiction is always tough, but lockdown pushes even harder. She says there is hope.
# addiction - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
The purchasing of drugs online brings significant regulatory challenges.
# addiction - Saturday 25 April, 2020
# Drugs
# Drugs
Drug users are at an increased risk of contracting Covid-19 – many suffer from underlying health conditions and don’t have a safe place to self-isolate if needed.
# addiction - Thursday 20 February, 2020
# James Leonard
# James Leonard
James Leonard shared his story of addiction on The Tommy Tiernan Show last month.
# addiction - Saturday 1 February, 2020
# Addiction
From The42
# Addiction
Former jockey John Gillen on his life before and after his descent into alcoholism.
# addiction - Saturday 25 January, 2020
# Chemsex
# Chemsex
The drug has been making headlines after more overdoses last weekend and a high-profile rape case.
# addiction - Monday 23 September, 2019
# Chemsex
# Chemsex
People can buy a hit of the highly addictive drug for as little as €1.
# addiction - Friday 20 September, 2019
# Podcast
# Podcast
We look at what chemsex is, and the role the drugs GHB and crystal meth play in it.
# addiction - Sunday 8 September, 2019
# Column
# Column
Services such as the Breakthrough Programme in West Dublin can be a lifesaver for young men.
# addiction - Sunday 25 August, 2019
# Column
# Column
Applying neoliberal tools to community work is ultimately about cost-cutting and power, writes Senator Lynn Ruane.
# addiction - Saturday 27 July, 2019
# Addiction
# Addiction
Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for an injecting facility.
# addiction - Thursday 16 May, 2019
# Drug Treatment
# Drug Treatment
The Dublin-based addiction centre treated 1,350 people in 2018 and is now planning an expansion to Limerick.
# addiction - Wednesday 8 May, 2019
# Drugs
# Drugs
The President of the Association of Garda Superintendents said there are constant challenges for gardaí in dealing with drugs and organised crime.
# addiction - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
# Precarious Work
# Precarious Work
New research found the local drug economy – unlike precarious work – recruits young people by incentivising and enticing them.
# addiction - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Addiction
# Addiction
There has been a decrease in the number of alcohol dependency cases being treated in recent years, but an increase in their severity.
# addiction - Monday 18 March, 2019
# Addiction
# Addiction
The trust receives funding from the gambling industry and will be run by a board which includes two former junior ministers.
# addiction - Saturday 16 March, 2019
# Merchants Quay
# Merchants Quay
A plan to open a medically supervised injecting facility has been met with fierce local opposition.
# addiction - Friday 8 March, 2019
# Drugs
# Drugs
Of the total number, 549 were male and 187 were female.
# addiction - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# Health Research Board
# Health Research Board
The proportion of problem gamblers in Ireland is far lower than in Northern Ireland, according to data from the Health Research Board.
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