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# drug abuse

This year
2023
Tales from New York: 'We should learn from the drug treatment approach here'
Tony Duffin says Europe should take inspiration from New York City’s recent response to street-based drug use and increasing drug related deaths.
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Aug 20th 2023, 8:00 AM
Opinion: The Greek model of responding to drug use is worth keeping an eye on
Tony Duffin of Ana Liffey project and his long-time friends, Dr Brian Melaugh and Dr Austin O’Carroll visited Athens to see how drug use is handled there.
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Feb 25th 2023, 8:00 PM
Last year
2022
Opinion: Supervised drug injecting in Ireland – 10 years of advocacy, legislation and delays
2022 should be the year we open Ireland’s first Supervised Injecting Facility, write Tony Duffin of Ana Liffey Drug Project and Eugene McCann of Simon Fraser University
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Jan 20th 2022, 7:00 AM
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Opinion: How the pandemic acted as a catalyst for change in delivering vital homelessness services
Tony Duffin, CEO of Ana Liffey Drug Project describes how a shift in policy around Covid-19 brought about the changes to drug treatment that had been sought for years.
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Nov 28th 2020, 8:00 PM
Lynn Ruane: Drug courts are not the solution to Ireland's drug problem
We cannot have a National Drug Strategy that prefers the drug court to a health-focused approach.
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Dec 15th 2019, 8:30 PM
World Cup report leaves 'door open to drug abuse'
Bernard Laporte has raised the stakes in a bitter war of words over the destiny of the 2023 tournament.
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Nov 8th 2017, 9:29 AM
No public health policy has 'been designed with the homeless population specifically in mind'
A new study has shown increases in the number of homeless people dying from drug and/or alcohol abuse and on methadone.
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Oct 19th 2017, 9:02 AM
Dublin girl left 'afraid to leave the house' following 'horrific' attack by teen she met on Facebook
The then 16-year-old boy assaulted the girl in Dublin’s city centre after meeting her online via Facebook in 2014.
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Oct 17th 2017, 10:47 PM
Social work action 'unacceptably slow' in case of heroin user whose newborn died
The baby boy’s death was not reported to be connected to his mother’s drug use, but a report has criticised the seven-week delay in making contact with the woman.
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Aug 13th 2017, 9:00 PM
Carrie Fisher's death caused by sleep apnea and 'other causes', coroner says
The legendary Star Wars actress died suddenly last December.
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Jun 17th 2017, 7:56 AM
'A great day for drug policy in Ireland': Supervised injecting centres get go-ahead
The proposed bill passed all stages of the Oireachtas today.
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May 10th 2017, 3:41 PM
Youth who kicked his mother in the head during assaults spared jail
Defence solicitor Gareth Noble has said the boy is trying to rebuild his relationship with his mother.
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Mar 29th 2017, 6:20 AM
'A place to rest, a place to chat - a safe harbour': Injecting centres get Cabinet approval
The first pilot centre is expected to be opened in Dublin in the autumn.
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Feb 7th 2017, 2:02 PM
France today opened its first ever supervised injecting centre for drug addicts
After years of campaigning, the centre opened in Paris today.
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Oct 14th 2016, 5:23 PM
Poll: Would drug abuse on the street put you off shopping in an area?
Local businesses have come together on Dublin’s Mary Street to try and curb the problem of drug use in the alleyways behind their street.
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Apr 6th 2016, 9:41 AM
"I had a 14-day detox that sent me into horrible withdrawals... but I still went back to heroin"
Paul started snorting heroin aged 18. What followed was over 20 years of serious drug abuse before he finally decided to get clean.
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Jan 30th 2016, 8:30 PM
Poll: Would you welcome an injection centre in your area?
The first is due to open next year.
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Nov 2nd 2015, 9:32 AM
Cocaine cut with cattle de-wormer made this woman's skin rot
Levamisole is regularly used as an adulterant in cocaine.
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Sep 23rd 2015, 3:55 PM
Should we stop bringing criminal charges against those possessing drugs for personal use?
It’s important to consider what is meant by ‘decriminalisation’.
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Jul 8th 2015, 11:30 PM
The shocking story of the rise of HIV in one rural American community
From 2009-2013, Scott County, Indiana had three HIV infections. There have been 142 since January.
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Apr 24th 2015, 8:21 PM
This legendary TV presenter got off his face on skunk and said it was 'worse than a war zone'
All for science, of course.
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Feb 17th 2015, 5:00 PM
Jimmy White: I smoked crack at Irish Masters, drugs cost me 10 world titles
The six-time world championship finalist opens up in his new book.
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Nov 3rd 2014, 11:49 AM
Opinion: Coming out of addiction and homelessness is a major life event
If we want to address complex social issues like addiction and homelessness, we need the activity of frontline services to match the vision of high level policy.
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Sep 29th 2014, 1:00 PM
Opinion: Addiction is often boiled down to sound bites – but the truth is complex
We need to reflect on how addiction affects an individual, their experience of seeking help, and what the throes of addiction are like.
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Aug 31st 2014, 8:30 AM
Opinion: The 'War on Drugs' has failed – let's finally implement policies that make sense
Several drug-related deaths and hospitalisations this month demonstrate how our adherence to an overly-simplistic drug policy is misguided and dangerous.
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Jun 1st 2014, 8:30 AM
Drug and alcohol abuse leading to care proceedings for children
The latest report on child care law shows that the Child & Family Agency failed in its applications for care orders in three cases.
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Mar 18th 2014, 9:10 AM
Column: Ongoing alcohol misuse in Ireland is ruining individuals and families
Over half of all Irish drinkers have a harmful pattern of drinking; don’t be fooled into thinking alcohol misuse is ‘normal’ or has no affect on your personal relationships, writes Tony Moore.
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Nov 9th 2013, 7:00 PM
6 things we learned from Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s Cannabis Regulation Bill
If this bill was made law, driving after using the drug would be legal and advertising cannabis products would also be allowed.
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Oct 24th 2013, 12:00 PM
Drug users need our compassion, says Elton John
Pop star says stigma and criminalisation increases chance that users get caught in lifetime cycle of addiction and disease.
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Jun 8th 2013, 5:00 PM
Second inquest rules Amy Winehouse killed by accidental alcohol poisoning
The same verdict was given at a re-hearing of the inquest – which was ordered after it emerged that the first was heard by a coroner who did not have the correct qualifications.
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Jan 8th 2013, 11:45 AM
My Christmas Day: ‘It’s just another day on the street for me’
‘Mike’ has no home to go to this Christmas. He describes what life is like on the streets – and how common death is.
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Dec 25th 2012, 7:30 PM
HSE warns of heroin which could be contaminated with anthrax
There are fears that a batch of heroin contaminated with anthrax could be about to reach Irish shores.
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Jul 30th 2012, 5:22 PM
Ecstasy 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.
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Jun 20th 2012, 10:48 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Mar 26th 2012, 8:32 AM
Prescription 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 are prescribed.
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Nov 23rd 2011, 12:35 PM
Marijuana-shaped sweets spark outrage
‘Pothead’ range, which campaigners say trivialise illegal drug use, is in 1,000 US stores.
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Oct 10th 2011, 9:39 AM
North America's only legal drug injection facility to stay open, says Canadian court
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled today against the government’s efforts to shut down the facility in Vancouver.
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Sep 30th 2011, 7:43 PM
Three generations of families gripped by drug abuse
Ballymun drugs project is now treating the grandchildren of people who used their services 30 years ago.
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Mar 24th 2011, 11:22 AM