# drug-addiction - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# Lack Of Support
Substance abuse support groups were classed as non-essential services for five months from March 2020, leaving people without a lifeline. A survey of 157 drug and alcohol support services found that 84% of the support groups saw an increase in drug use among their clients. “The ball was dropped by the government and people were left to kill themselves slowly for the first year of the pandemic," said one support worker.
# drug-addiction - Sunday 11 July, 2021
# End Prohibition
# End Prohibition
Youth worker Eoin Lynagh is part of a group calling for an end to prohibition.
# drug-addiction - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
Dr Austin O’Carroll says decriminalisation would be a way of taking responsibility for the vicious effects of inequality.
# drug-addiction - Sunday 15 December, 2019
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
We cannot have a National Drug Strategy that prefers the drug court to a health-focused approach.
# drug-addiction - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
The health minister plans to have the medicinal cannabis access scheme up and running in the summer.
# drug-addiction - Friday 4 January, 2019
# Left Behind
# Left Behind
Karen Docherty is calling for stronger support systems to be put in place for families affected by suicide.
# drug-addiction - Monday 23 July, 2018
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
The figure of 76 represents a drop in the comparable figure for 2016, when there were a total of 92 discharges.
# drug-addiction - Sunday 10 June, 2018
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
A town hall meeting will be held this week in Dublin on the subject of looking into a health-led approach towards drug use in Ireland.
# drug-addiction - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
# Addiction
# Addiction
Depression is often the root cause of drug addiction and abuse does not help.
# drug-addiction - Saturday 14 October, 2017
# Drug Addiction
From The Daily Edge
# Drug Addiction
“It’s OK to come out and say that I’m not embarrassed.”
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
“It’s OK to come out and say that I’m not embarrassed.”
# drug-addiction - Sunday 27 August, 2017
# Addiction
# Addiction
Researchers found the fish were willing to work harder and even enter risky conditions in order to get their fix.
# drug-addiction - Sunday 13 August, 2017
# Addiction
# Addiction
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.
# drug-addiction - Wednesday 9 August, 2017
# Children's Court
# Children's Court
The 17-year-old boy is accused of assaulting a staff member and causing €54,000 worth of criminal damage.
# drug-addiction - Wednesday 12 July, 2017
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
Babies with drug withdrawal symptoms undergo six to eight week of rehabilitation.
# drug-addiction - Friday 12 May, 2017
# Justice For Dara
# Justice For Dara
At a vigil in Dublin this evening, her brother Sean called for a change in how the State treats addicts.
# drug-addiction - Saturday 17 December, 2016
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
The problem is particularly bad in rural areas.
# drug-addiction - Tuesday 22 November, 2016
# Humans Of Dublin
# Humans Of Dublin
Ireland’s first supervised injection centre could be up and running by the end of 2017.
# drug-addiction - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe recently made some alarming claims on this issue. FactCheck puts them under scrutiny.
# drug-addiction - Thursday 9 June, 2016
# Coolmine Therapeutic Community
# Coolmine Therapeutic Community
The chairman of a drug treatment programme said that the government needed to give more urgency to the housing crisis.
# drug-addiction - Saturday 30 January, 2016
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
Paul started snorting heroin aged 18. What followed was over 20 years of serious drug abuse before he finally decided to get clean.
# drug-addiction - Friday 24 April, 2015
# Scott County Indiana
# Scott County Indiana
From 2009-2013, Scott County, Indiana had three HIV infections. There have been 142 since January.
# drug-addiction - Wednesday 15 April, 2015
# Heroin
# Heroin
Jonathan O’Brien’s brother is battling drug addiction.
# drug-addiction - Tuesday 6 January, 2015
# Hope
# Hope
John turned his life around after drug addiction.
# drug-addiction - Sunday 2 November, 2014
# Addiction
# Addiction
Anne’s son has been battling addiction for 27 years.
# drug-addiction - Friday 3 October, 2014
# Addiction
# Addiction
The Director of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, Tony Duffin said a recent surge in hallucinogenic stimulants has also made addicts’ behaviour somewhat more challenging lately.
# drug-addiction - Thursday 24 July, 2014
# Peaches
# Peaches
Compassion for a fellow human being should not change just because a poor soul happened to be an addict.
# drug-addiction - Friday 2 August, 2013
# Addiction
# Addiction
Researchers said that knowing this detail may help identify new treatments for addicts.
# drug-addiction - Tuesday 2 July, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
I dabbled with drugs on a social basis and thought I was in control; but that was before trying crystal meth. The drug stripped away everything I believed about myself as a person, exposing me to dangers and tragedies I would never have imagined.
# drug-addiction - Saturday 29 December, 2012
# Pakistan
# Pakistan
The deaths have all come in the last four days, with most of the fatalities thought to be drug addicts seeking a fix.
# drug-addiction - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
The things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
Coolmine Therapeutic Centre says it urgently needs €100,000 from the State in order to keep its mother and child facilities for drug addicts open.
# drug-addiction - Friday 29 July, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
The singer’s meltdowns were very public, but few people understand the reality of addiction, writes recovered drug user Brendan Magee.
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