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Sunday 25 October 2020
Dr Austin O’Carroll says decriminalisation would be a way of taking responsibility for the vicious effects of inequality.
We cannot have a National Drug Strategy that prefers the drug court to a health-focused approach.
The health minister plans to have the medicinal cannabis access scheme up and running in the summer.
Karen Docherty is calling for stronger support systems to be put in place for families affected by suicide.
The figure of 76 represents a drop in the comparable figure for 2016, when there were a total of 92 discharges.
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.
Depression is often the root cause of drug addiction and abuse does not help.
“It’s OK to come out and say that I’m not embarrassed.”
“It’s OK to come out and say that I’m not embarrassed.”
Researchers found the fish were willing to work harder and even enter risky conditions in order to get their fix.
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.
The 17-year-old boy is accused of assaulting a staff member and causing €54,000 worth of criminal damage.
Babies with drug withdrawal symptoms undergo six to eight week of rehabilitation.
At a vigil in Dublin this evening, her brother Sean called for a change in how the State treats addicts.
The problem is particularly bad in rural areas.
Ireland’s first supervised injection centre could be up and running by the end of 2017.
Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe recently made some alarming claims on this issue. FactCheck puts them under scrutiny.
The chairman of a drug treatment programme said that the government needed to give more urgency to the housing crisis.
Paul started snorting heroin aged 18. What followed was over 20 years of serious drug abuse before he finally decided to get clean.
From 2009-2013, Scott County, Indiana had three HIV infections. There have been 142 since January.
Jonathan O’Brien’s brother is battling drug addiction.
John turned his life around after drug addiction.
Anne’s son has been battling addiction for 27 years.
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.
Compassion for a fellow human being should not change just because a poor soul happened to be an addict.
Researchers said that knowing this detail may help identify new treatments for addicts.
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.
The deaths have all come in the last four days, with most of the fatalities thought to be drug addicts seeking a fix.
The things we learned, loved and shared today.
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.
The singer’s meltdowns were very public, but few people understand the reality of addiction, writes recovered drug user Brendan Magee.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
Some sun, a shower in spots in the p.m.
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Clouds breaking, rain ending; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
