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# Drug use

All time
These are the European cities that use the most drugs (based on their toilet water)
13 Dec 2016
40.5k
23
More US adults are using marijuana as they don't think it's harmful
31 Aug 2016
17.9k
66
'We woke up in a tent last Christmas, now we have a home'
22 Jun 2016
26.1k
74
Drug use: People in all kinds of venues taking ecstasy - not just dance clubs
31 May 2016
22.2k
67
Plan to tackle drug use in laneway near busy Dublin shopping street
6 Apr 2016
37.1k
66
Criminalising possession doesn't discourage use - we need real solutions
Tony Duffin
8 Mar 2016
304
43
Where do Ireland's political parties stand on decriminalising cannabis?
13 Feb 2016
55.4k
96
Drug testing in nightclubs branded 'knee-jerk reaction' after Cork tragedy
26 Jan 2016
16.8k
81
Woman guilty of child abduction escapes jail but told to stay away from childcare facilities and schools
8 Dec 2015
12.7k
11
Of 23,000 who say they took MDMA, 202 ended up in hospital
18 Jun 2015
15.9k
29
How often do people use drugs while working? Most often around exam time anyway
9 Jun 2015
8.7k
6
Irish recreational drug users reveal cocaine and MDMA use - and talk 'mystery white powders'
8 Jun 2015
49.2k
28
HIV is on the rise in Dublin
29 May 2015
16.4k
21
Ask The Expert: 'Every alley way in Dublin is used for public injecting at some point'
5 May 2015
33.1k
81
"'There's no heroin here, it's only a Dublin thing' - it's complete lies"
4 Feb 2015
19.4k
10
Care order extended for two young girls who described their mother as a 'junkie'
22 Dec 2014
15.7k
Doctor's corner: The biggest problem with a zero tolerance approach to drug use
Dr Adam Winstock
19 Nov 2014
1.1k
25
Teen cannabis-users 'more likely to attempt suicide' later in life
10 Sep 2014
7.0k
55
Dublin Lord Mayor calls for task force to tackle inner city addiction problems
10 Aug 2014
14.3k
113
Over 1,000 people show up to anti-drugs meeting in Roscrea
29 Jul 2014
11.1k
56
Was Peaches a heroin addict?: 'Yes'. Husband tells inquest Geldof was in drug treatment
23 Jul 2014
49.2k
75
Opinion: The 'War on Drugs' has failed – let's finally implement policies that make sense
Tony Duffin
1 Jun 2014
450
120
Over 80 per cent of drug seizures in Europe are for cannabis
28 May 2014
9.1k
39
Ireland is the third highest for drug-induced deaths in Europe
27 May 2014
10.6k
66
Irish people using cocaine less frequently, finds new research
8 Apr 2014
9.5k
55
Nigella Lawson barred from boarding US flight over cocaine confession
3 Apr 2014
26.6k
116
Religious ministry defends drug rehab programme
17 Dec 2013
16.3k
62
Column: Nobody ever chooses to be homeless – this government is pushing people to the brink
Niamh Randall
24 Oct 2013
191
42
Drug use outside Dublin continues to grow, says report
6 Sep 2013
5.1k
40
Just eight out of 20 beds in operation at successful HSE rehab unit
5 Aug 2013
6.8k
6
Aaron Rodgers may lose $4.5m gamble as baseball star admits to drug use
23 Jul 2013
5.0k
3
Porn star Jenna Jameson accuses Tito Ortiz of assault and drug-use
1 Jun 2013
6.4k
6
1980s ‘crack baby’ scare overblown
27 May 2013
15.1k
25
Ireland has one of highest rates of cocaine use in Europe - report
1 Feb 2013
10.7k
81
Coke, cannabis and getting clean: Ireland's drug problem, in numbers
17 Nov 2012
18.3k
65
Two dead as HSE issues warning over batch of heroin in Cork
5 Oct 2012
9.2k
79
Monaghan nightclub refuses tap water to patrons to discourage 'drug use'
9 Aug 2012
13.3k
82
Ecstasy use falls by half but we're still boozing
20 Jun 2012
3.1k
11
Regional differences in illegal drug use narrows
19 Jun 2012
4.0k
22
Cigarettes and alcohol: less experimenting, more abstinence by Irish teens
1 Jun 2012
2.5k
7
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