# harm reduction

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2022

'Medics are your mates': HSE launches harm-reduction campaign for drug users at music festivals

The campaign also urges festival-goers to ‘leave the mixing to the DJs’.

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May 25th 2022, 11:28 AM

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Dublin's approach to supporting drug users during pandemic saved lives, report finds

Sixty-three homeless people were diagnosed with Covid-19 and there was one death, a fraction of what had been predicted.

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Jul 1st 2020, 9:36 AM

Lynn Ruane: Harm reduction should always come first with criminal drug policy

We should decriminalise possession of drugs for personal use, writes independent senator Lynn Ruane.

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Nov 9th 2019, 7:30 PM

Drug-testing at Irish festivals: Government criticised for delays forming 'working group'

The working group was first floated in 2017 and was originally expected to be up and running earlier this year.

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Aug 8th 2019, 6:00 AM

Drug outreach services to be provided at Electric Picnic campsites

Medical professionals and other volunteers will be providing advice and other help in Stradbally.

10.5k

Aug 22nd 2018, 6:01 AM

Fianna Fáil tweet about HSE being on crack 'not representative of party policy'

The tweet was quickly deleted after criticism online.

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Aug 9th 2018, 12:42 PM

'She was frantic, her boyfriend had assaulted her and was going to make her do sex work'

Tony Duffin the CEO of Ana Liffey Drug Project reflects on 25 years of helping people who use drugs.

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Apr 29th 2018, 8:45 AM

Doctor's corner: The biggest problem with a zero tolerance approach to drug use

Alcohol is a drug. We have guidelines on its use aimed at reducing the long-term risk of health harms. So why not have guidelines for drugs?

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Nov 19th 2014, 5:00 PM