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Friday 29 September 2023 Dublin: 11°C

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Doctors want cannabis risks highlighted, but campaigners says debate is conflating medicinal and recreational use
Medical experts said the government was ‘sleepwalking’ its way into supporting cannabis use in Ireland.
The average person in alcohol treatment in Ireland is 41, male and started drinking at 16
The Health Research Board has published new figures on alcohol use between 2009 and 2015.
Potentially cancer-causing herbicide used on Dublin's streets
The World Health Organisation’s International Agency on the Research of Cancer has branded glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic” to humans.
Concerned about your drug use? This test will tell you how harmful it is
Tony Duffin of the Anna Liffey Drugs Project said a real benefit is the test’s availability 24/7.
Senator warns against encouraging gay people to believe "sameness" achievable
Encouraging LGBT people to believe full equivalence is possible will “only cause more harm than good to them” he said.
Nine-year-old girl hospitalised in England after vodka-whiskey neknomination
The girl took alcohol from the cupboard at a friend’s house without their parents’ knowledge.
Alcohol Forum says alcohol is wreaking havoc on communities around Ireland
Alcohol’s harm to others will be discussed at Alcohol Awareness Week at the end of the month.