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Saturday 23 September 2023 Dublin: 5°C

# Pills

This year
2023
# drug taking
Simon Harris: 'Direct link between snorting a line and murder, assault, criminality and misery'
The Justice Minister told the Dáil that casual drug use was far from victimless.
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Feb 16th 2023, 11:44 AM
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# Dublin
Man who crashed car after taking six ecstasy tablets jailed for two years
Anthony Ward (26) drove the car at night with the lights switched off at speeds of up to 160 km/hr.
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May 19th 2017, 6:15 AM
# teddy tablets
Three 12-year-old girls in serious condition in Manchester after taking ecstasy pills
Salford police say that the tablets are called ‘Teddy Tablets’.
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Jun 19th 2016, 2:13 PM
# Seizure
This is what €225,000 worth of ecstasy tablets looks like
A man in his 40s has been arrested after a raid in west Dublin yesterday.
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Aug 11th 2015, 2:41 PM
# Dangerous
These are just some of the lethal homemade weapons seized in Irish prisons
The Irish Prison Service launched a confidential helpline today for inmates and members of the public to report information about contraband.
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Jul 6th 2015, 12:47 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Have you ever bought medication online?
Irish people have been warned about the dangers of buying from unregistered sites.
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Jul 2nd 2015, 9:27 AM
# global drug survey
Of 23,000 who say they took MDMA, 202 ended up in hospital
There has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking medical treatment after taking the drug over the past few years.
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Jun 18th 2015, 6:08 AM
# Fat Fighter
An "imaginary meal" pill could help fight obesity
The pill is like a “relay race”, researchers say.
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Jan 5th 2015, 8:59 PM
# Pills
'Superman' ecstasy tablets worth €1.2 million seized in Dublin
The tablets — impressed with a Superman-style ‘S’ — originated in Belgium.
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Dec 19th 2014, 3:20 PM
# Green Rolex
HSE issues alert as green ecstasy pills kill two people in the last four days
The HSE is warning against the consumption of the green pills.
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May 22nd 2014, 6:19 PM
# Antibiotics
Ireland's casual attitude to antibiotics leading to 'alarming rise' in superbugs
A new campaign is being launched today to encourage better practice in relation to antibiotics among both doctors and patients.
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Nov 22nd 2013, 6:30 AM
# Medication
Irish people warming up to generic medicines
The Irish Medicine Board expects lists of interchangeable medicines to be ready within two months of legislation on the drugs commencing.
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Jun 6th 2013, 11:06 AM
# Medicines
Tablet dump to help raise awareness of addiction to medication
In the past five years, benzodiazepine use has increased by nearly 40 per cent in Ireland. People are being encouraged to dump their old stockpiles of medication.
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Nov 14th 2012, 7:30 AM
Voices
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
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Mar 4th 2012, 11:00 AM