COMBINING cocaine and alcohol "can be lethal," two top drug experts warned yesterday. a d v e r t i s e m e n t Dr Eamon Keenan, clinical director of HSE Addiction Services in Dublin Mid-Leinster, said: "Both have disinhibiting effects, and the combination creates a specific chemical, cocaethylene
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HAVING a few festive drinks to celebrate Christmas often seems like a great way to share holiday cheer. But the festivities can turn dangerous, with two million Australians claiming they know someone who injured themselves or was harmed as a result of excessive alcohol consumption last Christmas an
WE at alcoholresponse.com deplore the lack of changes in excise duty on alcohol in the budget. a d v e r t i s e m e n t This is disturbing, but sadly understandable as a finance-generating exercise. However, this does not make the move excusable, health-wise. Alarmingly, the budgetary move lacks
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Most ?date rapes? in Ireland involve alcohol rather than any other drug, a study in Galway has found. Stacey Scriver Furlong of the NUIG Global Women?s Studies said that three out of four ?date rape? cases in this country involve alcohol. She said that that secondary school children needed to be ed
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, today branded the Government's decision to keep alcohol excise duty at the same slashed levels as last year as "incomprehensible" in…