A survey on the effect of parental drinking on teenagers found that parents? drinking habits can influence how children perceive alcohol. ROISIN INGLE spoke to five teenagers about the role alcohol plays in their family ANY PARENT concerned about how their behaviour around alcohol may be influencin
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