Department to collect substance-use data
The Department of Health and Children is to participate in a European Schools Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) in 2011. On August 6, the Department began the process…
Sify – One in five Aussies abuses, becomes addicted to alcohol in lifetime
One in five Australians abuses or becomes addicted to alcohol in their lifetime, revealed a first nationwide study on the prevalence of drinking problems. And while the community is unworried…
Drop in drink-driving checkpoints ‘unacceptable’ – AA
AA Ireland has described as "unacceptable" the drop in mandatory breath tests carried out by gardaà last year, which fell by around 56,000 on 2008 figures. According to garda figures,…
Drop in drink-driving checkpoints ‘unacceptable’ — AA
AA Ireland has described as "unacceptable" the drop in mandatory breath tests carried out by gardaà last year, which fell by around 56,000 on 2008 figures. According to garda figures,…
Irish Examiner – I’m so over the hangovers
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Alcohol a factor in 33% of Irish road deaths, study finds
One in three deaths on Irish roads are alcohol related compared to an average of one in four throughout the European Union. A major EU report on road safety, published…
Government must tackle cut-price alcohol sales
OPINION: The fact that health and drinks lobbies are in tune for once is a real sign that the time is right for legislation, writes Brian O'Connell When itcomes to the…
Alcohol-induced abuse of children is rife, says bishop
Figures for alcohol abuse "would imply that many children are being physically, emotionally and sexually abused across this country on a daily basis - and especially at weekends," the Auxiliary…
Tranquillisers and alcohol blamed for majority of drug deaths
Prescription tranquillisers and alcohol are the two substances most implicated in drug deaths due to poisonings, new figures show. Updated information from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) show there…
Drugs linked to 250 teen deaths over 10 years
Almost 250 teenagers have died in drug-related incidents over a 10-year period, including 18 children aged under 15. Drugs, both illegal and legal, claimed a further 513 people aged between…
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