Organisation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

The findings are contained in a detailed study of eight cannabis users-turned dealers, aged between 15 and 18.

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Teens increasingly trapped by drugs debt as journey from user to dealer escalates

Teenage cannabis users who end up dealing are like the “oppressed becoming the oppressor”, according to a new study.

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Adverts for e-cigs may act as lure for children

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Extra €1m to help curb binge drinking

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Give your child a slim chance in the fight against obesity

Lower drink-drive limit should be a priority

Drinks industry web diary fails to set a consumption limit

Drink website focuses on dangers of excess

I OBJECT most strongly to the gross misrepresentation by Dr Bobby Smyth (Letters, August 4) of the function and format of the drinkaware.ie website, launched in 2006 by MEAS (Mature Enjoyment of Alcohol in Society).

Tue, 11 Aug, 2009

Drink industry claims rejected

ON July 14, you reported calls by Dr Conor Farren that the drinks industry be held to account over the enormous amount of alcohol-related harm in Ireland.

Tue, 04 Aug, 2009

‘Traffic taken into account in Mater choice’

TRAFFIC congestion in Dublin’s city centre was taken into account before the Health Service Executive (HSE) decided to locate the new children’s hospital at the Mater site, it was claimed yesterday.

Tue, 16 Jan, 2007