A confidential report on Ireland’s drugs strategy has recommended a “shift” away from criminalising people for possession of drugs for personal use.

Tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year if all smokers switched from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, British experts have said.

Tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year if all British smokers switched from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, experts have said.

HEROIN addicts who complete detoxification programmes are more likely to die within a year from an overdose than addicts who drop out of treatment.