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<p>Garda Sergeant Shane Henry and actor Gavin Greene demonstrating the Drager Drug Test 5000 during a simulation to show how roadside drugs tests are conducted. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

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Cannabis report: Data shows it's the drug most commonly detected in roadside tests

Cited as the third most common main problem drug in Ireland, cannabis also accounts for 67% of all positive roadside drug tests

Surge in treatment for those using cocaine

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Surge in treatment for those using cocaine

Number of people treated for problem gambling reaches highest ever level

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Number of people treated for problem gambling reaches highest ever level

Problem drug use is on the rise in Ireland

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Problem drug use is on the rise in Ireland

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‘State failing to expand prison alternatives’

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Number of cocaine users seeking treatment doubles

Twelvefold increase in cocaine seizures

There has been a 1,200% increase in the number of cocaine seizures in Ireland in the past decade, it emerged today.

Thu, 24 Nov, 2005

Expert warns of cocaine epidemic threat in regions

REGIONS outside greater Dublin are at the early stages of a cocaine epidemic, a health expert warned yesterday.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2004

One in eight seeking drug treatment are children

A new Government report has shown that one in eight people who sought drug treatment between 1996 and 1999 were still in school.

Sun, 14 Jul, 2002