Organisation: Regional Drugs Task Force

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Drug abuse ‘spiralling out of control’

THE South-East’s new Regional Drugs Task Force co-ordinator says everyone from medics to teachers, community leaders to the gardaí will have to team together if Ireland is to win the battle against alcohol and drug abuse.

Mon, 24 Jul, 2006

Patients to be screened for drugs and alcohol abuse

GENERAL hospital patients are being screened for alcohol and drug use under a pilot project aimed at targeting misuse at an early stage.

Sat, 11 Dec, 2004

Far from addressing this evil, drugs war only incubates the problem

DRUGS Minister Noel Ahern caused a bit of stir when he suggested that prison authorities should provide clean needles for drug addicts in prison.

Sat, 25 Sep, 2004