Person: Tony Barden

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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.

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A&E fears over rise in young people using drugs

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Huge rise in waiting lists for drug clinics

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Record numbers seeking treatment for heroin and cocaine addiction

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‘One third of drug users share needles’

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Report highlights south-east's substance abuse scourge

Hard drugs growth ‘linked with roads out of Dublin’

UNDERDEVELOPED transport links between Waterford and Dublin may explain why the city’s drug problem is largely confined to cannabis use, a local drugs expert has suggested.

Wed, 24 Nov, 2004

Government urged to ‘treat alcohol as a drug’

THE coordinators of the regional drug task forces all agree that alcohol has to be included in the Government’s National Drug Strategy.

Sat, 28 Aug, 2004