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Readers' blog: My sister has been addicted to prescription pain medication for the last seven years

A recent contributor to your blog addressed her appeal around addiction to prescription drugs to "anyone who will listen".

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13-year-olds selling prescription drugs on street
13-year-olds selling prescription drugs on street

The Government has been put under pressure to change the laws around the illegal sale of prescription drugs on the street in the wake of the most recent gangland murder.

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Roísín Shortall to press Leo Varadkar over delays to drug laws

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