# Drug use
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Last month
February 2024
drug policy
Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April
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Feb 13th 2024, 7:40 PM
This year
2024
Dublin
Merchants Quay says it will take time for drug users to 'trust' new supervised injection centre
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Jan 29th 2024, 5:37 PM
assembly's final report
Ireland has 'once in a generation' chance to decriminalise personal drug use, Paul Reid says
A special Oireachtas committee will be established to examine the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendations, Drugs Minister Hildegarde Naughton confirmed.
The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use today published its final report
The document includes 36 recommendations to overhaul Ireland's drug policy and establish a more health-led approach
A special Oireachtas committee will be set up to examine the report and suggest new legislation
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Jan 25th 2024, 2:00 PM
chemsex
Detoxing from G is '100 times worse than alcohol withdrawal', expert warns
Chemsex – using drugs like G to enhance and prolong sex – has become more common in Ireland in recent years.
GHB or GBL is used socially and for the purposes of chemsex
The drug is highly addictive and its potency varies widely
Every year dozens of people seek help to detox from G at the Club Drugs Clinic in Dublin
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Jan 15th 2024, 12:05 AM
Last year
2023
nitazenes
HSE warns of 'extra risk' to drug users after eight overdoses in Cork in the last 36 hours
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Dec 8th 2023, 10:25 AM
Addiction
Irish society 'hates heroin users': Former minister hits out at drugs policy
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Nov 19th 2023, 6:30 AM
Neart Le Chéile
Service users 'devastated' amid plan to shut down 'vital' addiction support service in Dublin
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Nov 17th 2023, 1:34 PM
nitazenes
A potent synthetic opioid was found in the heroin that caused overdoses, but what are nitazenes?
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Nov 15th 2023, 7:27 AM
nitazenes
At least 40 people in Dublin overdose on 'very potent' heroin batch as HSE issues fresh warning
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Nov 10th 2023, 9:31 PM
poppy ban
Ireland 'needs to be ready' for increase in fentanyl use amid expected heroin shortage
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Nov 9th 2023, 12:10 AM
drug policy
'There is no time to waste': What happens next after the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use?
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Oct 23rd 2023, 6:04 PM
Drug use
Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use to vote on key recommendations to Government
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Oct 21st 2023, 6:30 AM
Drug use
'Absolute priority' to open Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre by next September
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Oct 19th 2023, 6:30 AM
Voices
Opinion: The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to effect change
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Oct 17th 2023, 7:00 PM
Voices
Dr Chris Luke: What exactly happens to your body when you take cocaine?
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Oct 8th 2023, 10:00 AM
Drugs
Chief Medical Officer says level of cannabis use in Ireland is ‘of great concern’
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Sep 30th 2023, 4:38 PM
Voices
Opinion: The Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use needs more diversity of speakers and thought
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Sep 24th 2023, 7:30 AM
harm reduction
Pilot scheme will see people at risk of opioid overdose given relief medication they can take at home
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Sep 1st 2023, 12:09 PM
Voices
Tales from New York: 'We should learn from the drug treatment approach here'
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Aug 20th 2023, 8:00 AM
Naloxone
Support service calls for better availability of overdose-reversing drug
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Jun 26th 2023, 3:38 PM
paul reid
Citizens’ assembly chair says urgent step change in approach to drug use is needed
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Jun 25th 2023, 3:15 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
'Staff have been attacked, spat at': Dublin city businesses on impact of anti-social behaviour
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Jun 9th 2023, 12:05 AM
Drug Testing
97 drug samples surrendered for testing at Life Festival
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Jun 2nd 2023, 6:09 PM
citizens assembly
Drug use 'everywhere' but marginalised communities face more difficulties, Citizens' Assembly hears
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May 13th 2023, 3:32 PM
citizens assembly
Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use now open for submissions from the public
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May 4th 2023, 3:18 PM
Voices
Therapist: Right or wrong, recreational drug use is part of the festival experience
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Apr 22nd 2023, 8:00 PM
citizens assembly
Citizens' Assembly on Drugs holds first meeting in Dublin
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Apr 15th 2023, 3:40 PM
Archaeology
Researchers find evidence of drug use during Bronze Age ceremonies
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Apr 6th 2023, 4:33 PM
Voices
Opinion: The Greek model of responding to drug use is worth keeping an eye on
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Feb 25th 2023, 8:00 PM
drug taking
Simon Harris: 'Direct link between snorting a line and murder, assault, criminality and misery'
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Feb 16th 2023, 11:44 AM
Voices
Opinion: We as legislators must be brave and make difficult decisions regarding drug laws
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Feb 6th 2023, 6:30 AM
Voices
Opinion: Enough talk - we need to decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use
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Feb 3rd 2023, 8:00 PM
All time
Syringe analysis shows increase in methamphetamine use and cocaine-heroin mixture
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Aug 10th 2022, 1:19 PM
Cannabis
Criminalising drug use is 'disastrous' waste of time and money, expert to tell Justice Committee
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Jul 12th 2022, 6:15 AM
Health Research Board
Report finds one in three young drinkers in Ireland have an alcohol use disorder
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Jun 8th 2022, 12:05 AM
Report
Kinahan cartel linked to at least 20 murders in four EU countries
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May 6th 2022, 5:19 PM
Addiction
Psychological Society criticises delay in 'vital' citizens' assembly on drugs amid death warning
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Feb 23rd 2022, 9:43 AM
citizens assembly
'If cattle were dying, not humans, there would be action': Citizens' assembly on drugs delayed
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Feb 21st 2022, 9:30 PM
Voices
Lynn Ruane: Global drug laws can be traced back to a small group of conserative American men
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Feb 6th 2022, 7:30 AM