#Addiction
# addiction - Last week 25th May 2025 - 31st May 2025
# addiction - Last month May 2025
# addiction - Last year 2024
'Everyone knows drugs are sold and people are intimidated in areas affected by poverty'
- The task force has been set up at a time when service providers in Dublin are bracing themselves for an increase in opioid use
- Areas in the north inner city have long been "traumatised" by poverty and addiction, Dr Austin O'Carroll told us
- He said the availability of naloxone was vital in preventing deaths during a recent spike in overdoses in Dublin and Cork
Ireland has 'once in a generation' chance to decriminalise personal drug use, Paul Reid says
- 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
- 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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GP centre won't prescribe 'highly addictive' painkillers due to concerns over illegal drug trade
- A GP centre in Dublin is refusing to prescribe powerful painkillers like Oxycontin or "highly addictive" benzodiazepines
- Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said prescription medications often end up being sold on the street
- Benzodiazepines are generally prescribed to treat anxiety, sleep disorders and seizures