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Videos: Jerrnigan & Babor Presentations at Alcohol Forum Conference
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 We have added two videos of presentations from the recent Alcohol Forum Conference 2015.
The first is 'Looking upstream: Evidenced based solutions for alcohol-related problems in the community' by Thomas Babor, Dept. of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut, USA.
The second is 'Alcohol Marketing and Youth: Global Evidence and Community Responses' by Dr David Jerrnigan, Director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, USA.
Both presenters are also authors of the seminal text 'Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity'.
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New online resource: Safer disposal of drug paraphernalia |
 Drug paraphernalia can be obtained from needle exchange programmes around the country. Personal sharps bins are often given out with the needle exchange equipment to allow people to dispose of their drug paraphernalia safely.
However, drug paraphernalia may be found in public places due to public injecting, the lack of a personal sharps bin and other reasons.
With this in mind, we have created a new section on the site which provides information on safer disposal of drug paraphernalia, a short video featuring the common types of drug paraphernalia types and contact details for local authorities for those who wish to repost discarded drug paraphernalia.
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A Better City for All Seminar Videos |
 We have uploaded videos of presentations at the recent 'Better City for All' Seminar, held in Wynns Hotel, Abbey Street, Dublin.
The seminar featured presentation and discussion about the social, health and economic challenges facing the city.
Go to videos
Cork Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force Strategic Plan Launch |
 The Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force held the launch of their 2015–2017 Strategic Plan in County Hall, Cork, on Thursday 4th of June.
The event was chaired by Gerry Raferty, Chair of Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force. Speakers on the day included. Cllr Mary Shields Lord Mayor of Cork; Tony Duffin, Director of the Ana Liffey Drug Project; and BT Young Scientists Award Winners Eimear Murphy & Ian O’Sullivan.
During the launch, David Lane, HSE Area Operations Manager, called for more to be done in tackling alcohol misuse in the region.
View a selection of the presentations
New Drugs.ie YouTube Channel |
 We have swapped over our social media video presence to a new YouTube channel. You can now view videos and subscribe to our new channel by visiting it at the link below.
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Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland |
 The Royal college of Physicians of Ireland has joined with Alcohol Action Ireland
to establish Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland (AHAI) to support the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015.
Chair of the AHAI, Prof Murray, has called on other health care professionals and organisations, charities and alcohol health campaigners, whose mission is to reduce the damage caused to health by alcohol misuse, to join the Alliance.
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Our most recent poll posed the following question:
Should drug education be introduced as part of the curriculum in primary schools?
A total of 4520 responses were received. The responses were:
No:523
Yes:3788
Not sure: 209
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Should drugs be decriminalised in Ireland?
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World Hepatitis Day is today July 28th 2015!
The HSE is currently undertaking a demonstration project to assess and evaluate the suitability and impact of using a prefilled Naloxone injection which is designed for non-medical administration in Ireland. The overall objective of the project is to make Naloxone more widely available for opioid drug users.