New Video Feature: National research exploring the experiences of Travellers using drug services
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New Video Feature 2: Parental Substance Misuse: Addressing its Impact on Children
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 Earlier this month the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) launched a new report entitled Parental Substance Misuse: Addressing its Impact on Children.
The report reviewed all major international research on the impact of parental substance misuse on children and identified what steps can be taken in Ireland to reduce its impact.
For this feature, NACD Director Ms. Joan O'Flynn talks to drugs.ie about the background to the report, and also identifies some of the key messages and recommendations from the report.
The feature also contains a link to download the full report in PDF format.
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Parental Substance Misuse Seminar Videos
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 The previously mentioned NACD report was presented in Croke Park, Dublin, on October 18th, 2011, at a seminar jointly hosted by the NACD, the Health Service Executive
(HSE) and Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues. The seminar was entitled A Family Affair? Supporting Children Living with Parental Substance Misuse.
Drugs.ie attended the seminar, with video camera in tow. We have recently uploaded a selection of videos and powerpoint presentations delivered on the day to our multimedia section. The following presentations are now available online:
Minister Róisín Shortall TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care at the Department of Health
Dr. Justine Horgan, NACD
Norah Gibbons, Barnardos
Minister Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
If you missed the seminar, or would like to view these presentations again, you can now do so at the drugs.ie multimedia section.
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National Drug Conference of Ireland 2011 Videos |
 Earlier this month the 3rd annual National Drug Conference of Ireland took place in the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Golden Lane, Dublin. This years conference built on the success of the 2010 conference, bringing together a range of national and international speakers from across the spectrum of addiction research, service provision and policy.
The Conference Steering Group comprised of representatives from the Irish Needle Exchange Forum, Ana Liffey Drug Project, Coolmine Therapeutic Community and the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors.
Sponsorship of the conference is provided by the HSE's National Addiction Training Programme (NATP), as part of the ongoing commitment of the HSE to work in collaboration with partners in the community, voluntary and statutory sectors addressing drug and alcohol issues.
Drugs.ie attended the conference, again with video camera in tow. We have now uploaded 16 video presentations from the conference. These are now available in our multimedia section.
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New National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Services Launching in 2012! |
 Drugs.ie is building a more interactive directory that will contain detailed information on Services in your area. The new directory is currently in development and we hope to be launching it in the New Year.
With the new directory will come a different way of collecting and updating information on services. We will be inviting all service providers across the country to register with www.drugs.ie/services, open an account and securely manage their own services information by completing our online questionnaire.
If you would like to stay involved with this project and help with us to test the new area before it launches in early 2012, please get in touch!
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In advance of the recent change to the drink-driving laws, a poll on drugs.ie posed the following question:
Should the Government lower the drink-driving limit even further?
Out of a total of xx respondents, the results were as follows:
No: 73% (329)
Yes: 22% (99)
Not sure: 5% (22)
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Pavee Point is an Irish NGO supporting Human Rights for Irish Travellers - an indigenous minority ethnic group in Ireland. It's a partnership of Travellers and settled people.