Welcome to the latest edition of the drugs.ie eBulletin. We are very pleased to announce that we have recently launched a brand new multimedia section on the site. Here you can now view many high quality video and audio files, relating to drugs and alcohol, in an Irish context.

To mark this recent development, we have uploaded many new videos for you to watch. All videos are delivered in high quality MP4 format; making playback on iPAD possible.

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Of the many obligations entrusted to the incoming coalition, the new government now assumes responsibility for dealing with the issue of drugs and alcohol in Ireland.

Inevitably, various challenges and considerations will present along the way. With this in mind, drugs.ie took the opportunity to speak to various people working within the drug and alcohol sector in Ireland, to see what insights they might provide for our incoming government, when prioritising issues relating to drugs and alcohol in Ireland.

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Upcoming Training Courses

We have recently added some upcoming courses and training programmes relating to drugs / alcohol to our training section.

If your organisation offers a course / training programme in this area and would like it included in the drugs.ie training section, please forward details to info@drugs.ie

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A presentation entitled 'Strategies to enhance resilience in Irish Teenagers' by Dr. Bobby Smyth, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with the Youth Drug & Alcohol (YoDA) Service in Tallaght, Dublin and the Dept. of Public Health & Primary Care, TCD.

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A recent poll on drugs.ie posed the following question:

Have you ever tried an illegal drug?

Out of a total of 506 respondents, the results were as follows:

No: 36% (180)
Yes: 62% (313)
Not sure: 2% (13)

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