# addiction - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Advertising
# Advertising
As Labour brings legislation this week to tackle the issue, party senator Mark Wall says it’s time to fight back against gambling ads.
# addiction - Monday 30 November, 2020
# Addiction
From The42
# Addiction
Paul Walsh says he was ‘drunk-driving’ everywhere.
# addiction - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# Merchants Quay
# Merchants Quay
Over 11,600 people who are homeless or in addiction were helped by Merchants Quay Ireland in 2019.
# addiction - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
The state also legalised access to magic mushrooms for therapeutic use.
# addiction - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# Debunked
# Debunked
Theories claim adrenochrome is harvested from children in a trafficking ring.
# addiction - Saturday 18 July, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
The following account is written by a member of Addictive Eaters Anonymous, who shares her experience of sobriety from addictive eating.
# addiction - Wednesday 1 July, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
Sixty-three homeless people were diagnosed with Covid-19 and there was one death, a fraction of what had been predicted.
# addiction - Wednesday 17 June, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Mental Health Occupational Therapist Michelle Murray says living with the shame of addiction is always tough, but lockdown pushes even harder. She says there is hope.
# addiction - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
# Addiction
# Addiction
The purchasing of drugs online brings significant regulatory challenges.
# addiction - Saturday 25 April, 2020
# Drugs
# Drugs
Drug users are at an increased risk of contracting Covid-19 – many suffer from underlying health conditions and don’t have a safe place to self-isolate if needed.
# addiction - Thursday 20 February, 2020
# James Leonard
# James Leonard
James Leonard shared his story of addiction on The Tommy Tiernan Show last month.
# addiction - Saturday 1 February, 2020
# Addiction
From The42
# Addiction
Former jockey John Gillen on his life before and after his descent into alcoholism.
# addiction - Saturday 25 January, 2020
# Chemsex
# Chemsex
The drug has been making headlines after more overdoses last weekend and a high-profile rape case.
# addiction - Monday 23 September, 2019
# Chemsex
# Chemsex
People can buy a hit of the highly addictive drug for as little as €1.
# addiction - Friday 20 September, 2019
# Podcast
# Podcast
We look at what chemsex is, and the role the drugs GHB and crystal meth play in it.
# addiction - Sunday 8 September, 2019
# Column
# Column
Services such as the Breakthrough Programme in West Dublin can be a lifesaver for young men.
# addiction - Sunday 25 August, 2019
# Column
# Column
Applying neoliberal tools to community work is ultimately about cost-cutting and power, writes Senator Lynn Ruane.
# addiction - Saturday 27 July, 2019
# Addiction
# Addiction
Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for an injecting facility.
# addiction - Thursday 16 May, 2019
# Drug Treatment
# Drug Treatment
The Dublin-based addiction centre treated 1,350 people in 2018 and is now planning an expansion to Limerick.
# addiction - Wednesday 8 May, 2019
# Drugs
# Drugs
The President of the Association of Garda Superintendents said there are constant challenges for gardaí in dealing with drugs and organised crime.
# addiction - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
# Precarious Work
# Precarious Work
New research found the local drug economy – unlike precarious work – recruits young people by incentivising and enticing them.
# addiction - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Addiction
# Addiction
There has been a decrease in the number of alcohol dependency cases being treated in recent years, but an increase in their severity.
# addiction - Monday 18 March, 2019
# Addiction
# Addiction
The trust receives funding from the gambling industry and will be run by a board which includes two former junior ministers.
# addiction - Saturday 16 March, 2019
# Merchants Quay
# Merchants Quay
A plan to open a medically supervised injecting facility has been met with fierce local opposition.
# addiction - Friday 8 March, 2019
# Drugs
# Drugs
Of the total number, 549 were male and 187 were female.
# addiction - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# Health Research Board
# Health Research Board
The proportion of problem gamblers in Ireland is far lower than in Northern Ireland, according to data from the Health Research Board.
# addiction - Friday 15 February, 2019
# Statistics
# Statistics
The HSE has provided figures on the age and geographic breakdown of some of those who enter treatment for gambling addiction.
# addiction - Thursday 14 February, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
I thought if I could just eat and be thin I’d be OK, writes a member of Addictive Eaters Anonymous.
# addiction - Monday 4 February, 2019
# Addiction
# Addiction
The HSE has admitted its own figures don’t come close to painting a picture of the extent of problem gambling in Ireland.
# addiction - Monday 28 January, 2019
# Intimidation
# Intimidation
Parents of addicts have remortgaged their homes in some cases to pay off drug debts.
# addiction - Sunday 27 January, 2019
# Column
# Column
Mental illness and addiction are interlinked so why are people who suffer from both routinely excluded from services, asks Senator Lynn Ruane.
# addiction - Friday 4 January, 2019
# Left Behind
# Left Behind
Karen Docherty is calling for stronger support systems to be put in place for families affected by suicide.
# addiction - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
# Dear Fifi
From The Daily Edge
# Dear Fifi
To help answer, this is the second week that Dear Fifi called upon the experts at the Rutland Centre.
# addiction - Friday 12 October, 2018
# Beautiful Boy
From The Daily Edge
# Beautiful Boy
Addiction does not discriminate.
# addiction - Friday 5 October, 2018
# Samantha Walsh
# Samantha Walsh
31-year-old Samantha Walsh was beaten to death in April 2017.
# addiction - Friday 14 September, 2018
# Merchants Quay
# Merchants Quay
Merchants Quay chief: “It’s an understatement at this point to say we have a homelessness crisis”
# Chasing The Normal
# Chasing The Normal
A significant proportion of the population have experimented with drugs and for some this has been life-changing.
# addiction - Sunday 2 September, 2018
# Recovery Month
# Recovery Month
As the Rutland Centre turns 40, some of the first patients through its doors shared their experiences with TheJournal.ie.
# Recovery Month
# Recovery Month
The Rutland Centre is seeing shifts in the people it treats, and is emphasising how anyone can recover from addiction on its 40th anniversary.
# addiction - Saturday 1 September, 2018
# Addiction
# Addiction
One treatment expert said he is concerned, in particular, about young people who can very quickly gamble all of their money away online.
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