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# Legal Highs

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# high inside
'It took six officers to restrain him': Psychoactive legal highs are creeping into Irish prisons
There are fears that these drugs
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May 14th 2017, 6:45 AM
# dangerous substances
Lack of progress in forming government means delay closing 'gap' in drug law
Concerns are being raised about the lack of progress in tackling certain psychoactive substances.
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Apr 9th 2016, 7:15 AM
# Europol
Ireland is the biggest user of legal highs in Europe as their growth shows 'no signs of a slowdown'
The EU Drug Markets Report shows that the use of new drugs continues to rise across Europe.
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Apr 5th 2016, 4:10 PM
# blunt talk
British politician announces he uses poppers during debate on "legal highs" ban
Crispin Blunt was speaking against a proposed ban on the recreational drug, which is popular among gay men.
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Jan 20th 2016, 8:47 PM
# hands tied
Gardaí admit they can't prosecute over 'legal highs', despite links to deaths
The mother of a young man whose death was connected to the drugs said, “If the Gardai had been tougher it wouldn’t have been as easy to get this stuff”.
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Nov 18th 2015, 9:59 AM
# Legal Highs
Students are using prescription medicines to get high
The use of ‘fat burning’ drugs is also on the rise.
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Aug 29th 2015, 12:30 PM
# uppers
UK man posts picture of himself in a coma to warn about taking random drugs
Jordan Blackburn his life has been “destroyed” by the death of his friend.
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Aug 10th 2015, 12:05 PM
# Legal Highs
Two young people have died in Monaghan after taking 'legal highs'
There was “huge outcry” over the issue, a local community worker said.
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Jul 9th 2015, 3:22 PM
# Legal Highs
The headshop ban pretty much worked, people stopped abusing headshop drugs
A new Trinity study shows that treatment for ‘legal highs’ dropped to virtually nil
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Jun 30th 2015, 6:04 AM
# dark web
Two new legal highs are being discovered for sale per week
A new report shows interest in ‘traditional’ drugs is falling.
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Jun 4th 2015, 4:44 PM
# Drugs
'You can shop for it like a pint of milk' - Co Down family blame legal highs for son's death
Dawn and Carl Owens say the drugs made their some distracted and suicidal.
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Apr 14th 2015, 7:38 PM
# loophole or no loophole
"Business as usual": If gardaí find you with drugs, you'll be prosecuted
It’s probably best not to take any chances.
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Mar 11th 2015, 2:44 PM
# Banned
Four more legal highs have now been made illegal
GHB is also going to be controlled even tighter.
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Dec 16th 2014, 9:19 PM
# Drugs
Most young Irish people think that cannabis should be legalised
A new study by the European Commission has also found that use of legal highs was three times the European average.
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Aug 22nd 2014, 1:22 PM
# Legal Highs
Deaths from 'legal highs' in UK could surpass those from heroin by 2016
A new report also proposes a ‘treatment tax’ on alcohol.
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Aug 18th 2014, 3:00 PM
# Drugs
Drug experts slam reports with 'misleading statistics' on legal high deaths
Experts have said many of the deaths recorded in the UK were in fact attributable to substances that were already illegal.
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Mar 14th 2014, 6:45 AM
# Robbery
Legal highs stolen from Belfast shop not to be ingested, warns PSNI
Bags of Herbal Haze, China White and Dust till Dawn were stolen from a shop yesterday.
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Dec 28th 2013, 10:37 AM
# Legal Highs
'Designer drugs' being sold as 'bath salts' and 'spice' causing concern
UN concerned about pyschoactive substances being sold online – authorities can’t keep up with upsurge in use.
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Jun 26th 2013, 9:45 PM
# War On Drugs
Britain's drug policies are not working, say MPs
A new report by MPs wants drug laws overhauled – and retailers of ‘legal highs’ to be held liable for any harm the products cause.
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Dec 10th 2012, 2:15 PM
# Drug use
Ireland has third-highest rate of drug deaths in Europe
The annual report of the EU drugs agency also found that Ireland has the highest rate of heroin use in Europe.
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Nov 16th 2011, 9:59 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should all legal highs be banned?
Sixteen per cent of Irish young people say they’ve tried legal highs, while one third think they should be banned. Have your say…
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Jul 12th 2011, 10:00 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 In today’s 9 at 9: Rioting in Belfast, a crackdown for legal highs on the way, Anonymous reveals its latest attack, and good news for Ireland’s interest rate?
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Jul 12th 2011, 8:23 AM
# Legal Highs
Man died after drinking pint of vodka in 4 seconds
An inquest hears that a man stoned on mephedrone, a legal high, downed the spirit and died of alcohol poisoning.
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Sep 29th 2010, 7:23 PM