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# Overdoses

Last year
2022
# citizens assembly
'If cattle were dying, not humans, there would be action': Citizens' assembly on drugs delayed
The delay until 2023 will cost lives, Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said.
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Feb 21st 2022, 9:30 PM
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# chemsex
At least 15 chemsex drug overdoses in Irish hospitals as over 100 seek detox treatment
Over 100 people have attended hospital for GHB detoxification programmes.
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Dec 12th 2018, 12:05 AM
# on the streets
Homeless organisation came across three overdoses on Dublin streets last night
Activists fear there may be a bad batch of drugs on the streets right now.
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Sep 17th 2017, 4:16 PM
# Overdoses
A number of city centre overdoses linked to gang's toxic drug mixing in flats complex
Heroin and cocaine were being cut in the same location.
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May 1st 2017, 12:10 AM
# Drugs
Prescription drugs used in three out of every four overdoses
Benzodiazephines were implicated in 228 deaths in 2014 compared to 77 in 2004.
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Dec 30th 2016, 7:00 AM
# fentanyl
Warning about 'designer drug' after spate of overdoses in Cork and Dublin
The HSE believes a more potent drug is being sold as heroin.
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Jul 28th 2016, 6:48 PM
# increase
Heroin deaths on the rise in Ireland for the first time in four years
New figures show that 86 deaths were related to the drug in 2013.
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Dec 14th 2015, 3:22 PM
# EpiPens
Life-saving drugs can now be given by trained members of the public
The death of Emma Sloan from an allergic reaction gave a huge impetus to the campaign.
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Oct 15th 2015, 4:55 PM
Voices
Many of us will celebrate (or cope) this Christmas by using drink or drugs to excess
Everybody should be aware of simple, clear, ‘harm reduction’ messages writes Tony Duffin, Director of the Ana Liffey Drug Project.
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Dec 24th 2014, 9:00 PM
# Overdoses
Heard of 'Zopiclone' and 'Olanzapine'? ... More and more people are dying after taking them
The two prescription drugs were the main substance recorded in more than 70 poisoning deaths over a two year period.
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Dec 20th 2014, 8:30 PM
# Overdoses
Estonia has the highest number of drug deaths in Europe. But why?
Estonia with a population of just 1.2 million, has 191 per million drug deaths per population.
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Jun 2nd 2014, 8:15 AM
# Phoenix Park
Shatter: MCD should apologise for 'level of disorder' at Phoenix Park gig
The Justice Minister was speaking in the Dáil today in response to questions about the violent scenes at the Swedish House Mafia concert on Saturday.
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Jul 11th 2012, 4:30 PM