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Friday 24 March 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# Tony Duffin

Last month
February 2023
# Limerick
Crack cocaine 'hit Limerick city like snow', drug users say
A dedicated addiction team has been formed to tackle crack cocaine use in the mid-west region.
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Feb 8th 2023, 12:05 AM
Last year
2022
# decriminalisation
Stigma around drug use preventing people from coming forward to access key supports
Tony Duffin, the CEO of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, said that there was a distinction between ‘drug use’ and ‘problematic drug use’
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Dec 9th 2022, 6:30 AM
All time
# Crack cocaine Ireland
Cheaper crack cocaine supplies in cities 'sees people travel from rural areas to buy the drug'
Tony Duffin of the Ana Liffey Drug Project believes a drop in crack cocaine cost is directly linked to increased supply.
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Dec 2nd 2021, 6:00 PM
# Homelessness
Deaths of two people sleeping rough in tents in Phoenix Park over Christmas confirmed
According to figures from the DRHE, there were at least 50 deaths among people who accessed homeless services in Dublin across last year.
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Jan 5th 2021, 3:52 PM
# Drugs
'Addiction doesn't stop during a pandemic, it gets worse': Methadone waiting lists virtually eliminated amid overdose fears
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.
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Apr 25th 2020, 12:05 AM
Voices
I felt intense pressure before I did my TEDx talk - but I'm very glad I did it. Here's what I learned
I delivered my talk with my legs shaking – but I managed it in one take, writes Tony Duffin.
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Sep 7th 2019, 9:30 AM
# national drugs strategy
'It does not make sense': Concerns over reports that Government will continue to criminalise drug use
A working group on drug possession is expected to report to the Government in coming weeks.
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Mar 27th 2019, 12:18 PM
# Poll
Majority of Irish people believe drug users should be dealt with by health services, not courts
Half of respondents disagreed that their loved ones should be prosecuted for drug use.
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Feb 25th 2019, 10:22 AM
# Dublin
'We've been to too many funerals': Study shows one third of homeless deaths linked to drugs or alcohol
A new study looked at the deaths of over 200 homeless people in Dublin over five years.
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Feb 1st 2019, 6:01 AM
# safer from harm
'A lot of questions about ketamine' - keeping people drug-safe at Electric Picnic's welfare tent
The Ana Liffey Drug Project made its debut at this year’s festival – and it proved to be a busy three days for the volunteers.
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Sep 9th 2017, 4:00 PM
# Great Britain
Calls for highly potent cannabis to be made Class A drug after man cuts off penis and stabs mother
“You just can’t imagine anything like that actually happening. The whole episode was just surreal.”
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Jun 2nd 2017, 4:27 PM
# garda warning
Drug 100 times more potent than morphine being mixed with heroin and cocaine
Tony Duffin of Ana Liffey Drug Project says the trend is causing “great uncertainty and people are frightened”.
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May 31st 2017, 6:05 AM
# drug abuse
'A great day for drug policy in Ireland': Supervised injecting centres get go-ahead
The proposed bill passed all stages of the Oireachtas today.
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May 10th 2017, 3:41 PM
# benzos
Fears 'risky new drug trend' could develop amid crackdown on prescription drugs
New rules tighten the restrictions around the possession of benzodiazepines and ‘z-drugs’.
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May 5th 2017, 12:05 AM
Voices
It's planned the first supervised injecting facility will open in 2017. So how did we get here?
People have reasonable fears about such centres – but those fears can be addressed, writes the Ana Liffey Drug Project’s Tony Duffin.
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Dec 24th 2016, 12:01 PM
# supervised injecting centres
'People die in toilets, people die in urine-soaked stairwells'
An Oireachtas Health Committee is hearing submissions in relation to medically supervised injecting centres.
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Nov 30th 2016, 3:23 PM
# streets of dublin
Dublin's drug laneways: One year on, the alleys are still littered with needles
The city centre this afternoon: used needles, a crack pipe – and a syringe just yards from playing children.
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May 5th 2016, 6:58 PM
# Drug use
HIV is on the rise in Dublin
There has been a spike in the number of cases among drug users.
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May 29th 2015, 8:44 PM
# cycle of fear
'Hugely worrying' upsurge in violence among Dublin rough-sleepers
A number of attacks on charity workers have made the headlines in recent weeks. A leading campaigner says it’s ‘very tense’.
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May 16th 2015, 9:45 AM
# inhalation
The new drugs minister describes his trip to Amsterdam as a young student
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said he did what “most students” do.
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Apr 23rd 2015, 10:44 PM
# Addiction
Is crystal meth on the rise? One Councillor says it's like Breaking Bad out there
As far back as 2012 Father Peter McVerry was warning that the drug was going to ravage areas in Ireland like it has done in the US.
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Jan 11th 2015, 7:45 AM
# Drugs
Plans for new supervised drug injecting centre in Dublin
The Ana Liffey Drug Project also wants to develop a Naloxone programme and a crisis detox unit for drug users.
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Jan 20th 2012, 7:00 AM