An upward trend in cocaine use and cocaine-associated deaths has spurred a new campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of using cocaine (powder and crack), and how to reduce the harms associated with snorting, smoking or injecting the drug. Developed by the Ana Liffey Drug Project (ALDP) and the Health Service Executive (HSE) it […]

A total of 76 newborn babies with drug addiction withdrawal symptoms were recorded last year in Ireland. Half of these discharges were from Dublin hospitals. more There are currently three drug liaison midwives within the Dublin area, attached to each of the maternity hospitals. They support pregnant women who have drug-related problems and work with […]

A coroner has warned drug mules that they are playing Russian roulette after a Brazilian man suffered a painful death when one of the cocaine pellets he had ingested burst on a flight from Lisbon to Dublin. The 24-year-old was reported to be carrying 1 kg of cocaine within 113 pellets, which had a street […]