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[Irish Examiner] Drink lobby failure 'hit suicide rate'. (07 Mar 2008)

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The Government's failure to confront the alcohol industry lobby has contributed to the high number of young male suicides. That's according to a Health Research Board study which said reducing alcohol use was the only sure-fire policy that would prevent suicide.

It said despite alcohol’s destructive impact, especially among young men, there was no coherent government policy and little prospect of one emerging.
Item Type:News
Source:Irish Examiner
Date:07 March 2008
Subjects:Import Records

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