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[Belfast Telegraph] , McCann, Eamonn The drugs don't work ... especially the legal ones. (29 Dec 2010)

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Figures just published show a continuing rise in alcohol and drugs-related deaths in Northern Ireland. However, the pattern of damage revealed by the figures bears little resemblance to the picture of the 'drugs problem' commonly projected by politicians and media commentators.

Two papers released this month by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) show that, measured by mortality, alcohol is the drug causing most damage in the north, followed by a range of widely-used prescription drugs....

Item Type

News

Publication Type

Irish-related

Drug Type

Alcohol, Prescription/Over the counter

Intervention Type

Harm reduction

Source

Belfast Telegraph

Date

29 December 2010