Heroin use in a Dun Laoghaire borough area: 1983-1984
dc.contributor.author | Medico-Social Research Board | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-18T21:54:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-18T21:54:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1984-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Medico-Social Research Board,1984.Heroin use in a Dun Laoghaire borough area: 1983-1984. Dublin: Medico-Social Research Board. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/335790 | |
dc.description | lh April 1983 ihe Medico-Social Research Board issued.a report; Drug misuse in Ireland: 1982-83, which in the context of summarising a more general investiqation hiqhliqht the findings of a study of heroin misuse in North Central Dublin area. In September and the same year the Government released its statement on the report of the Special Government Task Force On Drug Abuse, which contained recommendations both for action and for further research. Subsequently, the Minister for Health asked the Director of the Medico-Social Research Board, Dr.Geoffrey Dean, to have such research carried out. One area proposed for research was Dun Laoghaire Borough, where an exploratory observational study had been conducted, and reported on in June 1983, by the author of the present report. In February 1984 preliminary discussions were initiated by Dr. Dean with representatives of groups in Dun Laoghaire Borough known to be acquainted With the drugs scene there. Included in these discussions were the members of the panel responsible for the study finally carried out and in the early stages, Councillor Jane Dillon Byrne and the Chairperson of the Dun Laoghaire Drugs Awareness Group and. Rosalie McDonnell. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Medico-Social Research Board | en_GB |
dc.subject | DRUGS MISUSE | en_GB |
dc.subject | RESEARCH | en_GB |
dc.title | Heroin use in a Dun Laoghaire borough area: 1983-1984 | en_GB |
dc.type | Report | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-30T11:49:33Z |