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Volume 1 (1999/2000)
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1 (March 1999)
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2 (Nov. 1999)
Issue 3 (Dec. 1999)
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Volume 2 (2000/2001)
Issue 1 (Sept. 2000)
Issue 2 (Oct. 2000)
Issue 3 (Jan. 2001)
Issue 4 (March 2001)
Issue 5 (April 2001)
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Volume 3 (2001)
Issue 1 (Sept. 2001)
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Conor Coyle
St. Macartan's
Drugs can be broadly categorised under the following headings: hallucinogens,
volatile solvents, stimulants and sedatives.
The drug industry is a multi-million dollar business preying on peoples'
sufferings and weaknesses. It has no consideration for the lives it destroys
in the pursuit of a quick buck. Cannabis is widely perceived by teenagers
as a harmless drug, with mostly positive effects for the user. Research
however indicates many adverse effects, including psychological addiction,
the development of tolerance, symptoms of withdrawal following long-term
use, and evidence that the drug has cancer causing properties. Although
legal in other European countries it has caused major damage to the country's
economy, attracting the wrong sort of tourists. Although there is support
for the legalisation of this soft drug it is not likely to happen here
where support is minimal.
Drugs have for many years been seen as "stylish" or maybe the
"done thing". This has always been the case and will continue
unless we do something. Ending the cycle starts with education. The sooner
the Government begins programmes in schools at an early age, the sooner
drug abuse will begin to decline and the image that is circulating at
present throughout the teenage society will change.
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