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Tony Duffin of the Anna Liffey Drugs Project said a real benefit is the test’s availability 24/7.

AN INTERACTIVE SELF-assessment tool for drug users has been launched on the drugs.ie website to allow adults to complete an online test to identify harmful drug use.

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Duffin said this is a “validated clinical measure” and what makes it unique is the personalised video feedback which he described as a “first internationally for a test of this nature”.

Anyone interested in doing the test will find it here.

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    Mute Vladislav Dracula
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    Nov 17th 2013, 10:49 AM

    The customers should have killed the raider before Gardai arrived. Self defence… No prosecution. Would have saved us all the expense of a trial and his hotel, Ooops mean prison stay.

    But fair play to them, brave to do what they did

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    Mute Whelo1509
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:01 PM

    Wouldn’t agree with the “killed” but beaten the daylights out of him, yes. Agree with the ‘hotel’ comment; pure luxury in there, free of charge – madness.

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    Mute Neil Carroll
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    Nov 17th 2013, 1:33 PM

    Ever in jail ?

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    Mute Karl Harty
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:17 AM

    Aaaamed robbuz raid the maaaaash house baaaa on the maaaaash road!!!! Call the gaaaaaads

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    Mute Eggfuel
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:28 AM

    Made me smile

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    Mute DurkaDurkaDurka
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:48 AM

    Was it in Drogheda or Boston?

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    Mute everlast mccarthy
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:05 PM

    They detained them, so they did

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    Mute Mary Kavanagh
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:11 PM

    Has to be ‘aah’ for Boston! ;)

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    Mute John
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    Nov 17th 2013, 8:44 PM

    Quality!

    Dey moost of haaad no get awaaaay Kaaa, the plan wos to fleeee to Toooookey

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    Mute Suzanne Ní Mharcaigh
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:29 PM

    Very brave customers. A family member was working on the night and if it wasnt for these customers he could have been seriously injured. Thank you to them.

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    Mute Dee4
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:00 AM

    lol , dont get in the way of an Irishman and his booze. If it had been a post office they wouldnt have bothered trying to stop it

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    Mute colm o sullivan
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    Nov 17th 2013, 10:59 AM

    Law abiding citizens…should have went on a $cumbag killing spree

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    Mute Kevin Dobson
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:03 AM

    Problem is in Drogheda, where would you stop?

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    Mute TheLoneHurler
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:24 PM

    Should we just hand these crims a jar of vaseline and bend over Patrick… would that make you and your do-gooder ilk happy?

    We already pay their social welfare, free legal aid, prison luxury, hospital fees, free travel pass… etc…

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    Mute cathal
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    Nov 17th 2013, 1:13 PM

    Silly robbers could have picked a safer town to rob a pub like bagdad or somewhere

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    Mute Steve M
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    Nov 17th 2013, 3:40 PM

    Well done to the customers. to very smart robbers going I to a pub at that hour. Probably a few around. I know some rural pubs in north Mayo and Connemara, where if this happened I don’t think those boys would ever be heard of again. There would be no phone call to the Gardai

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    Mute Ben Dawkins
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    Nov 17th 2013, 3:07 PM

    We’ll done to the customers. Sadly more and more people in drogheda area are having too taking the law into their own hands. There should be more police out and about! Cut the dole not the police budget!

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    Mute Mac Mock
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    Nov 17th 2013, 10:51 AM

    At a pub marsh road ??
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    Ps – pub is called the marsh house

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    Mute Mac Mock
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:02 AM

    Typo fixed – you’re welcome

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    Mute The Green Monkey
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:12 AM

    Mac do you see the button send a tip/correction, that would be for you………

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    Mute Mac Mock
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:15 AM

    Tried that – typo wasn’t fixed

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    Mute john john
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    Nov 17th 2013, 1:07 PM

    Wouldn’t of stopped me. Must of being some pussy robbing it.

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    Mute Paddy
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    Nov 17th 2013, 6:02 PM

    You wanna use the word have instead there you thick hill billy nob.

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    Mute Mac Mock
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    Nov 17th 2013, 6:09 PM

    Paddy’s drunk – making no sense

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    Mute Patrick
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:33 AM

    People like to blame the raider and that’s how they are conditioned but seriously its a social problem and it’s getting worse.

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    Mute Brian Mulligan
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    Nov 17th 2013, 11:43 AM

    I as a member of society am to blame for the raiders foolish choices Patrick, therefore I am sorry! Also, when you come back down to live on this planet let me know!

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    Mute Mary Kavanagh
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:12 PM

    What??!

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    Mute Mick Jordan.
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:18 PM

    Patrick. What country has such a utopian society that crime and criminals are non existent? Please do tell so we may all go live there.

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    Mute Four Twenty
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:18 PM

    I agree with Patrick…….if i didnt get me dole last week I was seriously going to knock over some kid for his mobile phone….Its pretty shitty that your views are skewed towards the ‘journal type pubateers’ rather than young men that feel they have to go to such extreems to recieve some sort of attention……its the decrepid ageist state we live in.

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    Mute Philip Tierney
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    Nov 17th 2013, 3:25 PM

    Maybe you could get a job? It might reduce your thieving urges. Also can you leave some full stops for the rest of us

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    Mute Mary Kavanagh
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    Nov 17th 2013, 3:34 PM

    Btw; that was for Patrick. What is he on?!

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    Mute Shelly Levine
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    Nov 17th 2013, 1:05 PM

    There’s gonna be a hangin’!

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    Mute Mick Woods
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    Nov 17th 2013, 3:16 PM

    Fair play to the customers. Hopefully the shitee that tried to rob the place gets what’s coming

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    Mute Patrick Lyons
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    Nov 17th 2013, 2:13 PM

    21% of the population would support the robbers if there was a poll this morning.

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    Mute Jubilant Joe
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    Nov 17th 2013, 12:24 PM

    Brutal lads….

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    Mute Brian Meleady
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    Nov 18th 2013, 8:55 AM

    Well, at.least the Gunman bought two rounds!

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