In DUHEI-2021 >50% of students had used drugs. Colette USI Welfare Somhairle Brennan said “[DUHEI21]...show how normalised drug culture has become ...highlights the need for tailored supports directed specifically at students who use drugs” Read more duhei.ie/duhei21

Starting DUHEI Town Hall 2022 with a huge 'hybrid' turnout of people interested in discussing the results of duehi.ie which reports on college students' behaviour, beliefs, concerns & consequences of drug use by college students.

Launch no. 2 of the day: Attending the launch of the Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland (DUHEI) Report in the Hub! This report is the most comprehensive in-depth survey of drug use in higher ed in 20 years and provides invaluable data to inform policy- and decision-making

DUHEI is largest, most significant study of HEI student drug use & reports >50% of students have used drugs, >50% of students who currently use are at risk of drug-related harm, and that cocaine use is much more prevalent than previously recorded.

Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and National Drug Strategy Frank Feighan T.D. delivers an opening address and discusses the importance and implication of this research.

Thrilled to be in attendance at the launch of the Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland Survey report in UCC Ireland today where findings are being shared of this important research.

Almost all of HEI students who currently use drugs report using cannabis & a majority also use cocaine and ecstasy. Almost half report using ketamine & approx 1/3 use mushrooms. Read more details about student wellbeing & drug-related harm in college at duhei.ie

Let’s stop suggesting drug use is a transitionary phase in college and start building adequate supports to #ReduceHarm and build #RecoveryCapital Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland Survey

Dr Michael Byrne talks us through the report's data.

Dr @SamanthaDockray discusses the report's psychological and sociological data and the importance of digging deeper into them so as to empower students to change their drug-use behaviour, to support student wellbeing and to empower positive health behaviours.

National Clinical Lead of HSE Ireland Addiction Services, Professor Eamon Keenan, presents his reflections on the report, as well as recommendations on how to develop meaningful policies and actions to respond to student drug use and to support student wellbeing.

Town-Hall discussion between Prof Eamon Keenan, Minister Frank Feighan T.D., Dr @SamanthaDockray, Lucrecia Luna Smee (She/They) Caoimhe Walsh, Katie Halpin-Hill Asha Woodhouse, Head of UCC Student Health Dr Michael Byrne about the significance of this report and future implications of its findings.

[New Report] Alcohol and other drug use among children and young people in Ireland: prevalence, risk and protective factors, consequences, responses, and policies drugsandalcohol.ie/36112/

Interested in applying for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships to work on college student drug use UCC Ireland ? Check our ⤵️ and get in touch with @SamanthaDockray Applied Psychology UCC to chat about possibilities.

We will analyse drugs in real-time for the first time in Ireland Electric Picnic. The pilot will involve the use of surrender bins and we will also access substances obtained onsite such as from medics. We will have #HarmReduction teams onsite and will issue our alerts here ⚠️

📢Fellow Tweeters I need your help! I looking for an Assistant Prof to join my team pls RT jobs.tcd.ie

Last year we collaborated with Drugs Library to promote the European Web Survey on Drugs. The aim was to engage with people who use drugs that we normally aren't in contact with/ those who aren't represented in other studies Find the results here: bit.ly/3qH46zJ

Many college students have used or currently use drugs; there's a clear need for suitable, tailored supports. Find out more Watch DUHEI Town Hall 2022 bit.ly/3r1BaCV , read transcript and full report duhei.ie

Terrific to see this project for HEI students funded in this new Department of Health scheme The E-SHEILD UCC project will deliver an intervention designed with & for HEI students to prevent & reduce drug use & associated harms for people at all levels of risk duhei.ie

Michael Byrne UCC Ireland and Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland Survey addressed the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use #CADrugsUse View the discussion The Citizens' Assembly and read more about the DUHEI duhei.com