Drug News

HEROIN – USA
Heroin overdose deaths surpass cocaine fatalities in Milwaukee – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Lisa first noticed her sister was becoming distant last summer. The track marks on her arm were an ominous warning. In August, Olivia overdosed on heroin. That time, and after a second overdose in October, Olivia recovered. Last month, she didn’t. It’s been almost a month since Lisa Marmolejo buried her little sister.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
The dangers of Adderall – NBC

The alarm bell was sounded Thursday for what apparently is a new drug of choice among college students who pull “all nighters”. The new study drug is Adderall, a stimulant that is potentially dangerous. Senator Chuck Schumer says its use is spreading. He says as many as 35% of college students use Adderall. It can be addictive just like Vicodin and Oxycontin and we don’t want that to happen.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – Spain
‘Letting teens get drunk at home is child abuse’ – The Local

Spain is mulling the possibility of fining the parents of children who repeatedly end up with alcohol poisoning as a way of tackling the growing problem of alcohol poisoning among the country’s youth.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Troubled youth kicking it ‘old skool’ at San Fran bistro – CNN

As a juvenile corrections officer in Southern California, Teresa Goines found it rewarding to work with troubled youth and help them turn their lives around. The hardest part usually came after their release. “They’d be super excited, ready to start a new life,” she said. “They’d be put in the exact same environment, though, so they’d reoffend, and they’d come back.” Goines felt that by sending these young men home without enough support to keep them on the right track, the system was essentially setting them up to fail.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Do MLB Players Deserve Suspension or Drug Rehab? – Huffington Post

Within the last 24 hours the sports world has gone into an uproar over the recent announcement that over 20 Major League Baseball (MLB) players could potentially being suspended due to a Performance Enhancing Drug (PED) scandal.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
OxyContin maker settles lawsuit with Kentucky county – Courier-Journal

Pike County, Ky., has settled its claims against Purdue Pharma over the company’s narcotic painkiller OxyContin — reportedly for $4 million — but the state is forging ahead with the lawsuit.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
More People Going To Rehab For Synthetic Drug Abuse – NewsWest9.com

Its use has been linked to several crimes mainly because its effects are unpredictable and the problem is synthetic drugs are all too easy to get.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Patient safety may have been put at risk by U of T pain lectures: doctor

Almost 1,400 former University of Toronto medical students have been contacted by the school and told to disregard the teaching materials they were given regarding the prescription pain killer oxycodone. “It struck me as odd that oxycodone was being represented as a weak opioid with codeine, when in fact, it’s about one and a half times more potent than morphine, which was identified only as a strong opioid, quite appropriately,” he said.

DRUG DETOX – USA
Philip Seymour Hoffman Detox: Actor Entered Treatment For Drug Abuse – Huffington Post

Hoffman checked into a detox facility on the East Coast for 10 days after a prescription drug problem that started over a year ago escalated to him snorting heroin. He reportedly only used heroin for about a week before he realized he needed to seek help.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
A Granite Bay dad’s wild attempt to save his OxyContin-addicted son – Sacramento News & Review

Brad DeHaven calls it “our family’s dirty little secret.” By age 17, his oldest son, Brandon, was selling and developing an addiction to the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin. Here was what seemed to be a normal, upstanding Granite Bay family, but DeHaven and his wife Lisa were ill-equipped to deal with Brandon’s problem.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Jolly completes drug treatment program, cleared to return – NBC Sports

Some players are held up from joining their NFL team until their college class graduates. But for Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly, the degree he received yesterday is far more important.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Lindsay Lohan Tried To Score Drugs In Rehab By Inviting Her Old Drug Dealer To Visit?! – Perez Hilton

We’ve heard the starlet is going crazy without her Adderall, but it seems she could be craving something a little more potent as new reports claim the former child star invited her old friend/drug dealer to visit her at Betty Ford.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Adderall Abuse as Final Exam Study Aid ‘Trending’ Among U.S. Students – Science Daily

A growing number of U.S. college students are abusing the ADHD medication Adderall to give them an academic edge, and they’re tweeting about it.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Lil Scrappy Fails Drug Test, Heading To Rehab For Kush – HipHopWired

Lil Scrappy believes he’s addicted to weed … and after failing a court-ordered drug test, the rapper will enter a rehab facility for treatment.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
How OxyContin’s Pain Relief Built ‘A World Of Hurt’ – NPR

Prescription painkillers are among the most widely used drugs in America. In the decade since New York Times reporter Barry Meier began investigating their use and abuse, he says he has seen the number of people dying from overdoses quadruple — an increase Meier calls “staggering.”

MARIJUANA – USA
Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill – KXAN.com

“For every touching story that we have heard about the benefits of those in pain, I remind you today that there are a thousand times more parents who will never be relieved from the pain of losing a child due to addiction.”

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
I-Team: NYC Targets Pain Pills as Latest Health Scourge – NBC New York

To combat pain pill addiction, Farley’s office is launching a campaign that looks … “For a toothache, do I really need something like OxyContin?”

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Are Women Bigger Binge Drinkers Than Men? – Cosmopolitan

According to new research, female college students tend to exceed the drinking guidelines created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Wrongful Death Suit Brings Attention to Prescription Pain Medication – Albany Times Union

After spending six seasons in the NHL, Derek Boogaard earned a reputation for being one of the toughest professional hockey players in the league. When he died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in 2011, Boogaard showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain ailment caused by repeated blows to the head, as well as a high level of alcohol in his blood.

HEROIN – USA
Killer Heroin Use Widespread, Will Education Cut Use? – Cape May County Herald

Heroin in Cape May County is killing young adults from “good” families in “nice” neighborhoods. In the last month, the county has experienced nine heroin overdoses with five of them fatal.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – SWITZERLAND
Alcohol abuse linked to domestic violence – SwissInfo.ch

Almost every second woman who is subject to abuse says that alcohol consumption is a problem in her relationship, according to a study.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin dealer hopes others learn from his mistakes – KRCG

Week after week, heroin makes headlines. Overdoses are all-to common and dealer arrests have become the norm.
Right now, there are about 31,250 people incarcerated in Missouri. Many of those struggling with a alcohol and/or drug abuse problems.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Gateway Drugs that Every Mom Must Know About – Hive Health Media

However, doctors report that the use of opioid drugs like Oxycontin has been shown to very easily lead to heroin use and addiction, partly due to a decrease in the cost of heroin.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Treatment needed to keep Rx abuse from leading to heroin – Marion Star

In 2011, the most recent year statistics are available, 1,765 Ohio residents died from unintentional drug overdoses. More than 65 percent had opiates — a family of drugs that include brand name pills such as Percocet and Vicodin, legitimate but highly abusable medicines, and heroin — in their system.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Funding Restored to Prince William’s Jailhouse Drug Rehab Program – Potomac Local

Over the last four years, the recidivism rate [for inmates who don’t complete the DORM program] was 55%… the recidivism rate for inmates who complete the DORM program for the same four years…it’s an overall average of 27%.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
GIRLS as young as 13 are undergoing rehab for alcohol addiction – Perth Now.com

The girls are getting younger, they are coming in at 13 or 14 and have been drinking for a couple of years already. “Eventually we will need to start going out to primary schools if we want to prevent this.We would have to go back to eight and nine-year-olds and start working with them.”

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong – Take Part

David Sheff’s new book, ‘Clean,’ aims to completely change how we think about the epidemic that takes thousands of lives every year.

ALCOHOL ADDICTION – UK
Dog given award for helping Sleaford man beat alcohol addiction – This is Lincolnshire

A dog that helped a Sleaford man kick alcohol addiction has been given an award for bravery. “Before, I was in the pit of despair and hardly left my flat. Now, she gets me out of the house for walks and we meet people and I now have something to get out of bed for.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Rx. drug scourge: Staten Island is the front line in the war on prescription drugs – Silive.com

An urgent wake-up call has gone out to doctors on Staten Island: More than ever, this borough is Ground Zero in the deadly abuse citywide of prescription painkillers.

ALCOHOL – UK
Blue’s Lee Ryan: I loved going into rehab for my alcohol addiction – Now Magazine Online

Blue’s Lee Ryan has confessed that he recently went to rehab – and loved it. The outspoken star struggled with an addiction to alcohol for a long time but it became much worse last year after he split from fiancée Samantha Miller, the mother of his son Rain, 4. Lee quietly checked himself into rehab after the break-up caused his booze problems to spiral out of control.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
OxyContin abuse: can it be slowed? – The Grio

Millions of OxyContin prescriptions are written each year and it is an oft-abused medication. But, OxyContin is not alone. Nearly 1.8 million Americans were addicted to some form of prescription pain reliever in 2011, much more than those addicted to cocaine and heroin combined.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Abuse-resistant OxyContin will be only version available: FDA – Los Angeles

Three years after it approved a version of the opioid analgesic OxyContin designed to discourage the painkiller’s abuse, the Food and Drug Administration has effectively barred the original form of the drug from ever reaching the legal U.S. market. The agency says it will approve no new applications from generic drug manufacturers to produce cheaper versions of OxyContin in its original form.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Video: Gov. Christie touts Jim McGreevey’s jailhouse drug rehab program as model alternative to war on drugs “failure” – NJ.com

After teary-eyed testimonials from a dozen prisoners, Christie calls the program a model for his efforts to expand drug courts, which require criminals with substance abuse problems to get treatment.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Gaps in prescription drug abuse treatment exist despite Missoula effort – Missoulian

In 2001, the number of people in Montana whose deaths were linked to prescription drugs was 112. The number of people in Missoula who died then from pills? Eleven. One decade later, the Missoula community had put the spotlight on the problem and launched an effort to address it. But the number of Missoulians who still died? Twenty-two. And the number of Montanans whose deaths were tied to prescription drugs was 192.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Lindsay Lohan Chats With Piers Morgan About Drugs, Rehab – Hollywood Reporter

Prior to Lindsay Lohan entering rehab at the Betty Ford Center to receive 90 days of treatment, the starlet spoke candidly about partying, drinking, drugs and getting advice from Meryl Streep. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with people taking time to just be by themselves,” Lohan said about rehab. “I think people want to see me do that. They will keep saying the same things about me if I don’t.”

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Brooke Mueller in rehab for prescription drug abuse, rep says – Los Angeles Times

Brooke Mueller, ex-wife of Charlie Sheen and mother to his twin boys, has been getting treatment for prescription drug abuse since Friday. Brook had her children taken away and given to Charlie’s other ex-wife, Denise Richards.

ALCOHOL – UK
As someone who uses alcohol as a prop myself, I can see there’s a problem – Guardian

A new health report focuses on the problems alcohol is causing, rather than the problems that make people drink. Still, either way: there’s a problem

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Is Lindsay Lohan Getting Drugs in Rehab? – Cambio

LiLo is currently at The Betty Ford Center and TMZ reports that she IS being administered Adderall, a highly addictive prescription drug that many people abuse to help suppress appetite. While the drug is supposed to treat ADHD and Lindsay has obtained a prescription for it, her need for the drug has been called into question in the past.

ALCOHOL – USA
Barrington group warns of alcohol abuse during graduation, prom season – Barrington Courier-Review

With prom and graduation season nearing, the Barrington Area Drug Prevention Coalition is reminding parents and their children to be safe. “We talked about the strategies that go through our minds to prevent getting into certain situations,” said Meredith Slott, a BHS senior who was on the panel. The students said parental involvement is extremely important. Some parents also expressed frustration for what they see as a lack of supervision on the part of other parents. “Parent involvement is huge,” said Scott Nelson, another BHS senior on the panel. “A lot of times you can have great kids but an irresponsible parent can make all the difference.”

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
OxyContin a gateway to heroin for upper-income addicts – USA Today

Powerful prescription painkillers have become pricier and harder to use. So addicts across the USA are turning to this more volatile drug. The new twist: Heroin is no longer just an inner-city plague.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Teen Prescription Drug Abuse Jumps 33% – About.com

The prescription drug abuse epidemic in the United States has begun to affect our children as a new national survey shows a 33% increase in prescription drug use by teens since 2008.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Lindsay Lohan Hits NYC Bar Scene… 4 Days Before Rehab – TMZ.com

Sources at the bar tell us … Lohan rolled in to the place with 9 or 10 friends to watch some of her pals perform at a “Jam Fest” event. We’re told Lindsay sat quietly at her table for roughly 3 hours and didn’t suck down one drop of alcohol — just soda.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription Drug Abuse: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know – PBS

Austin Box “gutted through” pain. He was upbeat, alert and seemingly at the top of his physical game on a three-day trip to St. Louis. But the day after they returned, Austin was found unconscious in a friend’s home. He died after being taken to the hospital, at age 22. The toxicology report showed five different pain medications and an anti-anxiety drug in Austin’s system — a cocktail that ended up stopping his heart.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Cory Monteith, ‘Glee’ star, completes rehab for drug abuse after admitting himself in March – NY Daily News

Cory Monteith is looking good after checking out of rehab. The “Glee” star “voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction — and friends say ‘he looks great.’

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Which Prescription Drugs Do Americans Abuse Most? – PBS

This abuse primarily occurs when people take medication not prescribed to them or take their own prescription drugs at a higher dosage than recommended by their doctor. The most commonly abused prescription drugs fall into three categories: Opioids (pain relievers), depressants and stimulants.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Obamacare Will Provide Regular Citizens the Same Rehab Services Celebs Get – Policy Mic

At least a quarter of that 23 million are ineligible for health insurance coverage, but thanks to health care law changes being implemented next year, anywhere from 3 million to 5 million people will be eligible for Medicaid sponsored programs.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Overdose Protection Act Signed – Atlantic Highlands Herald

Today Governor Chris Christie signed the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act (S2082) into law. The legislation takes a two-prong approach to help prevent drug overdose deaths in New Jersey. First, it provides legal protection to people who are in violation of the law while they are attempting to help a drug overdose victim. Secondly, it eliminates negative legal action against health care professionals or bystanders who administer overdose antidotes in life-threatening situations.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Former Guns N’ Roses Drummer Steven Adler Checks Into Rehab, Postpones Summer Tour – Loudwire

The former Guns N’ Roses drummer has been battling with drug and alcohol issues for over two decades, even appearing on the VH1 programs ‘Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew’ and ‘Sober House.’ It was just announced that Adler’s issues with substance abuse have become too serious once again, but the drummer will hopefully kick his demons for good with this latest rehab stint.

DRUG REHAB – AUSTRALIA
Demand Rises For Holistic Alcohol & Drug Rehab, Australian Addiction And Trauma Treatment Centre Enquiries Increase 50% – San Francisco Gate

Over the past year, the demand for natural mental health services and alcohol & drug rehabilitation at The Australian Addiction and Trauma Treatment Centre has risen. The holistic centre has experienced a 50% enquiry increase from those seeking an alternative approach to healing.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
3 Doors Down Bassist Enters Rehab – Pollstar

The latest news about 3 Doors Down’s Robert Todd Harrell is that he’s voluntarily checked into a drug treatment facility. The bassist, who is facing charges including vehicular homicide by intoxication, was released from jail Tuesday on $100,000 bond.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Mandatory rehab for drunks – Katherine Times

Repeat problem drinkers in Katherine will be required to undertake mandatory alcohol rehabilitation under a new plan to reduce alcohol related harm and anti-social behaviour. Minister for Alcohol Rehabilitation, Robyn Lambley, said a new approach was required to end the cycle of alcohol abuse in the region.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Study finds many parents underestimate dangers of teens abusing prescription drugs – Fox News

More parents need to talk with their teens about the dangers of abusing Ritalin, Adderall and other prescription drugs, suggests a new study that finds discouraging trends on kids and drug use.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Drug, alcohol rehab: an empty promise? – Delmarva Now

The repeated failure of drug/alcohol rehabilitation can be attributed to a single factor: It only addresses the symptoms, i.e., the act of abusing alcohol or drugs. In large part, it ignores the individual’s emotional and behavioral attitudes that brought on the addictions to begin with.

ALCOHOL /COCAINE – USA
Paul Williams is a ‘Loved One’ – overcoming substance abuse to hit the high notes – New York Daily News

The famed songwriter and actor – now playing at the Cafe Carlyle – returned from the brink to come back clean and sober with a message of gratitude and trust. “The fact is I did rehab twice and was never ‘outed’ by the press,” he says.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – UK
Sharon Osbourne ‘Devastated’ by Ozzy Osbourne’s Relapse – Rolling Stone

Sharon Osbourne is “devastated” by her husband Ozzy Osbourne’s relapse into drinking and taking drugs over the past year and a half. “Everybody knows he’s been struggling with this his entire life and I never knew that he was using prescription drugs,” Sharon Osbourne said.

ALCOHOL – USA
’10 Ways Alcohol is Shaping Our Future’ Infographic – amog.com

Most of us like to enjoy an alcoholic beverage from time to time. And, for the responsible adults out there who do partake in the occasional drink, there’s nothing wrong with that. However, as we should be aware, there is a dark side to alcohol.

DRUG REHAB – USA
10,300 Montana alcoholics, drug addicts to be eligible for treatment – Missoulian

Some 10,344 alcoholics and drug addicts in Montana will become eligible for substance-abuse treatment coverage next year under the federal health care overhaul, a number that could jump to 21,473 if the state Legislature expands Medicaid to the working poor.

ALCOHOL – USA
Being Ashamed of Drinking Prompts Relapse, Not Recovery – Healthland

“The more shame-ridden a drinker looked when talking about drinking — interpreted through body language like hunched shoulders — the more likely he or she was to relapse and the more drinks he or she downed during that relapse.”

DRUG REHAB – USA
Russell Brand’s Rehab Program Gets Funding – Los Angeles CBS Local

Brand, who has struggled in the past with substance abuse, said that while there are “ugly aspects to addiction,” there is also the potential for people who have been a “terrible detriment to society” to change.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Tyrann Mathieu insists LSU tried to help him with drug problem – USA Today

“LSU has a strong drug testing program and LSU went to great lengths to help me in my treatment and recovery. I understand that many people enjoy reading about the negative side of sports, but to publish those second-hand comments without being given a chance to address that comment prior to the publication of the article is irresponsible.”

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Giants, Jets not among Tyrann Mathieu’s pre-draft visits – New Jersey.com

Former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu has a full schedule of visits between now and the NFL Draft, but the Giants and Jets aren’t on his itinerary.

DRUG REHAB – USA
32 Million Americans to Get Drug Abuse, Mental Health Care from Obamacare in 2014 – Opposing Views

When Obamacare goes into full effect in 2014, about 32 million Americans will finally have access to substance abuse and mental health treatments.

ALCOHOL / DRUG ABUSE – USA
Ozzy Osbourne apologizes to family for drink and drugs binge – Reuters

“Just to set the record straight, Sharon and I are not divorcing,” Osbourne, 64, said on his Facebook page. “I’m just trying to be a better person.”

DRUG REHAB – USA
Viewpoint: We Need to Rethink Rehab – Ideas.Time

The treatment system fails because it’s rooted in an entrenched, inaccurate view that addicts are morally bereft and weak. If they weren’t, the belief goes, they’d stop using when drugs began to negatively impact their lives.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Carol Burnett tricked daughter to go to drug rehab – KMTR NewsSource

Legendary entertainer Carol Burnett had to trick her daughter into drug rehab in a desperate bid to save her from addiction.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Dave Herman to return to UFC following rehab and passed drug test – Bloody Elbow

Coming off a 3-fight losing streak and his second failed drug test, Dave Herman is finally ready to return to the Octagon. He’s gone through rehab and passed a recent drug test, now he just needs an opponent.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Pharmacy Robbery Nets Crook $24000 Worth of Oxycontin – Patch.com

A man walked out of the Walgreen’s on Folly Road with $24,000 worth of Oxycontin Sunday around 11 p.m. after demanding the drugs from the pharmacist and implying he had a weapon concealed in a sling.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Lawmakers Urge FDA Not To Allow Crushable Oxycontin – Fox17

Every year, at least 16,000 Americans die from overdosing on prescription pain drugs. The abuse of opioid pain medications cost the country over $50 billion every year in lost productivity, criminal justice expenses, drug treatment outlays and medical complications.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
New Generic OxyContin Too Appealing For Addicts, Schumer Warns – Gothamist

OxyContin, the opium derivative of choice for half a million people aged 12 or older, is slated to go generic next month. Though the new iteration of the drug will in many ways resemble the brand-name version, it does come with one feature that ups its street value considerably: it’s crushable.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol awareness month: Forewarned is forearmed – Darien Times

It’s Friday afternoon at Darien High School, and the texts are flying about what’s going on this weekend-whose parents aren’t home, who should be invited, what time people should show up. As 2:20 p.m. draws closer, the anticipation of the plans for the next couple of evenings grows.

ALCOHOL – USA
I’m Sick of Alcoholism – Huffington Post

This past weekend I went to yet another funeral for an alcoholic who died of her disease. I’m 51. I went to my first alcoholic funeral when I was 11. That one was my father’s.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Long Island Drug Addict Swindles Money for “Cancer Treatment” – Complex

Drug addiction really pushes people to their limit of their morals. Yesterday, it was revealed that 21-year-old Brittany Ozarowski hustled strangers and her family for six figures, claiming that she needed money to treat bone and brain cancer.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Lohan Adderall: Lindsay Lohan demanding drugs in rehab? – Examiner

Lindsay Lohan is allegedly demanding Adderall be given to her in rehab. The “Mean Girls” star takes the drug for her ADHD, but some fans believe it has been the cause of many of the actress’ problems.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
‘We can stop this epidemic,’ CDC boss says at Rx-drug abuse summit in Orlando – Orlando Sentinel

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the prescription-drug abuse crisis is of enormous and devastation proportions. “There is much to be done and we must act now,” she said.

DRUG REHAB – USA
GLEE CORY MONTIETH DRUG REHAB PART DEUX – The National Enquirer

Glee star CORY MONTETIH is singing another song –checking into a rehab facility for substance addiction.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Bobby Jenks was in rehab when the Red Sox released him last year CBS Sports – CBS Sports

Right-hander Bobby Jenks was checked into rehab when the Red Sox released him last summer.

COCAINE – USA
Stevie Nicks Warns Drug Users To Save Up For Rehab – 13WHAM-TV

Former Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks admits her cocaine habit almost killed her, adding, “I went to a plastic surgeon and he looked in my nose and said, ‘You have a really big hole in your nose; it’s very dangerous… Your next hit of coke could be your last hit of anything.”

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Charges dismissed against drug-abusing moms – WBIR

Several mothers jailed and charged for taking illegal drugs while pregnant have seen their cases dismissed.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Top Receivers, ‘Honey Badger’ among Vikings’ pre-draft visits – 1500 ESPN

Former LSU safety Tyrann Mathieu, who sat out last season and spent time in drug rehab after being kicked off LSU’s team, is projected as a mid-round draft pick as a defensive back.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
New law to fight against prescription drug abuse takes effect – WBIR

A new state law requiring doctors to check a patient’s drug history before prescribing certain medications is now in effect.