Drug News

ALCOHOL – USA
How Much Alcohol is Too Much? – Health News Digest
With so many reasons to drink, it can be hard to know how much is too much and when the line is crossed between the use and abuse of alcohol.

ALCOHOL – USA
Views from the QCA: Wake up to teen alcohol abuse – Quad-Cities Online
Here are some troubling facts: Each day, more than 7,000 kids in the U.S., under age 16, take their first drink of alcohol.

METH – USA
CBU students create anti-meth video – The Cape Brenton Post
The students have been researching crystal meth for several months and presented their findings and the final version of an educational video.

METH – USA
Children of meth can inspire rescuers, parents – Statesman Journal
Members of Salem’s Drug Activity Response Team keep snapshots of children’s faces on their wall. That’s how they get the stomach to enter drug homes where bugs feast on dried food and meth sits within easy reach of kids.

METH – USA
We hope it’s a new trend; meth use appears to drop – Madison Daily Leader
Meth is one of the worst drugs to fight. It produces incredible euphoria and an insatiable desire to do it again, while causing some of the worst physical damage of any street drug.

COCAINE – USA
Cocaine, amphetamine abuse linked to strokes – CNN Health
Cocaine and amphetamine abusers increase their risk of suffering strokes.