Drug News

HEROIN – USA
An Innocent Name For A Deadly Drug – ABC News
A New Kind Of Heroin Called “Cheese” Is Turning Teens Into Addicts And Causing Deaths.

ADDICTS – USA
Revolving Door for Addicts Adds to Medicaid Cost – The New York Times
With grim humor, some doctors in New York call them “frequent fliers” — addicts who check into hospital detoxification units so often that dozens of them spend more than 100 nights a year in those wards.

BENZODIAZEPINE – AUSTRALIA
Hotline reveals community under a hypnotic spell – The Australian
SLEEP medicine specialists have been amazed by the publicity surrounding recent reports of hundreds of callers inundating a Queensland pharmacy hotline with stories about unusual side effects after taking the world’s most commonly prescribed hypnotic, zolpidem (Stilnox in Australia and Europe, Ambien in the USA).

COCAINE – USA
Legal Cocaine Will Soon Be Available – Associated Content
The Redux Beverages Company has been warned by the FDA about its packaging and promotion of a new drink being introduced by the company.

METH – USA
Osborne talks to students about meth addiction – KHAS TV News
He may no longer be a Congressman, but that is not slowing down Tom Osborne from working to improve the meth problem in Nebraska.

METH – USA
Community on Ice: The Meth Epidemic – LasVegasNow.com
Methamphetamine abuse in Nevada has been described as an epidemic problem. The Silver State ranks number one in the country for meth users over the age of 12.

METH – DENMARK
Gritty New Ads for Montana Meth Project Show Effect on Family and Friends – AdLand
Known for its gritty and hard-hitting portrayal of meth use, the latest ads for the Montana Meth Project don’t disappoint.

ALCOHOL – USA
School to enforce alcohol-free dances with breath tests – The Dallas Morning News
Students at Wahlert High School are being tested to make sure they’re not DUI – dancing under the influence.

PRESCRIPTION – INDIA
Youths pop prescription pills to get a high – Daily News & Analysis
An occasional puff or a beer are no longer cool enough for youngsters to get a high. Narcotics are now the ‘in-thing’ and youth are turning to prescription medicines, especially painkillers and cough syrups, to get their high.

HEROIN – USA
`Cheese’ plague escalates in Dallas school district – Ohio.com
The number of Dallas students getting hooked on a new drug called “cheese” is skyrocketing, with arrests for the heroin mix up 82 percent so far this school year.

METH – NEW ZEALAND
Aussie opposition launches anti-meth plan – Stuff New Zealand
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said use of methamphetamine – including speed, ice and crystal meth – was rife with a recent study suggesting 100,000 Australians of all ages used the drugs in the last week.

METH – IRELAND
Baking Soda Could Go Behind the Counter – The Epoch Times
A Missouri state legislator is seeking to regulate baking soda sales in hopes of curbing crack cocaine production.

METH – CANADA
PROTOCOL IN PLACE TO PROTECT METH’S YOUNGEST VICTIMS – Manitoba Government
New measures to help protect Manitoba communities against the devastating effects of crystal meth, including mandatory procedures for decontamination and assessment of children found in home-based meth labs.

ALCOHOL – USA
Forum addresses teens’ drug and alcohol abuse – Contra Costa Times
IN A RECENT survey given to Pleasanton’s high school students, 17 percent of ninth graders and 35 percent of 11th graders admitted to drinking alcohol in the past 30 days.

METH –USA
Six States in Richmond for National Meth Trafficking Conference – WRIC
Richmond played host to Attorney General’s from six states at a national conference focused on the trafficking of methamphetamine.

ALCOHOL – USA
Drug and Alcohol Choices — Prom Night – WHAM ABC News
The idea is to help students make good choices about alcohol and other drugs on prom night. A new brochure offering safety tips, information regarding teen drinking, and other common prom facts.

ALCOHOL – UK
Sport ‘must ban drink sponsors’ – Metro UK
Drinks companies should be banned from sponsoring professional sport because too many children are slipping into alcoholism, a teachers’ union has warned.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Binge drinking worse than drugs – The Age
Binge drinking, not alcoholism, is the biggest problem associated with liquor, the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AERF) says.

METH – AUSTRALIA
Meth use rife among young adults: study – The Age
Methamphetamine use is rife among Australians in their 20s with new figures showing more than one in five have tried the dangerous stimulants.

DRUGS – NEW ZEALAND
Drug scandals put schools at ‘high risk’ – New Zealand Herald
Australian schools have been rocked by new drug revelations following studies showing a high rate of drug use among the country’s teenagers.

METH – AUSTRALIA
Meth use widespread among young Aussies – ABC News Online
New statistics on drug use show Australians are the biggest users of ecstasy and amphetamines in the English-speaking world.

METH – USA
Campaign Launched to Combat Crystal Meth Use – ABC 7 News
West Hollywood is launching a campaign to combat the use of crystal meth in the gay community. Experts say within the community, use is not only more prevalent but also linked to high-risk sex acts and higher rates of HIV infection.

ADDICTION – USA
Children Teaching Children About Addiction – WOLX News
The students also pick up some coping skills, when dealing with peer pressure and violence.

METH –USA
Huntsman Combatting Utah’s Growing Meth Addiction – BYU Newsnet
It all began when Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. visited the House of Hope, a drug rehabilitation center in Salt Lake City that provides treatment to mothers whose lives have been overcome by addiction.

CANNABIS – UK
Drug campaigners warn of cannabis threat – East Anglian Daily Times
STRONGER and more potent forms of cannabis are on the streets of Suffolk and being used increasingly by youngsters who assume the drug is safe.

CANNABIS – AUSTRALIA
Campaign to stop teens smoking cannabis – Brisbane Times
The NSW government is launching a $600,000 advertising campaign in a bid to cut down the number of young students smoking cannabis.

CANNABIS – AUSTRALIA
Cinema ad blitz targets cannabis – 2GB News
Teenagers heading to the cinema over the school holidays are being warned about the dangers of cannabis use.

METH – USA
Meth is top law enforcement problem – Eastern Arizona Courier
Users of methamphetamines endanger themselves and their children and create a law enforcement crisis for the entire state of Arizona.

ADDICTION – IRAN
“Mainline” reveals disaster of drug addiction among the youth: actress – Mehr News
Actress Bita Farahi believes that the film “Mainline” is a revelation about the disastrous effects of drug addiction amongst today’s youth.

METH – USA
CSU-Pueblo student earns award for issue on meth – CSU Pueblo Today
Pueblo’s student newspaper earned a first place regional award last month for a special news supplement on methamphetamine.

METH – USA
Getting to the bottom of how speed kills – San Bernardino Sun
Substance abuse researchers have known for years that methamphetamine use runs high on the West Coast, especially in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Understand prescription dangers – Wilson Daily Times
As if today’s parents didn’t have enough to worry about, now there’s a reputed epidemic of prescription drug abuse.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Nine Students Face Suspensions Over Prescription Drug – WBAY
Next week, Kimberly’s school board plans to suspend nine freshmen high school students for giving and receiving the drug Adderall on school property.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drugs, availability to children seen as main problems – The Evening Tribune
The city’s drug problem may not be getting worse, but it is changing.

DRUGS – UK
Theatre is an educational tool in the fight against illicit drugs – Medical News Today
A new study finds that theatrical drama is an educational tool in the fight against drug addiction and abuse.

METH – USA
County hears of teen’s meth use – The Daily Astorian
Rice presented a graphic, no-nonsense report on the highs and lows of meth use, complete with the signs that someone is using and ways to detect a meth lab.

METH – USA
How to Tell if Your Home Was Once A Meth Lab – WVLT News
Meth labs don’t just land the dealers who get caught running them, in jail. They also leave a lasting and often dangerous impression on the home, apartment or business where they are busted.

DRUGS – USA
Elkhart Helps Keep Teens Drug And Alcohol Free – WNDU News
Parents in Elkhart County are able to get complimentary home alcohol saliva and drug tests, to test their children.

METH – USA
Flavored meth aims to addict new users – San Diego Union Tribune
Experts say the sweet flavor of “Strawberry Quick” may lure new users because it masks methamphetamine’s bitter taste when snorted.

ALCOHOL – GUAM
Social costs of alcohol abuse – Pacific Daily News
Alcohol is the number one drug of choice among Guam’s adolescents, and used by more young adults than any other illicit drug.

METH – USA
April meth awareness programs – Alamogordo Daily News
The Otero County Meth Prevention/Treatment Coalition continues in our efforts to educate the community about the devastating effects of meth abuse on our youth, families and communities.

METH – USA
Community invited to local meth forum – Nevada Appeal
A methamphetamine forum on Tuesday will give parents and other interested members of the community information about the drug and what can be done to combat the growing problem of meth abuse.

ALCOHOL – USA
2-ounce alcoholic drink called teen lure – North Jersey Media Group
They have a 12 percent alcohol content and are sold for less than a dollar, advertised as shots to be drunk alone or added to beer.

DRUGS – USA
Drug Abuse Prevention: Theater Motivates People To Help – Science Daily
A new study finds that theatrical drama is an educational tool in the fight against drug addiction and abuse.

DRUGS – UK
New Study Looks At Peer Pressure And Implications For Preventing Adolescent Substance Abuse – Medical News Today
Why do young people smoke cigarettes or use alcohol or drugs? What skills do they need to avoid starting these habits?

METH – USA
Candy-Coated Crystal Meth – The Hilltop
As if crystal methamphetamine, more commonly known as crystal meth, was not enough of a threat to rural America, meth manufacturers are now creating a candy-colored and flavored variety of the drug along with cartoon characters to recruit younger users.

DRUGS – CANADA
Thinking outside the hot box – The Gazette
Ritalin and alcohol, while legal, have potentially deadly side-effects on the heart and liver, respectively. On the other hand, marijuana has fewer detrimental effects, especially if it isn’t smoked.

ALCOHOL – USA
WHA sixth-graders complete alcohol use prevention program – Walker Pilot Independent
The goals are to delay the age when youth start using alcohol, to reduce alcohol use among students who have already tried alcohol, and to limit the number of social, emotional and behavioral problems related to alcohol use in young people.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription-Drug Abuse Major Problem In Northeast Kingdom – Caledonian Record
Prescription-drug abuse may be a bigger problem than heroin in the Northeast Kingdom.

METH – USA
Film reveals impact of meth in community – The Lake Country Echo
The devastating impact of methamphetamines in Minnesota is undeniable as revealed recently in a documentary entitled, “Revealing Meth in Minnesota.”

COCAINE – USA
Peru’s President Urges Air Strikes Against Cocaine Factories – HULIQ
Peru’s President has urged the use of the military to destroy jungle factories that produce cocaine.

DRUGS – USA
Study links illegal stimulant use to increased risk of stroke – UT The Daily Texan
A recent study conducted by the UT Southwestern Medical Center provides researchers with further evidence of a correlation between frequent amphetamine and cocaine usage among young adults and the occurrence of strokes.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Teen abuse of prescription drugs on rise – Wilson Daily Times
Law enforcement agencies and other organizations in Wilson say this area doesn’t currently have a significant problem with teenage prescription drug abuse. But if families don’t take care to monitor their children, authorities warn, that could change.

ALCOHOL – UK
MP shocked by amount of alcohol on the streets – Blyth Wansbeck Today
UNDER-AGE drinking on the streets has left a borough MP ’shocked and dismayed’ after he witnessed the level of disorder caused by drunk youths.

METH – USA
Dealers now selling candy flavored drugs to youngsters – Casa Grande Valley Newspaper
Well, a new kind of methamphetamine that has a strawberry flavor and bright pink coloring has hit the market.

DRUGS – UK
Toxic bin fumes ‘drug of choice’ – BBC News
Setting wheelie bins on fire and sniffing the fumes is the new “drug of choice” for youths.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Feds: Prescription drug problem in N.J. – Cherry Hill Courier Post
3 percent of residents have abused prescription drugs in the past year, with about 6 percent of those aged 18 to 25 reporting they have misused a prescription drug.

ALCOHOL – USA
April is Alcohol Awareness Month – SAMHSA
To recognize the serious problem of alcohol abuse, April is designated “Alcohol Awareness Month.”

DRUGS – USA
Drugs Are in the Water. Does It Matter? – The New York Times
Residues of birth control pills, antidepressants, painkillers, shampoos and a host of other compounds are finding their way into the nation’s waterways.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Reserve struggling with abuse of prescription drugs – The Amherst Daily News
Using pliers to rip out healthy teeth just to get a narcotics prescription. Twelve-year-olds having sex with men in exchange for narcotics.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Feds cite New Jersey prescription drug abuse problem – Newsday
New Jersey has a significant prescription drug abuse problem, White House drug policy officials said Monday.

METH – USA
Community fighting meth – Arizona Range News
Willcox Meth Task Force works to educate residents, prevent drug use.

DRUGS – USA
Authorities warn of new drug trend – Dublin Courier Herald
Parents are being warned by Dublin Police about a new drug trend hitting kids as early as middle school.

DRUGS – USA
The secret history of Big Pharma’s role in creating and marketing heroin, LSD, meth, Ecstasy and speed – Newstarget
As you’ll read here, drug companies actually invented many of the street drugs now considered to be the most devastating, including heroin and meth (”ice”).

DRUGS – USA
Drug deaths on the rise in Tennessee – WREG Memphis News
The number of deaths in Tennessee caused by taking prescription drugs is now almost equal to the number of murders according to a new report.

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.