Drug News

METH – USA
State Creates Convicted Meth Manufacturer Registry – CBS 2 Chicago News
Illinois launched an Internet database Sunday that enables communities to track convicted methamphetamine makers.

METH – USA
Polk Still Seen as Meth ‘Hot Spot’ – The Ledger
Fewer busts of labs does not mean that the county has shed its reputation.

ADDICTION – INDIA
Drug Addiction Slowing Down: UN Report – MeIndia
Drug addiction worldwide appears to be slowing down for almost every kind of illicit drug, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said on Friday.

METHADONE – USA
One father’s war on methadone – The Spokesman Review
Standing in the dim basement where a methadone overdose killed his son, Ken Zigler prepared to honor Tim’s legacy the only way he knows how.

DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Pharmaceutical drug overdoses ‘common’ – Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne paramedics attend an average of 19 overdoses a day involving pharmaceutical drugs.

CANNABIS – CYPRUS
Cannabis most common drug in Cyprus – Cyprus Mail
Cannabis is the most commonly used drug in Cyprus, with almost seven per cent of the island’s population admitting to using it at least once.

CODEINE – USA
Army says drug abuse is up on camps in South Korea – Stars and Stripes
Drug abuse is on the rise at some Army installations in South Korea, military officials have confirmed.

COCAINE – IRELAND
Health staff to be trained in cocaine treatment – Sunday Business Post
Dozens of Health Service Executive (HSE) staff are to enroll for cocaine intervention courses at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) this summer as part of a drive to tackle dependency on the drug.