Drug News

CANNABIS – NIGERIA
‘Cannabis, Most Trafficked Drug in Nigeria’ – This Day Online
Cannabis, popularly known as marijuana, is the most trafficked hard drug and the most consumed by drug abusers in Nigeria.

MORPHINE – USA
Lollipop Pain Reliever – WNDU News
It looks like a lollipop, but it is actually a super-potent pain killer designed to help seriously ill cancer patients. The problem is other people are abusing it, and with deadly consequences.

COCAINE – USA
Sweet, flavored cocaine now in U.S. – United Press International
Police in California report a growing trend in cocaine traffickers adding flavors to the powder and charging 40 percent more for it.

OPIUM – CANADA
Afghanistan opium production soars: UN – CTV News
A UN report released Tuesday showed that the “runaway train of drug addiction” has slowed, with estimated levels of global use holding steady for the third year in a row.

METH – USA
‘A Question of Life or Meth’ Wins Daytime Emmy Award – University of Kentucky News
Methamphetamine use and addiction is sweeping the country as thousands of families, children and young adults are destroyed in its path.

METH – CANADA
Crystal meth education urged – Nanaimo News Bulletin
There’s no question that crystal meth is on Nanaimo streets. It’s been here for years. The question city councillor Merv Unger wants raised is how to get the message about the drug’s dangers to school kids.

DRUGS – USA
Cocaine replacing meth in Eau Claire – WBAY News
There’s a good news, bad news scenario when it comes to fighting illegal drugs in Eau Claire.

DRUGS – USA
Meth Ado About Nothing? Flavored Meth and Cheese Heroin Stories Smack of Fearmongering – Join Together
Strawberry Quick is popular among new users who snort it because the flavoring can cut down on the taste. Teenagers who have been taught meth is bad may see this flavored version as less harmful.