Drug News

CANNABIS – AUSTRALIA
Cannabis linked to ice use among young adults – New.com.au
Previous drug use, rather than being depressed or coming from an underprivileged background, is driving the growing use of amphetamines by young adults.

ALCOHOL – USA
14 Million Workers Abuse Drugs, Alcohol – Web MD
The ranks of America’s full-time workforce include at least 14 million workers who abuse drugs or alcohol, according to a federal study released Monday.

HEROIN – USA
Stores stop selling medicines that contain ‘cheese’ ingredient – The Dallas Morning News
Managers of the Fiesta supermarket at Webb Chapel Road and Lombardy Lane noticed that Tylenol PM and other drugs with the same ingredients were flying off the shelves. But after learning that the cause was shoplifting – not brisk sales – they stopped selling the over-the-counter medicines.

METH – USA
Children in Meth Homes Topic of Seminars – KBIA Public Broadcasting News
Missouri’s high rate of meth labs incidents spurs gathering of law enforcement officers, health professionals, and children’s service officials in Columbia for a seminar to discuss what to do when children are found in homes where methamphetamine is produced.

OPIUM – AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan set for record opium poppy crop: U.S. – The Star
Afghanistan’s illicit heroin-producing poppy crop set another record this growing season, besting even last year’s haul despite stepped-up efforts to combat the trade.