Drug News

METH – USA
Mexico limits some cold remedies in narcotics war – Reuters
Everyday cold medicines in Mexico will be moved behind the counter from September to stop drug gangs from using them to make illegal narcotics.

ADDERALL – USA
Easy Highs – WJTV News
It doesn’t take much for your kids to get high.  Believe it or not, you could be supplying them with their drug of choice and not even know it.

CANNABIS – UK
Minister backing cannabis review – BBC News
Scotland’s drugs minister has said he is “sympathetic” to UK Government plans to upgrade cannabis to a class B drug.

CANNABIS – UK
Judge warns of danger of cannabis – BBC News
A judge has warned of the “terrible” dangers of cannabis, as he jailed a drug dealer for three-and-a-half years.

ADDICTION – TAIWAN
Editorial: The reality of drug addiction – Taipei Times
The nation’s drug issues are trivialized, with sheepish celebrities pretending to repent, and kids getting the impression that drug addiction is nothing.

ADDICTION – USA
Meth addiction everyone’s problem – Clovis News Journal
A popular piece of advice for writers is to write about what you know. But writing about what you know can be extremely painful when you’ve been affected by the destructive demon of methamphetamine.

HEROIN – USA
Texas Stores Pull Tylenol PM as Youths Use It to Create Heroin Mix ‘Cheese’ – Fox News
Some area stores have stopped selling Tylenol PM or restricted access to the sleep aid that has been used by some Dallas youths to create the dangerous heroin mix known as “cheese.”

METH – USA
Glad You Asked: Of meth and metal – Napa Valley Register
I’ve seen a couple of reports of copper wiring stolen around town, and the incidents have seemed to be related to methamphetamines. Why do meth heads need copper wire?