Drug News

METH – USA
Big Brother entering meth fight in Kentucky – WFIE News
It’s called MethCheck. By the end of this year, every pharmacy in Kentucky will have a high speed Internet link to check the purchase records of anyone buying ingredients that could also be used to make methamphetamine.

METH – USA
Foundation looking to buy former meth labs – Colorado 9 News
With potential contamination from carcinogens and explosive chemicals, to most people, a former methamphetamine lab would sound like a less than desirable real estate venture.

PAINKILLERS – CANADA
Painkillers invade Victoria streets – Victoria Times Colonist
An increasing number of Victoria drug dealers are selling prescription painkillers — sometimes referred to as hillbilly heroin — on the streets, pushing the city toward a troublesome trend already plaguing major Canadian cities.

ADDICTION – USA
OxyContin executives sentenced for misleading public on drug addiction risks – JURIST
Prosecutors had alleged that the company and executives were aware in 1995 that doctors were concerned about the drug’s high addiction risk, but its sales representatives continued to misrepresent OxyContin’s effects to physicians.

ALCOHOL – UK
Supermarkets selling cheap booze to young drinkers face Brown’s iron fist – The Guardian
Experts have told Downing Street that the easy availability of super-strength lager and cider lies behind the rise in alcohol-fuelled violence and the epidemic of related health problems, such as liver disease.

METHADONE – UK
Drugs rethink over quick methadone fix – The ScotsMan
A major overhaul of Scotland’s war on drugs will be unveiled this week as a report reveals a shocking rise in the number of addicts being ‘parked’ on heroin replacement drugs.