Drug News

PRESCRIPTION - USA

Statewide database could cut down on prescription drug abuse – WINK News                                                                  

Getting prescription drugs from various doctors to feed an addiction — or so-called ‘doctor shopping’ — is a problem on the rise. That’s the word from Lee county deputies and they say it’s a problem that has to stop.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Rx pain drug sales on the rise – Asheville Citizen-Times

Retail sales of prescription painkillers more than doubled in Western North Carolina over an eight-year period, reflecting a nationwide increase in the number of people taking medication for pain.

METH – USA
Wastewater chemistry reveals patterns of illicit drug use in muncipalities – EV Living

A team of researchers has developed an automated monitoring method that makes it possible to detect traces of drugs, from cocaine to caffeine, in municipal wastewater and to monitor the patterns of drug use in entire communities.

COCAINE – COLOMBIA
Historic High: Young Italian Males are Using More Cocaine than Ever – Shared Responsibility

A study conducted by Italy’s parliament shows that cocaine consumption among males aged 25 to 34 has risen 62% over the past three years.

MORPHINE – USA
Americans taking more pain pills – WEAU TV News

Are you one of the many people who own a bottle of pain pills in your desk drawer? An Associated Press analysis shows Americans are taking pain pills more than ever before.
ADDERALL – CANADA
American Kids Being Drugged To Death – Lawyersand Settlements

As result of the marketing power the pharmaceutical industry obtained by spending tens of billions of dollars to gain influence over politicians in power, the FDA and the medical profession, American kids are being pumped full of the most powerful and dangerous psychiatric medications on the market, in drug cocktails that are literally killing them.
CODEINE – USA
Center for Molecular Medicine pioneers test to protect nursing infants – Rapid Growth Media

This week, the Grand Rapids-based Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) announced it is the only lab in the Midwest with the capability to test nursing mothers for codeine risks that can cause morphine overdoses in nursing infants.
ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths Up – FOX News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data showing there were 13,470 deaths in 2006 involving drivers and motorcycle operators with blood alcohol levels of .08 or higher, which is the legal limit for adults throughout the country.
ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol plus caffeine may equal DUIs – Chicago Sun-Times
Attorneys general warn mix in energy drinks can mask intoxication, could put more drunks on road.
ADDICTION – USA
Officials say kids in families with addiction often ‘ignored’ – My West Texas

Some Midland substance abuse counselors have opened their focus to specifically target children and other family members in the recovery process.