Drug News

PRESCRIPTION – USA
What to do with old prescription medication? – The Journal Review

One of the questions commonly asked of pharmacists is how to dispose of prescription medication.

MORPHINE – SOUTH AFRICA
New method lights the way for improved testing for drugs – Engineering News

As highlighted by various dop- ing scandals in the world of sports, drug abuse can appear anywhere. Current methods for testing for drug abuse are cumbersome, nonspecific, and lengthy.

METH – USA
Bluffs Takes Crack At Meth Problem With Education Campaign – KETV Omaha News

On Thursday, officials rolled “Meth 360,” a program to help residents understand how pervasive meth is in the community.

PAINKILLER – USA
Rx painkiller abuse crosses all lines – Chillicothe Gazette

The vices of illegal addictions such as prescription painkiller abuse is known all too well here in the Scioto Valley.

DRUGS – USA
Online pharmacies a growing source of drugs – WAVY News

People addicted to prescription drugs are increasingly avoiding doctors and hospitals to get their supply. Instead, they’re relying on the Internet.

PAINKILLER – USA
Use of painkillers on the rise across Montana – Montana’s News Station KPAX

The number of pain killers being sold at Montana pharmacies is on the rise and has soared nearly 700% from 1997 to 2005.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
FDA Plans To Study Effects of Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Ads – The Consumerist

Direct-to-consumer drug ads show pretty pictures of people laughing while running through fields of flowers and enjoying romantic dinners and such while a monotone voice speaks about side-effects like diarrhea, blot clots, and death. You’re watching, but are you really listening?

COEDINE – USA
FDA warns about codeine, breast-feeding – South Bend Tribune

The government is warning nursing mothers to be careful about codeine pain relievers following the death of a 13-day-old breast-fed infant from a morphine overdose.

ALCOHOL – UK
Female secretaries ‘at risk from alcohol’ – The Telegraph

An analysis of deaths caused by alcohol has uncovered the professions most at risk of drinking themselves into an early grave.

ALCOHOL – USA
Experts Counter Drunk Driving With Tech – The Washington Post

Technology that prevents a drunken driver from starting a vehicle holds the promise of greatly reducing alcohol-related deaths, the government and auto safety groups said Wednesday.

DRUGS – USA
Community-Wide Drug Testing Via Wastewater – Join Together

Oregon State University researchers say it’s possible to get a snapshot of the drug use in a particular community by drug-testing samples of wastewater from public sewage systems

ALCOHOL – USA
AGs Urge Crackdown on Marketing of Alcoholic Energy Drinks – Join Togther

A group of 28 state attorneys general is calling on the Bush administration to crack down on marketing of alcoholic energy drinks that they say targets youth with potency claims.