Drug News

ALCOHOL – USA

Middle School Marks Most Critical Time To Start Ongoing Conversations About Drug And Alcohol Use With Kids – Medical News Today

Middle school is a crucial time for parents to start talking - research shows that by 8th grade, many kids have been exposed to tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and inhalants.

PRESCRIPTION – USA

Police: Prescription drugs the new meth – Sapulpa Daily Herald

Sapulpa and Creek County Law Enforcement both agree that prescription drug abuse is on the rise in the area.

PRESCRIPTION – USA

House Passes Prescription Drug Safety Reforms – Yuba Net

The House today passed significant reforms to the Food and Drug Administration’s drug safety review system. Part of a comprehensive FDA bill, the bill was a compromise between Senate and House legislation that passed overwhelmingly earlier this year.

ALCOHOL – USA

Carmel students tested for alcohol at football game – Indy Star

Students attending last Friday’s Carmel High School football game received an alcohol breath test before they entered the game.

ALCOHOL – USA

Finland to introduce warnings on alcohol – USA Today

Finland will introduce health warnings on bottles of beer, wine and liquor, following reports that alcohol has become the country’s biggest killer, officials said Friday.

ALCOHOL – USA

Highway safety improves: Alcohol-related accidents still a concern – NewsZap

Statewide there were 1,099 alcohol-related fatalities, 202 drug-related fatalities, 546 pedestrians killed, 124 bicyclists killed and 521 motorcyclists killed.

METH – USA

Survey bodes ill on teen’s attitudes toward meth – Kansas City Star

Most teens find it easy to access methamphetamine, and of those who have tried it, more than 75 percent said they started when they were age 15 or younger.

COCAINE – USA

No Cocaine in Ghana – AllAfrica

Though Ghana has in recent times gained notoriety in the drug trade, it is not considered to be among the major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries in the world.