Drug News

ADDICTION – USA
Family table has a place in drug fight – USA Today
A new report by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University shows that teenagers who average fewer than two family dinners a week are more likely to do drugs, smoke and drink compared with teens who have family dinners five or more times a week.

ADDICTION – USA
Addiction focus on conference – The Robesonian
A special forum on drug and alcohol addiction will be held 8:30 p.m. Monday in the James B. Chavis University Center at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

ALCOHOL – USA
Employers Estimate Big Losses from Workers’ Drinking – Join Together
A British study finds that 40 percent of employers believe that employee drinking is a major cause of absenteeism and poor productivity, and one-third feel the same is true of illicit drugs.

METH – USA
Meth education is goal of group’s town hall meeting – Northwest Arkansas News
Project Right Choice members are planning a town hall meeting in conjunction with Methamphetamine Awareness Month.

METH – USA
October is Meth Awareness Month – Alamogordo Daily News
The mission of the Otero County Meth Awareness Coalition is to provide residents of Otero County with the best possible educational information concerning meth prevention, abuse, recovery and family support.

DRUGS – USA
Abuse can lead to serious charges – Mohave Daily News

Most drug cases that go before Mohave County judges involve illegal drugs but criminals can be arrested for illegally buying, selling or possessing prescription drugs.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse on the rise – Mohave Daily News

The impact of prescription drug abuse can take anyone, young or old, male or female, rich or poor down a path of addiction and ruin.

ALCOHOL – UK
Tackling society’s drug and alcohol crisis at its roots – Scotsman News
If you have seen or taken part in the debauch, the fact that consumption of alcohol and illegal drugs is on the increase will come as no surprise. There is a creeping acceptance that bingeing on drink and drugs is just part of being Scottish, young and/or male. How can we change this deep-seated belief?

METH – USA
Meth use not slowing – Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
While other states are seeing a decline in methamphetamine use, local officials say that isn’t the case here.

METH – USA
Huntsman Helps Launch New Meth Awareness Campaign – KCPW News
A new campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of methamphetamine use was launched today by Governor Jon Huntsman and the Utah Methamphetamine Joint Task Force.

METH – USA
US, Mexican attorneys general focus on stopping meth trade – KPUA News
State attorneys general from Mexico and the Western United States have agreed to work together against methamphetamine smuggling.