Drug News

ALCOHOL – USA
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Focuses Campus Attention On Alcohol Abuse Prevention With ‘RU Connected?’ – Medical News Today

In October, college and university students will join with their peers on more than 1,000 campuses across the country to promote National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, October 21-27.

ALCOHOL – USA
‘Take it Back’ deals with alcohol issues – Laramie Boomerang

A group of high school students from around southeast Wyoming is meeting this weekend to learn how to create change in communities and fight alcohol abuse.

ALCOHOL – UK
Cracking the bottle – Sunday Herald

The country’s relationship with alcohol is under more scrutiny than ever before following years of rising levels of alcohol-related disease. Now a number of new initiatives to tackle the nation’s excessive drinking are under way.

PRESCTIPTION – UK
Special report: Prescription medicines – The Independent

Each year, Britons are dying in their thousands because of the side effects of prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Reported deaths are up 155 per cent in a decade – and experts are seeking new safeguards.

DRUGS – USA
Drug addiction not confined to certain class – Daily Record

October 14-20 is National Drug-Free Work Week 2007. We tend to think drugs affect a certain socio-economic class or people with a specific lifestyle.

METH – USA
Students to get dramatic view of meth – Marshall Independent

A close-to-real-life look at how one destructive decision can ruin a teen’s life and the harmful effects of an addictive drug will be presented at local schools next week.

METH – USA
Candidate focuses on fighting meth – Gazette Times

Kroger, on a campaign stop at the Gazette-Times, said his primary focus as attorney general would be to get the state’s meth addiction under control.

CANNABIS – UK
Mental illness soars in UK’s skunk hotspots – The Independent

The devastating effects of skunk cannabis on the nation’s mental health are revealed here for the first time, showing where the drug has hit hardest around the country.