Drug News

DRUGS – UK
Home Truths – Drink and Drugs
A recent Glasgow exhibition featured artwork by children of people with drug and alcohol problems. The works on display were shocking and moving.

ALCOHOL – UK
Drug and Alcohol abuse linked says Minister – The Belfast Telegraph
The new Drugs Minister says more needs to be done to tackle the deadly ‘cocktail’ of drug and alcohol abuse.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol abuse claims twice as many female lives as 15 years ago – The Daily Mail
 
The number of women dying at an early age from alcohol abuse has almost doubled in 15 years, figures will reveal today.

PRESCRIPTION – UK
Prescription drug deaths double in a decade – The Telegraph
Deaths from adverse reactions to prescription drugs have more than doubled in 10 years, new figures show.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
A bitter pill Prescription medicines – Therapeutics Daily

Deaths from prescription drugs more than double in 10 years ++ Each year, Britons are dying in their thousands because of the side effects of prescription and over-the-counter medicines.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin antidote use surges along with overdoses – The Capitol Times
While Jimi Reinke has trained 109 people to administer an antidote for heroin overdoses, he never thought he actually would have to do it himself.

ADDICTION – USA
Opening eyes to addiction – Brockton Enterprise
Colleen LaBelle was stunned when she handed out fliers at a middle school open house last month to promote a drug education forum.
METH – USA
Congress to send money to fight meth to northern Wisconsin –Business North
The U.S. Senate approved $800,000 to combat the spread of methamphetamine through education and clean up efforts.

METH – USA
Anti-meth campaign coming to Rowan schools – Kannapolis Independent Tribune
The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education will be shown a drug-use prevention video called “Meth Watch” at its meeting today.