Drug News

METH – USA
Candy meth a myth? – Knoxville News Sentinel

With Halloween just a few days away, you too may have received the forwarded e-mail warning parents about meth disguised as candy.

METH – USA
Tucson firm’s meth detection device being tested in Missouri – Arizona Republic

Some Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers have been testing a device that can detect even microscopic traces of methamphetamine with the simple click of a button.

METH – USA
Truth Squad: Meth Problems – KBCI CBS News

In a 2006 study by the National Association of Counties nearly half of two hundred hospitals around the country reported meth is the number one illegal drug associated with their emergency rooms patients.

ALCOHOL – CANADA
Alcohol still a problem – The Star

While social norms marketing focuses on stressing the majority of students who drink safely, there is still reason to be concerned about those who don’t because risky drinking can result in alcohol poisoning, injury, fights, sexual assault or unsafe sex.

DRUGS – CANADA
One woman’s battle – The London Free Press

Oxycodone is an opioid drug, like morphine, codeine, heroin and methadone. It’s also the key ingredient in the brand name drug OxyContin.

DRUGS – CANADA
Drug sweeping London’s downtown – Canoe

It’s tearing at London like almost nowhere else in Ontario. Next week, city hall gets told it’s time to lash back.

PAINKILLER – USA
Painkillers, the dark side of sports – The Deseret Morning News

Prescription painkiller abuse is one of the dirty little secrets of college and professional sports.

METH – USA
Shred-A-Thon Benefits Meth Fight – KPHO News

The Scottsdale Police Department is teaming up with the Northeast Valley Coalition Against Methamphetamine for the city’s fifth “Shred-It” event on Saturday.

METH – USA
Agencies to converge on meth summit in Great Bend – The Garden City Telegram

Law enforcement, along with local social and prevention agencies, will come together Tuesday in Great Bend to discuss statewide awareness of methamphetamine and its impact in Kansas.

METH – USA
Meth Project draws about $1.2 million in donations – Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck

A yearlong campaign to raise money for the Montana Meth Project has drawn about $1.2 million.