Drug News

DRUGS – USA
OxyContin abuse on rise in S.D. – Sioux Falls Argus Leader
When Phyllis Bauerle needed to feed her drug addiction, she didn’t go to a street dealer. She went to the doctor.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Battling The Prescription Drug Epidemic – CBS News

In the war on drugs, according to most national surveys, teenage smoking, alcohol and marijuana use is down. The bad news is that abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs is going up.

ALCOHOL – USA
Both Gender And Friendship Can Influence Adolescent Alcohol Use – Science Daily

Adolescents who drink alcohol, smoke and/or use drugs tend to have peers who do the same. A new study that looked at other factors which may moderate the influence of peers has found that gender, and gender of friends, can also affect this association.

ALCOHOL – USA
Energy drinks, alcohol a dangerous mix – WJBF News

In homes and dorm rooms across the country, young people are mixing a new kind of cocktail: energy drinks and alcohol.

ADDERALL – USA
Piss tests for all valedictorians – The Current

What do Barry Bonds and the over-achieving brown-nose of your high school class that beat you to Valedictorian and got accepted to an Ivy League school potentially have in common? Performance enhancing drugs.

CANNABIS – CANADA
Cannabis most common drug – The Mayo News

CANNABIS is the most commonly used drug in Mayo, while a high detection rate for both cannabis and cocaine was recorded in the past year, according to a top-ranking Garda official.
METH – USA
Canine cop visits Boys & Girls Club for Meth Awareness Week – Log Cabin Democrat

Conway Police Officer Clay Smith and his four-legged partner visited the Boys and Girls Club of Faulkner County on Monday to explain how useful dogs can be when it comes to fighting crime.