Drug News

ALCOHOL – UK
Over-30s ‘ignore alcohol advice’ – BBC News

People in their 30s and 40s are worse than those in their 20s at sticking to their drinking limits, a poll has suggested.

COCAINE – UK
Cocaine ‘biggest killer of all’ – BBC News
A Dublin coroner has said cocaine abuse is rife in the city, describing the drug as “the biggest killer” of all.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse a growing problem in S. Florida – Sun-Sentinel

The latest report on drug overdose deaths statewide and recent analysis by authorities signal some changes in Florida’s drug trade and drug abuse patterns, particularly in South Florida.

ALCOHOL – BELGIUM
Alcohol platform announces first commitments – Eur Activ

The alcohol industry, doctors, publishers and NGOs alike have pledged a series of actions to promote responsible drinking, curb under-age alcohol consumption and promote behavioural change among adolescents.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Alcohol bans proposed for east Arnhem land – ABC Online News
The Northern Territory Licensing Commission has indicated it will declare an area of east Arnhem land, including Nhulunbuy, an alcohol restricted area.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol misuse fears – Crawley Observer

A SHORTAGE of facilities for coping with worsening problems of alcohol misuse in West Sussex was highlighted at a meeting of the joint health overview and scrutiny committee in Chichester.

METH – USA
Ohio attorney general says $2M grant will target meth problems – Wilmington News Journal

Federal funds will be used to help eliminate the manufacture, sale and use of the devastating drug methamphetamine in four communities as part of a program the state attorney general hopes to see spread across Ohio.

PAINKILLER – UK
Party goers in cancer-risk cocaine warning – Preston Citizen
Officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit said that the drug is increasingly being cut with a banned painkiller called Phenacetin, which has been linked to kidney and liver cancers.

METH – USA
NCAI launches national meth awareness campaign – Indian Country Today

To raise awareness of the problems with methamphetamine, the National Congress of American Indians introduced a national campaign at its 64th annual NCAI convention in mid-November.

COCAINE – UK
Cocaine users face added danger – Lancashire Evening Post
Cocaine users in Lancashire are at an increased risk of cancer because the drug is being mixed with another dangerous banned substance.