Drug News

HEROIN – USA
Small Town, Big-Time Heroin Use – Hartford Courant
Heroin came to Willimantic nearly 40 years ago and never left. Today, junkies openly shoot up on the town green. Generations have fallen prey to the poison.

PAINKILLERS – USA
FDA renews alert on painkiller patch – Los Angeles Times

The drug, which the agency says has been misused and wrongly prescribed, is a suspect in 3,500 deaths. Heat can increase the absorption rate.

PAINKILLERS – UK
Warning: Deaths From Painkiller Patch – The Associated Press
Improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people, the government said Friday — its second warning in two years about the powerful narcotic.

METH – USA
Contractors Donate to Montana Meth – KULR News
A group of statewide contractors have taken Montana Meth Project founder Tom Siebel up on his challenge grant.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
State bill would create database to monitor patients’ prescriptions – Sun-Sentinel
Should Broward County be the state’s first county to have a prescription-drug monitoring program?

ALCOHOL – SINGAPORE
Campaign aimed at getting youths to control alcohol consumption – Channel News Asia
Say no to binge drinking - that is the message a group of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students want to convey in a campaign.

ALCOHOL – UK
Doctors call for alcohol price hike – Reuters
Senior doctors said on Friday the government should raise the price of alcohol as part of a series of tough measures to cut the harm caused by excessive drinking.

ALCOHOL – UK
We are all paying the price for cheap alcohol – The Scotsman
ALCOHOL Focus Scotland believes urgent government action is required to address the ridiculously low price of alcohol.

ALCOHOL – JAMAICA
Road Safety Council wants blood-alcohol limit lowered – Jamaica Observer
VICE chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Dr Lucien Jones, is calling for revised legislation to lower the allowable blood alcohol limit for motorists.

ADDICTION – USA
Narconon Trains Foreign Addiction Counselor – Trans World News
The orphanage in Honduras took many street children in, only to find that they would run away, back to the streets, to feed their addiction. The safety and comfort of the orphanage were not stronger than the addiction to the glue and the orphanage personnel searched for solutions.

ALCOHOL – UK
Booze, sex are passe; party drugs rule the revelry – Earth Times
Alcohol and sex are passe. Drug cocktails and rave parties have become new mantra of celebration for urban youth with fat wallets.

PAINKILLER – USA
Patients Dying From Improper Use Of Painkiller Patch – Tampa Tribune

Improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people, the government said Friday - its second warning in two years about the powerful narcotic.

CANNABIS – UK
Study Investigates Cannabis Use Among University Students – Medical News Today
New information published in the Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research explores University students’ motivations for using or not using cannabis and found various factors that might encourage use.