Drug News

PAINKILLER – BAHRAIN
Alert over skin patch painkiller – Gulf Daily News

PEOPLE in Bahrain are being warned over the use of a skin patch containing a potent painkiller, which health officials say could be fatal.

PAINKILLER – INDIA
J&J Painkiller Patch Can Be Dangerous, Warns FDA – Top News

A second safety warning has been issued by U.S. health officials on the deaths and dangerous fallouts caused by Johnson & Johnson’s Duragesic pain-killing skin patch.

METH – USA
Special Task Force Releases Methamphetamine Report – Las Vegas Now

As methamphetamine continues to ravage Nevada’s communities, the governor has just received a special task force’s blueprint for how our state should battle the meth-abuse problem.

METH – USA
New progress toward solving the meth epidemic – Newport News Times
Assistant County Counsel Rob Bovett provided an update for the Governor’s Meth Task Force on Friday, Dec. 7 regarding recent progress made toward solving the meth epidemic that has plagued families and neighborhoods in Lincoln County and across our nation.

METH – USA
Oklahoma tribes step up fight against meth – Tulsa World

Efforts at training and prevention have increased since the renewed emphasis from the National Congress of American Indians.

METH – USA
Meth Project gets a boost – Helena Independent Record

Thumbs up to members of the Montana Contractors Association who came up with $125,000 to contribute to the Montana Meth Project.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Florida Has Prescription Problem – Tampa Tribune

Athletes aren’t the only ones struggling with addiction and abuse of prescription drugs. The illegal sale of prescription drugs now constitutes the fastest-growing segment of the illicit drug market in Florida

ALCOHOL – USA
Police on holiday alcohol watch; Enforcement targets drunken drivers, underage drinkers – The Daily News of Newburyport

State and local police have already started to crack down on underage drinking and drunken drivers in anticipation of a busy New Year’s weekend.

COCAINE – IRELAND
Cocaine is an A-bomb in our midst – Irish Independent

An Irish atomic bomb, in the form of a substance called ‘cocaine’, has exploded in our midst.

METH – USA
Pharmacies help in the fight against meth production – The Journal Review

As part of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, which went into effect in 2006, several changes went into effect in pharmacies.