Drug News

METH – USA
Saturday’s Our View: Tracking meth – Zwire
A bill that calls for the creation of a statewide system to track the sale of cold medicines used to make methamphetamine has been introduced in the Legislature.

METH – USA
Utah’s meth epidemic starting to wane – Police One

Utah’s methamphetamine epidemic could be waning for the first time in 15 years, but heroin use appears to be ticking up slightly, according to a state substance abuse report about to be released.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Drug Abuse In The Valley – WTAP TV News

Prescription drug abuse is a problem many people face regardless of income, class, or status.

HYDROCODONE – USA
Hydrocodone abuse is widespread – Tulsa World
One of the most popular and dangerous drugs on the streets these days could very well be lurking in the medicine cabinet down the hall.

HYDROCODONE – USA
Hydrocodone hits B’ville – Tulsa World
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates hydrocodone, which is known to many as Lortab, is the most abused prescription drug in the country.
ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol Killing More Brits Every Year – Medical News Today
In 1991 the alcohol-related death rate in the United Kingdom stood at 6.9 per 100,000, it rose to 12.9 per 100,000 in 2005, and then to 13.4 per 100,000 deaths in 2006, according to the Office for National Statistics.

ALCOHOL – USA
Madison Group Seeks To Reduce Alcohol-Related Problems Downtown – WISC TV
Authorities said that heavy drinking in the downtown area has contributed to crime, violence and vandalism.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Overdose deaths on the rise, CDC says – Los Angeles Times
Prescriptions — especially for pain-killers — and direct marketing are blamed. Many people don’t realize the dangers, experts say.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Parties – The Daily Colonial

One dangerous misconception is that drugs prescribed by a doctor cannot be harmful or deadly. Or, that they are a less serious issue than the use of illegal substances. But government findings suggest the opposite to be true.

PAINKILLER – USA
Drug-related deaths still on the rise in Cumberland County – Carlisle Sentinel
Drug-related deaths in Cumberland County rose for the third straight year in 2007, according to the coroner’s year-end report presented Thursday to the county commissioners.

METH – USA
Meth for kids: Police brace for arrival of new meth drug – Payson Roundup

It looks like pink crystal rock candy, but nothing could be further from the truth.

METH – USA
Learn the facts about meth – Payson Roundup
It is hard to miss the anti-meth billboard on the drive to the Valley. We hope the shock tactics of that ad, and the others originally created by the Montana Meth Project (www.montanameth.org) are making a lasting impression on those who see them.