Drug News

DRUGS – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Travellers warned to obey Dubai’s drug laws – AME Info

Dubai is considered one of the most liberal cities in the Middle East, but travellers to the emirate are often unaware that it has very strict laws regarding possession of illegal drugs.

DRUGS – UK
Charity says illegal drug users cost taxpayers £16bn last year - but only £3bn was spent tackling addiction – Daily Mail

Illegal drug use cost Britain an estimated £110billion over the past decade - and more than £16billion last year alone, research revealed yesterday. But only £3billion of the total has gone on actually tackling addiction, according to drug and alcohol charity Addiction.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Children as young as 12 seek help over drinking – The Age

CHILDREN as young as 12 are seeking help for alcohol abuse as new figures from a major Melbourne drug treatment centre reveal a six-fold increase in cases of young people with drinking problems.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Australia’s alcohol toll described as a national disaster – Herald Sun

A new report - released today by the Australian National Council on Drugs - has found that one in 10 young people aged 12 to 17 had abused alcohol in the past week.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription For Danger – WSAV News

One out of ten people will develop some type of substance addiction in their life, that’s according to a doctor at Memorial Health.  If not taken correctly, prescription pills can be dangerous, even deadly.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drugs a common factor in shootings – Southtown Star

American’s war on drugs might need to move in a new direction. It’s becoming more clear with each school shooting that prescription drugs may be more of a problem in our country than illegal street narcotics.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Each file is a drug death I can’t forget – St. Petersburg Times

I have seven file drawers at my desk. Each one is stuffed with green folders. Each folder is a death. For the last year or so, I have been investigating the surge of fatal prescription drug overdoses in Tampa Bay.