Drug News

ADDERALL – USA
College students unaware of risks of ADHD drugs – Baltimore Examiner

College students who abuse medications for attention-deficit disorder typically don’t know about serious side effects, including heart attacks, aggressive or suicidal behavior, paranoia and hallucinations, researchers say.

METH – USA
Battling Meth Addiction in the Gay Community – Gay Wired

Crystal, Tina, Crissy and Dizzy are not the members of the latest all girl group. They are just a few of the cute little nicknames gay people have given to an addictive drug causing mass destruction in our community.

METHADONE – UK
Methadone: a necessary evil – BBC News

Methadone can be highly addictive and dangerous and has been linked to the deaths of several drug addicts’ children.

ALCOHOL – UK
Rise in alcohol abuse cases – The Press Association

The number of people treated for alcohol abuse jumped more than a fifth in two years, new figures show.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Sports told to reject alcohol sponsorship – ABC News

The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation wants elite sports to stop accepting alcohol sponsorship.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Sports should ‘drop booze sponsors’ – The Sydney Morning Herald

Sporting groups should drop alcohol-related sponsorship as part of a national effort to prevent binge drinking and its dangerous effects, a Victorian health leader says.

ALCOHOL – USA
Foster’s Group to Stop Making High Alcohol, Added Energy Drinks – Bloomberg

Foster’s Group Ltd., Australia’s biggest liquor maker, will stop producing high alcohol and added energy pre-mixed spirit drinks.

HEROIN – UK
Heroin warning follows deaths – Devon 24

A potentially lethal batch of high strength heroin is in circulation in the area, police have warned following a second Ilfracombe death in a week.