Drug News

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Dangerous Prescription Mistakes Go Unreported, Pose Grave Risks – Staten Island Advance

The New York Public Interest Research Group estimates that four of every 100 prescriptions are misfilled by New York pharmacies, physicians and hospitals

ALCOHOL – USA
Honda Center To Prohibit Alcohol Sales During NCAA Games – KNBC TV News

When UCLA faces Texas A & M in an NCAA men’s basketball tournament second-round game Saturday, a beverage traditionally associated with sporting events will again be missing from Honda Center’s concession stands — beer.

ALCOHOL – UK
Women targeted in drink campaign – Telegraph

Middle-aged women will be targeted in a hard-hitting anti-alcohol campaign after research found that just one large glass of wine per night could increase the risk of breast cancer by 60 per cent.

METH – CANADA
My methy, methy life – Globe and mail

Two new books about methamphetamine addiction, both compelling stories, will surely serve as cautionary tales for young adult readers.

COCAINE – USA
Peru sees cocaine making a comeback – Los Angeles Times

Peru’s cocaine industry, the world’s largest and most violent in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is again on the upswing.

COCAINE – AUSTRALIA
Blatant sale of cocaine testing kit – The Daily Telegraph

SMACK in the middle of Sydney’s Oxford St, it reads like a daily specials board at your favourite restaurant - “Cocaine & XTC testing kits now in stock”.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drugs trouble WNC youth – Asheville Citizen-Times

More WNC high school students reported taking prescription drugs without a doctor’s permission than students in any other region of the state.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Meth use falls; Prescription drug abuse rises – KPAX Montana News

Meth use in Montana is on the decline but as this drug loses its popularity, another type of drug use on the rise.

DRUGS – USA
Popping Pills For Pleasure – Tampa Tribune

Prescription pills are an attractive recreational drug for a variety of reasons. High on the list is that the drugs are legal. Acquiring a doctor’s signature is much easier than smuggling narcotics across the border.

DRUGS – NEW ZEALAND
Police survey finds P is third most popular drug after alcohol, cannabis – New Zealand Herald

Methamphetamine, or P, is the third most commonly used drug after alcohol and cannabis among people arrested in New Zealand, a police survey has found.