Drug News

COCAINE – AUSTRIA
US official says cocaine routes shifting from US to Europe – PR-Inside

The United States believes that South American cocaine traffickers are diverting shipments away from the United States to Europe.

COCAINE – USA
Caracas, Colombia, and Cocaine – Washington Post

When Colombian drug traffickers need to move cocaine out of the country, their first stop is often Venezuela (WashPost).

PAINKILLER – USA
Kids turning to ’script pills for highs – Munster Times

Teens are gathering up unused prescription pills from their parents’ and grandparents’ homes and are taking them to school so they and their friends can get a buzz, police say.

DRUGS – USA
More overdose deaths linked to legal painkillers – pillyBurbs

Lethal combinations of painkillers and prescription anti-anxiety medications were responsible for most accidental drug deaths in Bucks County last year.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Abuse Of Prescription Drugs A Problem Among Teens – CBS Denver News
The statistics are hard to believe. One in five teens has abused prescription drugs. The Denver metro area is slightly above the national average in such abuse, according to the Denver Human Services Office of Drug Strategy.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription meds most commonly abused drugs in schools today – Clearfield Progress

“My child doesn’t have a drug problem. If he did, I would know.” How many times have parents said that? How many times have you said it yourself? Is it true? Would you know?

DRUGS – USA
State pursues funds to educate kids about abuse of prescription drugs – The Salt Lake Tribune

With Utah ranked first in the U.S. for nonmedical use of prescription drugs, Lythgoe says pills obtained by adults for depression and other ailments are increasingly falling into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them: kids.

DRUGS – USA
Drug Addiction: A Click Away? – KGMB News

Morphine, vicodin, oxycontin… It used to be the only way to buy these powerful drugs was at a pharmacy, with a valid prescription from a doctor.