Drug News

ADDERALL – USA
Students depend on study aids for cram sessions – The Daily Collegian

Pressured for time, many students turn to study aids such as coffee, energy drinks and Adderall to help them through finals week.

ADDERALL – USA
The Other Side of Adderall – BU Today

The stress of keeping up with academic life, especially around finals time, can be challenging, even for the best of students.

METHADONE – USA
Methadone overdoses continue to climb in state – Fay Observer

Methadone, a painkiller, has been used for years to help wean addicts off heroin and similar drugs. But in recent years, medical officials and lawmen have seen increases in overdoses of the drug.

CANNABIS – GERMANY
German Youths Choose Alcohol Over Cannabis, Drug Czar Says –

German youths are turning away from tobacco and cannabis. But there’s been an “alarming” rise in binge-drinking, according to the annual report released by the government’s commissioner on drug abuse.

CANNABIS – UK
Smoking, cannabis-use down among German youth, but drinking up – Earth Times

German youths are turning away from tobacco and cannabis, but there is an “alarming” rise in binge drinking, according to the annual report released by the government’s commissioner on drug-abuse Monday.

METH – USA
Some Former Meth Houses Sold Without Being Cleaned – CBS Denver News

Some Coloradans may be living in a home that once contained a drug lab and not even know it.

COCAINE – UK
Cocaine found at university bars – BBC News

Drugs testing by students at the University of Bristol has suggested cocaine is used at most of its bars.

ALCOHOL – USA
College Party Characteristics Related to Likelihood of High-Risk Drinking – Join Together

High-risk drinking among college students is related to the types of parties they attend, according to a recent web survey of undergraduate students attending two large urban universities.

METH – USA
New Anti-Meth Campaign for American Indians/Alaska Natives – Join Together

T he Partnership for a Drug-Free America, and the National Congress of American Indians to launch the first ever anti-meth public service campaign targeted toward American Indian and Native Alaskan populations.

METH – USA
Tweaked Anti-Meth Campaign Posters – SFist

Addendums to the anti-drug campaign posters have reflected all kinds of sentiments to the most recent effort to get the homosexuals off the crazy crack. Here are just a few.