May 10, 2008 Drug Addiction News
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Keep leftover meds out of teens’ hands – Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
One in five teens has abused the prescription narcotic Vicodin. One in 10 has abused OxyContin. Another one in 10 has used stimulants such as Ritalin or Adderall for the energy-boosting effect. One in 11 has admitted to getting high on cough medicine.
HEROIN – USA
Police say use of heroin by Nassau teens rising – News Day
Heroin, once the drug of choice for hopeless junkies, is becoming in vogue among an alarming number of middle-class Nassau County teenagers, police told local school officials at a meeting yesterday.
ALCOHOL – USA
Crime Rises with Alcohol Outlet Density, Study Says – Join Together
A new Australian study concludes that violence rose in Melbourne communities as the density of alcohol outlets increased.
ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk in Men and Women – FOX News
Just two drinks a day for both sexes raises the risk of mouth cancer by 75 percent, according to the study from Australia’s Cancer Institute NSW.
ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Alcohol increases cancer risk – NEWS
NSW Assistant Health Minister Verity Firth, who will release the report today, said the alarming links to cancer had been generally ignored in debate over alcohol consumption.
METH – USA
Keokuk Police educating kids about meth – KHQA News
The Keokuk Police Department is educating kids about the dangers of meth. Keokuk Police Chief Tom Crew put this presentation together. He takes it to area schools to show kids the short-and long-term effects of meth on your body.
ALCOHOL – USA
July Fourth alcohol ban to continue in Del Mar – Sign on San Diego
An annual ban on alcohol at Del Mar’s 2½ miles of beaches over the Fourth of July weekend will continue for a seventh summer. The City Council voted unanimously Monday to prohibit the possession of alcoholic beverages on all public property including beaches, parks, streets and sidewalks from 6 p.m. July 3 until 6 a.m. July 7, a period of 84 hours.
CANNABIS – UK
Study warns of sexual health crisis due to drug use – The Guardian
The culture of binge drinking and drug use among young people in Europe is increasing the risk of a sexual health crisis, researchers warned today.
Teenagers and young adults across Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies.
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