Drug News

ALCOHOL – UK
Too much alcohol damages heart and arteries – Reuters

Heavy drinking causes high blood pressure, stiff arteries and rigid heart muscles in men and enlarged hearts in women, boosting their risk of having heart attacks and strokes, researchers said on Wednesday.

ALCOHOL – USA
Nearly half of all Mass. teens have tried alcohol – The Boston Globe

A new survey has found that the number of Massachusetts high schools students using drugs and alcohol dropped for the sixth year in a row.

ALCOHOL – USA
Excess Drinking Boosts Cardiovascular Disease Risk – The Washington Post

While research suggests that moderate alcohol consumption may have health benefits, heavy drinking increases blood pressure, stiffens blood vessels and causes more rigid heart muscles in men and enlarged hearts in women, all risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

DRUGS – USA
No easy way to rid water of drug traces – North Jersey

Scientists don’t know whether trace amounts of hundreds of prescription drugs that are in the state’s drinking water can harm residents, New Jersey lawmakers were told.

METH – USA
Tennessee Meth Task Force seeks funding for traffic stop training – Times Free Press

As the number of methamphetamine laboratories in Tennessee levels off, the Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force is trying to find ways to stop imports of the drug from other countries.

METH – USA
Illinois Meth Project names new ED – Windy City Times

Steve Mange, senior policy advisor for Attorney General Lisa Madigan, is the new executive director of the Illinois Meth Project.

METH – USA
Idaho Falls Meth Forum Overflows – Local ABC News

Hundreds filed in and dozens more were turned away tonight at one of the largest meth discussions in Eastern Idaho.

METH – USA
Mexico, China Partner with U.S. in Anti-Methamphetamine Fight – News Blaze

Mexico, China and the United States are working together to stop the use of methamphetamine, an addictive stimulant drug that has been called one of America’s most serious drug problems, two U.S. attorneys from the Department of Justice tell America.gov.

METH – USA
Event teaches sixth-graders about ways to stay safe – Killeen Daily Herald

On Tuesday, more than 900 screaming sixth-graders welcomed one of the more recognizable figures in Central Texas. It wasn’t Hannah Montana or Emmitt Smith. It was KWTX Channel 10’s head weatherman Rusty Garrett.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Drug Abuse Campaign – CBS News

Shelby County Coroner Diana Hawkins say the number of dead teenagers she’s seen from prescription drug overdoses is simply heartbreaking.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Center addresses prescription drug abuse – Juneau Empire

High school senior Katie Doyle said she knows about 20 classmates who have gone to rehab for prescription drug abuse in the past few years.