Drug News

ALCOHOL – UK
Drinkers ‘ignorant’ about alcohol – BBC News

Three-quarters of drinkers do not know a typical glass of wine contains three units of alcohol, a survey for the Department of Health suggests.

ALCOHOL – UK
Poll finds alcohol ignorance – TeleText

A campaign has been launched to make people more aware of how much they are drinking after a poll found widespread ignorance over units of alcohol.

ALCOHOL – UK
Majority of people ‘clueless’ about alcohol units – In The News

Despite most people claiming to know what a unit of alcohol is, there is widespread ignorance about how many units are in a typical drink, a new survey has revealed.

PRESCRIPTION – INDIA
Medicated Drinking Water? – Prescription Drugs Found In American Water Supplies – The Med Guru

Think twice before you take the next sip of your presumably pure life source, for, it might not be as pure and you might be gulping down other people’s medications as you quench your thirst.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Responsible adults must guard against prescription abuse – Allentown Morning Call

It is cheaper for the teenage thrill- or drug-seekers to steal prescription drugs from parents, teachers, or neighbors than to use a drug dealer. Since they are stupid enough to take prescription drugs, as responsible adults we should try to keep prescription drugs away from them. So, all responsible adults should try:

HEROIN – USA
Heroin Deaths Up, Meth Deaths Down in Oregon – KEPR TV News

Action News first brought you the story of Umatilla County’s new drug trend. People are moving away from meth, and on to cocaine and heroin. According to a new report released by the Oregon State Police, meth deaths are down, but heroin deaths are up.

HEROIN – USA
New danger: Popularity of heroin growing with kids and easy to get – Times Herald Record

Heroin, which once conjured up images of wasted, strung-out junkies, is back. Our friends, relatives and neighbors in their teens and early 20s are snorting it.

DRUGS – USA
No Place to Hide: Drug Abuse in America – Trans World News

If you have been following this series of articles, you have learned how opium and its derivatives morphine and heroin made their way into America’s channels of commerce. In time, each substance acquired an expanding customer base, anchored by the addictiveness of the drug. In the Twentieth Century, the popularity of cocaine in its various forms would prove to reach much deeper and farther than any drug to date.

MARIJUANA – THAILAND
Using marijuana to battle the blues only worsens teens depression – Thaindian
Teens who use Marijuana to alleviate feelings of depression could make their situation worse as it leads to more serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, anxiety, and even suicide, according to a new report from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).

MARIJUANA – UK
Marijuana Ups Heart Attack, Stroke Risk – Heart Zine

A study by US government researchers suggests that people who abuse marijuana might be putting themselves at increased risk of a heart attack or stroke. This happens because the drug increases the blood levels of a particular protein.

DRUGS – USA
COURTS: Another option – Lockport Union-Sun and Journal

It was just the beginning of a three-hour session of Lockport’s Drug Court Treatment Program, a specialized court designed to handle criminal cases involving offenders struggling with substance abuse.