Drug News

METH – USA
NEVADA YOUTH: Student meth use declines – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nevada high school and middle school students in growing numbers are laying off methamphetamine, marijuana and other drugs, a new survey suggests.

COCAINE – UK
Pictured: The face of modern cocaine Britain – Daily Mail

While it appears to be a staple part of the celebrity lifestyle for many pop-stars and models, it is still something you don’t expect to see in public.

COCAINE – UK
Colombian drug cartels blamed for the destruction of rainforest – Telegraph

Drug cultivation is the biggest cause of deforestation in Colombia with 741,000 acres of rainforest cleared every year, the country’s vice-president has said.

ALCOHOL – UK
Women Alcoholics Set To Match Men, UK – Medical News Today

Leading alcohol treatment organisation, The Linwood Group, believes the number of women accessing rehab will soon equal men.

ALCOHOL – IRELAND
High youth drug, alcohol use – survey – The Irish Times

A survey of hundreds of teenagers aged between 15 and 19 years old from the south and south east found more than 50 per cent frequently drank heavily with a similar number regularly using drugs.

ALCOHOL – UK
Action urged to cut big rise in heavy drinking – Guardian

Tougher measures to discourage people from damaging their health through alcohol abuse were called for yesterday as official statistics showed that the number of hospital admissions caused by heavy drinking has more than doubled since 1995.

ALCOHOL – UK
Record numbers are treated in hospital for alcohol problems – Independent
Almost 5,000 young people under 18, received emergency treatment for alcohol abuse last year as hospitals admitted record numbers of patients with drink-related problems.
ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol fuelled admissions to hospital double in a decade – Telegraph

The number of people admitted to hospital because of their drinking has doubled in just over a decade to reach more than 200,000, new figures show.

DRUGS – USA
Chronic Illnesses Kill More than Infectious Diseases, WHO Says – Join Together

Infectious diseases like malaria and tuberculosis once killed the most people worldwide, but now non-communicable diseases — including some related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use — are the world’s biggest killers, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

DRUGS – UK
Call For More Education On Sports Drug Abuse – Medical News Today

A Clinical Biochemist called for more education about anabolic steroid drug abuse at a conference in Birmingham (UK). Speaking at the annual conference of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry, Dr Michael Wheeler spoke out about the unknown side effects of drug abuse in sport.

METH – UK
Meth Production Threatens Children’s Safety, New Book – Medical News Today

It’s been said that drug use is a “victimless crime,” but for methamphetamine addicts, it’s certainly not true-especially for those with children in their homes.

COCAINE – UK
Cocaine use on the rise in Britain – United Press International

As cocaine use has increased in Britain in the past eight years, four times as many people are hospitalized for health problems linked to the drug, experts say.