ALCOHOL – USA
Anheuser to Stop Selling Alcoholic Energy Drinks – Wall Street Journal
Anheuser-Busch Cos. will stop making and selling caffeinated alcoholic drinks as part of a settlement with 11 state attorneys general, the attorneys general said Thursday.
ALCOHOL – CHINA
Some 50 pilots in India fail alcohol tests yearly – China Daily
Around 50 pilots each year in India are grounded for consuming alcohol before taking a flight, foreign media reported Thursday.
METH – USA
Wyoming Meth Project launches statewide campaign – The Torrington Telegram
On June 16, the Wyoming Meth Project advisory board kicked off a campaign that is patterned after a program started in Montana two years ago.
ALCOHOL – USA
Drug, alcohol abuse study measures the high cost of under-treated addiction – The Los Angeles Times
DRUG AND alcohol abuse sets people on a path toward heart disease, cancer and other chronic illnesses. A study in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment reports that hospital costs for this medical fallout can be substantial.
ALCOHOL – USA
Alcoholic-energy drinks: The ups and the downs – Kansas City Star
It’s not a problem of labeling; it’s a problem with the product. Alcoholic-energy drinks, like Anheuser-Busch’s Tilt, pose dangers to more than just teenagers.
ALCOHOL – USA
Student alcohol use at 45% - MLive
The number of Jackson County minors who have consumed alcohol is in line with national averages listed in a federal report released this week.
ADDICTION – INDIA
Cops alert parents on addiction signs – Calcutta Telegraph
When your gangly teenaged son suddenly takes to smelling boot-polish, it’s a cause for worry. For the round tin box may just contain the first signs of more destructive and expensive addictions.
METH – USA
Madigan announces anti-meth program – The Southern
Meth makers in Southern Illinois soon will have one less tactic in getting the materials they need to make the drug.
DRUGS – U
How to Implement a Model to Get Youth Off Drugs and Out of Crime – RWJF
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reports that more than 1 million youths, ages 12 to 17, needed treatment for an illicit drug problem in 2003, but only one in 10 actually received help.
DRUGS – UK
Human Rights Take Centre Stage on ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse’ – International Harm Reduction Agency
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has used the UN-sponsored International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking to focus on the rights of people who use drugs and people in prison for drug offences, declaring that “No one should be stigmatised or discriminated against because of their dependence on drugs”.
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