Drug News

HEROIN – IRELAND
Increase In Heroin Use in Galway – Galway News

TEENAGE girls have become the latest victims of heroin use in the city as new statistics reveal an escalation in the number of women seeking treatment for addiction to the hard drug.

DRUGS – USA
Venezuela denies drug trafficking on the rise – CNN International News

Venezuela is denying Washington’s accusations that drug trafficking has increased due to a lack of cooperation with the United States.

COCAINE – UK
Cocaine delivered quicker than pizza – North-West Evening Mail
Ninety eight people aged under 20 asked for help for addiction to cocaine in the county last year, and it is claimed the destructive Class A drug can be delivered to your door quicker than a pizza.

ADDICTION – NEW ZEALAND
Codeine addiction increasing: SDHB chief – Southland Times

Southland District Health Board interim chief operating officer Leanne Samuel said codeine abuse was becoming more of an issue.

ADDICTION – USA
Church Joins Fight Against Drug Addiction – Trans World News

A local church in Marietta, Georgia, hearing of the succesful training delivered to other churches in the area, contacted Narconon Drug Rehab GA for training on substance abuse and drug rehabilitation.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Health groups call for tough measures to curb alcohol abuse – ABC News

The Alcohol Policy Forum (APF) is recommending state and federal governments ban all alcohol promotion on television before 9:30pm, including sponsorship of sporting events.

ALCOHOL – USA
Drunken boating standard drops – KRCG News

Gov. Matt Blunt approves tougher rules for boating while intoxicated, making the threshold for drunken boating on lakes and major rivers the same as for motorists.

ALCOHOL – USA
Water Patrol: Heat, alcohol don’t mix – Lake Sun Leader

A reminder from the Missouri Water Patrol: heat and alcohol can be a deadly combination. As the temperature goes up, so does the temptation to have a few too many drinks while out on the water, according to Water Patrol Lt. Col. Mike Smith.

DRUGS – UK
Projects, activities and opportunities – Drug Scope

Problem drug and alcohol users and the benefit system – a call for information. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will soon be publishing a Green Paper/consultation that will include proposals to reform the ‘benefits regime’ (as described in the new drugs strategy) for problem drug users.

ALCOHOL – CANADA
Police can now demand blood, urine or saliva samples of suspect drivers – The Vancouver Sun

The stroke of midnight Tuesday delivered new enforcement powers into police hands as a controversial law to bust drivers who are high on drugs came into effect across Canada.

ALCOHOL – USA
Califano Urges NCAA to Ban All Beer and Alcohol Ads at Broadcast Events – Join Together

In a letter dated July 1, 2008, Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Chairman and President of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia University, urged the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to eliminate all beer and alcohol advertising at NCAA broadcast events.