Drug News

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Many Buying Prescriptions Online Without Authorization – WLNS TV News

Just about anything can be purchased from the convenience of your home with just the click of a mouse, but now a new report says people are using this easy method to buy drugs online that are not supposed to be available over the counter.

ALCOHOL – USA
Milford official proposes student alcohol testing – Newsday

Milford’s superintendent of schools is proposing that students be subjected to breath testing for alcohol at school functions.

DRUGS – USA
What Happens When Entire Cities Become “Drug-Free School Zones”? – Drug Law Blog

What happens when laws that enhance drug sentences in “drug-free school zones” end up covering almost the entire geographical area of a city because of the density of school concentration in the area?

METHADONE – USA
N.C. methadone overdoses rise – Myrtle Beach Sun News

Methadone, long prescribed as an alternative to heroin, is proving to be a hazard of its own.

METHADONE – USA
Killer or cure – Altoona Mirror

A drug commended years ago for helping to loosen heroin’s deadly grip in Pennsylvania and beyond may now be the region’s No. 1 killer.

METH – USA
Pharmacy logs already helping meth prosecutions – Press-Register

Records of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine purchases already have begun to help authorities put away people who provide methamphetamine cooks with the vital raw ingredients they need to churn out the drug, according to prosecutors and a review of court records.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription For Addiction - And Death – The Chattanoogan

We are on course to see a 450% increase in prescription drug abuse/addiction by children ages 10 - 17, from 2002 through 2008. When are we going to wake up?

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription painkiller deaths spike in Nevada – Monterey County Herald

A newspaper investigation found skyrocketing abuse of prescription narcotics in southern Nevada, accompanied by a startling increase in the number of fatal overdoses.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse growing, seen as safe high among teens, experts say – My West Texas
http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2008/07/13/news/top_stories/prescription_drugs_sunday.txt
When an adolescent was rushed to Midland Memorial’s Emergency Room within the last year because of a prescription drug overdose, it looked like everything was under control. Such overdoses aren’t uncommon, officials said, and like others, this patient showed all the signs of being in stable condition and was released. But, soon after going home, the young adult died.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Web sites linked to rise in prescription-drug abuse – Omaha World-Herald

A large majority of 365 Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications by mail are offering to supply the drugs without a proper prescription, according to a new study.