Drug News

COCAINE – USA
Crack Use Worsens Outcomes in HIV-Infected Women – Join Together

A study of nearly 1,700 HIV-infected women has found that use of crack cocaine results in a deterioration of immune status and can counteract the effects of antiretroviral medication.

ALCOHOL – USA
University of Florida Launches Attack on Party Image – Join Together

Just days after a publication named it the nation’s top party school, the University of Florida officially proposed dramatic changes to its campus code of conduct that include bans on kegs and drinking games.

ALCOHOL – USA
College Coaches’ Pleas for Ban on Alcohol Ads Fail to Move NCAA – Join Together

Members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA’s) executive committee have decided not to move toward tougher restrictions on televised alcohol ads during college sports events.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol-fuelled offences soar with 24 hour drinking – Telegraph

Crime statistics gathered from almost every police force in the country show that public order offences have increased by 136 per cent in the past four years.

ADDICTION – USA
Substance abuse seen as a growing problem as boomers age – Seattle PI

One study shows that by 2020, the number of adults 50 and older with substance abuse problems will skyrocket from the 1999 estimate of two and a half million to five million.

DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Ecstasy just another in long line of national pastimes – The Sydney Morning Herald

It seems that despite extensive education and interdiction, Australia’s youth have embraced this drug like no other. The market remains buoyant.

DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Dying in ecstasy as drug use soars – News.com.au

It’s not surprising that the world’s two biggest ecstasy busts have been in Australia. That’s because UN figures reveal Australians are easily the world’s biggest users, per head of population.

METH – USA
Meth use drops, other drugs increase – KTVN News

Reno police say that after a year of community efforts that targeted children and educated parents about a methamphetamine epidemic, meth activity has declined. But the use of heroin and cocaine are on the rise, mainly because of a decline of meth availability and a price increase.

METH – USA
Local drug use: Meth down, heroin up – Carson Times

After more than a year of community efforts that targeted children and educated their parents about a methamphetamine epidemic, meth activity has declined, police say.