Drug News

METH – USA
Law enforcement braces for meth comeback – The Zonie Report

Arizona police are preparing for what may be the largest rise in methamphethamine labs the Valley has seen as a result of Mexico banning the sales of pseudoephedrine.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Local teens using prescription drugs in schools – News 10 Now

Local students as young as 13- and 14-years-old told their stories of drug and alcohol abuse in a video watched by parents at Liverpool High School. Inside the schools, a dangerous trend is growing that parents know little about.

CANNABIS – UK
Cannabis makes up 84% of all drugs hauls – Reading Evening Post

Cannabis was the most commonly seized drug in Reading from April 2006 to March 2007 in the latest figures available.

CANNABIS – NEW ZEALAND
Heroin use increases - TVNZ

Cannabis use is stabilising in Europe but consumption of drugs like heroin and cocaine is on the rise, the European Union drug agency said.

ALCOHOL – UK
Why women drink too much – Times Online

Women in Britain are drinking too much - fact. But where does the party stop and the danger start? and at what point should we call time, ladies, please?

ALCOHOL – USA
Police see alcohol violations increase on campus – Arkansas Traveler

The UA Police Department has arrested more people for public intoxication this year already than all of last year, and it has arrested more than twice the amount of people for
drunk driving, police records show.