Drug News

ALCOHOL – USA
Study: Tax Increases Result in Lower Alcohol-Related Mortality – Join Together
A new study has concluded that increased taxation on alcohol results in fewer deaths caused by or related to the effects of drinking.

DRUGS – UK
Heroin and cocaine use costs Britain £15billion in health and crime bills – Daily Mail

Cocaine and heroin use is costing the UK £15billion a year in health and crime bills, a senior anti-drugs official warned today.

ADDICTION – USA
Enterhealth Introduces Advanced Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Treatment, Opens Live Recovery Center – Market Watch

A new, advanced approach to treating alcohol and drug addiction will become available next week to a nation- and world-wide clientele with the opening of the Enterhealth Life Recovery Center, located near Dallas.

METH – USA
California Dental Hygienists on Front Lines in Identifying Methamphetamine Use in Patients – Market Watch

With methamphetamine addiction continuing to skyrocket, the California Dental Hygienists’ Association (CDHA) today called on the public to understand that decaying teeth can be one of the first warning signs that a family member or loved one is abusing the drug.

ALCOHOL – USA
State eyes new blood-alcohol devices – Akron Beacon Journal

Ohio plans to spend $6.4 million to give authorities new blood-alcohol devices that are the subject of legal challenges in other states questioning whether the machines are reliable.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol sports sponsorship ‘fuels binge drinking’ – Telegraph

Speaking in response to a study that showed a link between alcohol sponsorship and heavy drinking, Professor Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians, called for a debate on whether such deals should be banned.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol Sponsorship Linked To Hazardous Drinking In Sportspeople – Science Daily

A new study provides the first evidence of a link between alcohol-industry sponsorship and hazardous drinking among sportspeople.

DRUGS – IRELAND
Society must face up to drugs in the cold light of day – Drugs ie

We need to switch on to the fact that Ireland has a big and worsening drugs problem which affects all of society.