A study released on Friday by the health care business of Thomson Reuters found the use of prescription medication among young adults has nearly tripled in the past eight years. In 1998 only 599 per 100,000 individuals used sleeping pills; the number jumped to 1,524 per 100,000 users in 2006.
Wyoming can’t watch people day and night to make sure they don’t drive while drunk. But it can do the next best thing: install ignition interlocks in high-risk DUI offenders’ vehicles to prevent them from driving.
Addictions to over-the-counter and prescription drugs are a “significant” problem and require “urgent” attention, an influential group of MPs has warned.
Police said one area of drug enforcement that has been on the rise is illegal sales of prescription medication, specifically scheduled/controlled substances such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, Xanax, Fentanyl and methadone, to note a few examples.
Psychotropic drugs are prescribed to children in the United States at three times the rate of children in Europe, according to one of the first studies to rigorously compare such prescription patterns between different countries.
Evidence is “statistically overwhelming” that communities can reduce alcohol consumption by raising alcohol taxes, according to a report from University of Florida researcher Alexander C. Wagenaar and colleagues.
Dorothy de Souza Guedes, chair of the public relations and media committee, said the goal is to have parents and youths begin the discussion about alcohol and drug abuse.
Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson has cosponsored bipartisan legislation to provide new tools to drug enforcement officials to combat the production and distribution of the drug methamphetamine (meth).
Health officials are concerned that prescription-drug abuse may be increasing in the capital and that addicts have little trouble getting their hands on painkillers and other kinds of pills.
Knowing the signs and symptoms of methamphetamine (MA) abuse can save lives. As medical professionals, it is vital to know the protocol for identifying and treating patients affected by the use of this drug.
Methamphetamine production is on the rise again in southeast Missouri, and narcotics officers say they’re fighting back by trying to keep meth precursors out of the hands of producers.
Following the historic success of its 30-minute documentary last week, Phase Two of Crystal Darkness Oklahoma now begins. On Monday, campaign officials announced they are looking to raise another $100,000 to help communities fight methamphetamine in their area.
At the turn of the millennium, law enforcement agencies in Ashe County began discovering a disturbing trend that was sweeping through the small mountain county; a rise in methamphetamine trafficking and usage.
Soon you will see full-page advertisements from alcohol retailers with a difference. They are planning to devote 10 per cent of the ad space to promoting websites that discourage binge drinking.
Driving a car while taking some types of painkillers can increase your risk of being involved in a crash, a new study has found. The study looked at a range of painkillers, including some that you can buy from a pharmacy without a prescription.
Trumann Police Chief Larry Blagg said his officers are seeing progress in the war on drugs, but methamphetamine users are still prevalent in Poinsett County.
Pain-killers, as they are called, do kill pain, but at the same time they seem to be doing much more than that! In fact, various reports indicate that several cases of kidney and liver failures can be associated, at least partially, to the continuous use of analgesics.
A new committee will talk about an old problem in the community. Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter has announced the development of an anti-methamphetamine committee, which will look at enforcement, prosecution and rehabilitation involved with the deadly drug.
Dunedin police are warning woman to monitor their alcohol intake and ensure their personal safety on nights out after two unrelated sex attacks over the weekend.
The NSW government hopes a new $1 million anti-binge drinking campaign will deter risky drinking behaviour that kills more than 200 young people each year.
The Delta County community stood up as one in unison with other Colorado communities on Jan. 7 and declared its intention to defeat the threat of methamphetamine addiction.
On Tuesday, a special educational program “Crystal Darkness” was presented for pubic viewing. Television news stations also broadcasted the 28-minute documentary that showed an eye opening look at methamphetamine addiction from beginning to end.
A leading Northern Ireland health agency and a GP last night called for more work to be done to prevent children aged 12 and younger using drugs and drinking alcohol.
The campaign achieved its primary objective of ‘dispelling the myths that recreational cocaine use is far from harmless’, according to Joe Doyle, Senior Rehabilitation Co-ordinator with the HSE.
The Heavy and Light show started with a spark and ended with a bang as six acoustic performers played to a packed House of Blues on Sunday night. With patrons lining the walls of the balcony, sprawled out on the couches or engaged in conversation, a homey, community feeling filled the building.
Officers have discovered that cannabis on the streets of West Yorkshire tends to be more potent. It also warns that the reclassification of cannabis from class C to class B on Monday January 26 will have serious implications for those who consume and cultivate the drug.
Early in the morning on January 10th, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Nogales Port of Entry discovered something different in the shoes’ of a traveler.
The horse tranquilliser ketamine is increasingly replacing cocaine as the substance of choice among Britain’s recreational drug users, according to charities and experts.
A crowd of local citizens, public officials, law enforcement, drug counselors, and teens met to watch the “Crystal Darkness” documentary film and discuss the negative impact of methamphetamine use in the city, county, and state at the Canadian Valley Technology Center.
Use of sleeping pills nearly tripled among young and college-aged adults between 1998 and 2006, according to an analysis of prescription drug claims from a large group of employers.
Every day of every year, families in every state grapple with the drug problems of one or more of their members. Distraught parents, children or siblings appeal to the drug or alcohol user to please cease their excessive substance abuse without understanding that when substance abuse has progressed to addiction, most addicts need rehabilitation before they can quit.
More teens and young adults, especially college kids, are scarfing down sleeping pills. Researchers say adults aged 18-to-24 tripled their use of sleeping pills between 1998 and 2006. “The New York Times” says Ambien and Lunesta are the most popular, probably because they’re the least addictive.
Members of the Fond du Lac County Drug Free Communities Task Force are traveling to area schools this month to educate sixth-graders about dangers associated with the misuse, selling or sharing of medications.
A documentary called “Crystal Darkness” was shown on Channel 2, as well as other tv stations across the state Tuesday night. More than two dozen watch parties were held across Green Country, and nearly 300 watch parties were held statewide.
Pharmacy giant Rite Aid is agreeing to pay five-million dollars to settle allegations of mishandling the sale of over-the-counter cold medications. The medications contain ingredients that can be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
The Henderson County Board of Education discussed the possibility of student drug and alcohol testing at their recent retreat. Superintendent Dr. Stephen Page told WHKP News that the board does want to move forward with the idea, but they still have some research to do.
The campaign against meth got a big boost from several of Oklahoma’s NFL stars on Monday night as the came to Oklahoma City for a fundraiser and campaign rally with First Lady Kim Henry for the state’s fight against one of the greatest dangers facing us today - meth addiction.
Half of all prison inmates are dependent on drugs — including many incarcerated on non drug-related offenses — but less than 20 percent get the treatment they need, according to a new report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
The vast majority of prisoners who could benefit from drug abuse treatment do not receive it, despite two decades of research that demonstrate its effectiveness, according to researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
When Oklahoma lawmakers passed a first-of-its-kind law five years ago limiting sales of a key ingredient used to make methamphetamine, the number of clandestine labs in the state dropped dramatically and other state’s quickly followed Oklahoma’s lead.
The policing and crime bill: putting people first is due for its second reading in Parliament on 19th January. It contains measures to “protect the public, increase police accountability and effectiveness, and tackle crime and disorder” in England and Wales.
The launch this week of the Irish version of its website drinkiq.com will occur with much less fanfare. The website, which is hosted by Guinness’s parent company, the drinks giant Diageo, has been set up to reinforce its credentials as an organisation that promotes responsible drinking.
New research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health indicates that the advertising of alcohol in predominantly African-American neighborhoods of New York City may add to problem drinking behavior among residents.
In an effort to generate awareness regarding the dangers of meth, the city of Midwest City and Rose State College are co-sponsoring the showing of a 28-minute film about the drug’s dangers.
The suburbs are supposed to be a safer place to raise your kids. But as more parents are finding out, the suburbs are not protecting their teenagers from a growing trend — prescription drug abuse.
A recent study has highlighted the danger of combining prescription medicines with over-the-counter drugs and vitamins. The study was based on a survey of 3,000 middle aged and elderly patients in the U.S. Researchers found one in 25 people were at risk for dangerous complications.
Around 1500 West Lothian primary school children are set to take part in an innovative pilot project, developed by Alcohol Focus Scotland, aimed at addressing the harm caused to children as a result of parental alcohol misuse.
Whether county efforts to dam up drug problems work, it’s at least worth a try, literally. The average cost of treating an addict is about $1,500, Adam Brooks, a researcher for the Treatment Research Institute, said. That’s compared to the $11,500 an addict costs a community through loss of taxes, unpaid hospital bills, crime and more.
Last week The Chronicle reported on a 2007 study conducted among students at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that revealed an alarming rate of unprescribed ADHD medication use among undergraduates.
Researchers Naa Oyo Kwate and Ilan Meyer — both professors of sociomedical sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health — studied 139 black women between ages 21 and 49 who lived in Central Harlem, New York City.
A “contaminated” batch of heroin could be being sold in Doncaster, police have warned.
The heroin, which has been mixed with a dangerous substance, was initially being sold in Sheffield but could have spread to other areas of South Yorkshire.
Police are warning drug users to beware of contaminated heroin that is on sale in South Yorkshire. Police said the heroin had been mixed with another substance that was dangerous. It is available in Sheffield but could have spread to other areas.
Buried in the latest Monitoring the Future survey — the major annual, federally funded survey of teen drug use — is an astonishing finding: More 10th-graders now smoke marijuana than smoke cigarettes.
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise and so are the deaths attributed to it, according to a state medical examiner epidemiologist who compiled data for the most recent annual report, which was released last week.
Jane Jay Christensen was a lover of dogs, calligraphy and decorating. Her life was cut short last February when she overdosed on methadone given to her by friends, prosecutors said.
C.A.R.E. Drug Rehab announced renewed concentration on opiate addiction treatment. Opiate addiction is on the rise with prescription drugs like Vicodin, Oxycontin, Morphine, and Percoset used for pain management.
New research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health indicates that the advertising of alcohol in predominantly African-American neighborhoods of New York City may add to problem drinking behavior among residents.
The study, published in the Australian Dental Journal, concludes there is “sufficient evidence” that “alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of [the] development of oral cancer.”
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