Drug News

RITALIN – USA
Use of sleeping pills triples among young adults – The Exponent

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.

OPIUM – SOLOMON ISLANDS
Vanuatu Faces New Drug Threat: Opium – Solomon Times

Vanuatu, already engaged in a battle against the trade of cannabis, now has to face the production and trade and of another drug, opium.

ALCOHOL – UK
Third of Britons drink too much – Reuters

More than a third of British adults regularly exceed the government’s recommended alcohol limits, official figures showed on Thursday.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol detectors will make our roads safer – Casper Star Tribune

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.

METH – USA
Crystal Darkness opens eyes to meth – The Purcell Register

The kickoff to a program directed to the ever growing methamphetamine problem in the state was a success in McClain County.