Drug News

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Survey: Prescription Drug Abuse Up – The News Record

In the last year, as many as 25 percent of students on some college campuses have used prescription drugs for recreational use, according to a survey conducted by Martha J. Farah, director at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania.

ALCOHOL – USA
Liquor Ads Return to Prime Time – Join Together

Economic considerations are driving TV networks to broaden their acceptance of advertising for alcohol products.

ALCOHOL – USA
Binge Drinking Endemic in Military – Join Together

A new survey shows that 43 percent of active-duty military personnel engage in frequent binge drinking, including underage soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.

ALCOHOL – USA
Recovery rates for alcoholics, addicts up – Great Falls Tribune

Two new reports show the magnitude of Montanans’ problems with alcohol abuse, but also some improvement in treatment results.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse ‘the in thing’ – Carroll County Times

Parental involvement may be the key to combating a rise in prescription drug abuse among Carroll County youths, according to local health educators and officials.

PRESCTIPION – USA
Accidental prescription pain medication overdoses kills 300 Utahns a year – ABC 4 News

Last year, more than 300 people in Utah died from accidental prescription pain medication overdoses - that number is higher than car crash deaths.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
State seeks to recycle unused prescription drugs – The Oregonian

An estimated 3 percent of drug prescriptions nationwide go unused — lost, ignored, replaced or no longer needed. In Oregon, that translates to more than 1 million drugs a year.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
More Students Abusing Prescription Drugs – WBAL TV News

Carroll County school officials are working with drug counselors and police to help students after a new state survey that tracks drug and alcohol use among adolescents released alarming data.

CANNABIS – UK
Britain tops European league for abuse as ‘half our children try cannabis by 16′ – Daily Mail

Almost half of schoolchildren have smoked cannabis by 16  -  the highest proportion of any European country, a UN report has revealed.

DRUGS – UK
UN warns on new drug route to UK – BBC News

A major new cocaine trafficking route has developed into the UK through the Balkans, the UN has warned.