Drug News

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Teens get hooked on prescription drugs from home – Mercury Register

Behind the frightening numbers are the frightened faces of children, hundreds of them in Butte County, hooked on powerful drugs they get from their parents’ medicine cabinets.

ALCOHOL – UK
Many In England Unaware Of Alcohol Calories – Medical News Today

A survey by the Department of Health reveals that many people in England don’t realise how many calories they consume when they drink an alcoholic beverage, and it is mostly a lot more than they think.

ADDICTION – UK
Teens To Take Big Shots Against Substance Abuse – Medical News Today

A basketball tournament put on by teens for teens may be a big step in preventing teen substance abuse. Among those attending the April 18 tournament, organized by the Loudoun Do Something Now Club.

ADDICTION – USA
Addiction recovery classes offered locally and reservation-wide – Farmington Daily Times

An estimated 40,000 people nationwide took the first step to conquering an addiction last year by attending a 12-step program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

ALCOHOL – USA
April is Awareness Month: the association between alcohol and sexual abuse – The Examiner

It’s more than just a coincidence that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and also Alcohol Awareness Month.  Across cultures, the links between sexual assault and alcohol are numerous and troubling.

ALCOHOL – USA
Campaign aims to curb alcohol sales to minors – Watertown Daily Times

Twenty-two people who are either 18 or 19 years old will help the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department conduct alcohol merchant compliance checks soon by going to various stores in the county to purchase alcohol.

PAINKILLERS – USA
FDA Says 14 Unapproved Narcotic Painkillers Must Go – Med Headlines

Almost 2% of all prescriptions filled in the United States are for drugs that never got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Fourteen of these unapproved drugs are for narcotic painkillers that the FDA says must go or their manufacturers face stiff penalties for selling them.

METH – USA
Prenatal meth may affect developing brain – United Press International

Methamphetamine use during pregnancy appears to cause abnormal brain development in children, U.S. researchers said.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Easton Hazardous Waste Day to accept prescription, over-the-counter drugs – Enterprise News

When the town holds its annual Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday, the Police Department will offer, for the first time, a drop-off site for expired or unwanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

PRESCRIPTION – AUSTRALIA
A new dependence on the prescription pad – Canberra Times

PRESCRIPTION drug addiction is suspected to be a ”huge” problem in Canberra but there is no way of measuring it, an expert says. Michael Tedeschi, a senior specialist with ACT Health’s drug and alcohol program, said prescription drugs were freely available on the black market.