Drug News

ADDICTION – USA
North Carolina Bill Fights Drug Addiction – Trans World News

If House Bill 722 passes, North Carolina drug abusers won’t have the luxury of purchasing their drug paraphernalia at convenience stores anymore.

ALCOHOL – UK
Minimum pricing on alcohol urged – BBC News

Scotland should become one of the first countries to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol, it has been urged.

METH – USA
Health Officials Begin ‘Meth Mouth’ Campaign – KGTV News

A campaign was started Monday by San Diego County health officials to raise awareness about the dangers of methamphetamine use and to encourage addicts to get help.

METH – USA
San Diego Health Leaders Launch Anti-Meth Campaign – KFMB Radio News

Local health officials and county leaders want meth addicts to get help, and they’re launching a new campaign to get users clean. The campaign is called the Meth Mouth Campaign, and it’s designed to urge users to seek treatment for serious dental problems associated with the illicit drug.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Community urged to view alcohol as drug – The Sydney Morning Herald

Alcohol should be viewed as a drug, not as a “relative harmless pastime”, says a leading figure in the treatment of addiction. Odyssey House chief executive James Pitts says a shift in people’s thinking on alcohol was needed, to reflect data showing its increasing burden on society

ALCOHOL – USA
Houston Plagued by Drunk Driving Deaths – Join Together

Houston’s Harris County has the highest rate of drunk-driving fatalities among populous counties in the U.S., and issues about 10,000 drunk-driving citations annually, in what District Attorney Pat Lykos termed a “pandemic plague” of alcohol-related problems on local roads.

ALCOHOL – USA
‘Operation Dry Water’: A boatload of hysteria and abuse – Examiner

American pirates who go by the names “Coast Guardsmen” and “Natural Resources Police” will be joining forces this weekend to ramp up their harassment of boaters who might be operating vessels while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

ALCOHOL – USA
Berkeley schools work on plan to fight drug, alcohol abuse by students – Contra Costa Times

Berkeley’s school district will take a more proactive approach to fighting alcohol and drug use among its students in response to a survey that shows kids are going to school drunk and high at twice the state and national rates.

METH – USA
Hawaii Meth Project: ‘Not Even Once’ – KGMB News

It’s been Hawaii’s number one drug concern for years contributing to drug related deaths, crime and the destruction of families. Now a nationwide campaign has reached Hawaii shores. It’s called the Hawaii Meth Project!

DRUGS – BAHRIAN
Drugs use escalating – Gulf Daily News

A THIRD of the world’s amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) seizures are being made in the Near and Middle East, according to the UN.