Drug News

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse is subject of local task force – Park Rapids Enterprise

Prescription drug abuse has been increasing among area youth, according to members of the Hubbard County Youth Drug and Alcohol Task Force. The task force is launching a campaign to address this issue and make people aware of the dangers associated with prescription drug abuse.

COCAINE – USA
SAMHSA Warns About Deadly Cocaine Cutting Agent – Join Together

Cocaine users who unwittingly ingest the drug adulterated with a veterinary anti-parasitic medication called levamisole face the risk of death or serious illness.

ALCOHOL – USA
MADD to Sell Line of Branded Nonalcohol Drinks – Join Together

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is getting into the beverage business, inking a deal to sell a new line of nonalcoholic MADD Virgin Drinks.

ALCOHOL – USA
Survey: Drug, alcohol use among Licking County youths above U.S. average – The Newark Advocate

Alcohol and drug use among teens in Licking County is higher than national averages, according to May survey results released Wednesday. But a local group of community, business and education leaders, called Our Futures in Licking County, is attempting to change that trend.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin addiction spreads like wildfire in Russia – Los Angeles Times

As the drug has poured into the country from Afghanistan in recent years, Russians’ relative ignorance about its dangers has taken a huge toll, especially on the young.

ADDICTION – USA
September is recovery month for addicts – Press Register

Addiction wears many faces. They might be homeless alcoholics or millionaire doctors hooked on opiates; housewives eating themselves into oblivion or teenagers starving, exercising and cutting; or the rich and poor who have gambled their lives away.

ALCOHOL – USA
Immune Response Hindered by Binge Drinking – Join Together

Add avoiding binge drinking to the list of things you can do to prevent catching the swine flu or other infectious diseases: new research shows that excessive drinking can suppress your immune system for up to 24 hours.

ALCOHOL – USA
Wisconsin alcohol stats troubling – Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly may be patting themselves on the back for unanimously voting to strengthen the state’s drunken driving law. But they shouldn’t be too self-congratulatory. The law didn’t go nearly far enough.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol Monitoring System As An Effective Jail Alternative – HULIQ News

SCRAM! It could be your get out of jail free card or, actually, anklet. The SCRAM anklet is a high-tech alcohol monitoring system being used by more and more states and local governments as an effective alternative to jail for it’s non-violent alcohol criminal offenders, such as DUI or drunk drivers, as local governments SCRAMble to cut costs in these tough economic times.