Drug News

PAINKILLER – USA
Painkiller overdose deaths gaining on traffic fatalities – Examiner

During a decade when doctors wrote more prescriptions for drugs like OxyContin and fentanyl and the diversion of those medications to the illegal market increased, the number of overdoses from opioid analgesics also spiked.

ADDICTION – USA
Take Rehab Seriously Or Run The Risk Of Never Beating Addiction – Trans World News

Sunset Malibu, an exclusive treatment center on the California coast, has long been a transformational force in the field of rehabilitation and recovery. Now, Sunset is announcing its redoubled efforts in the pursuit of sustainable holistic recovery.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Officials Say Prescription Drugs Are a Top Killer in Montana – KECI News

Montana’s top attorney says prescription drug abuse is such a serious problem, he’s set up a task force to combat it. Attorney General Steve Bullock says nearly 42 percent of drug cases prosecuted this year involved prescription drugs. That’s up from only seven percent in 2003.

HEROIN – USA
Smithtown grapples with rise in teenage heroin use – Newsday

Teens like DiBartolo have been snorting or shooting heroin in alarming numbers across Long Island in the last few years, its use hidden behind the suburban veil of afternoon ball games and bike riding.

DRUGS – USA
Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month Celebrated by Narconon Trois-Rivières – PR Web

Narconon Trois-Rivieres celebrated Recovery Month 2009 to raise awareness on the misery of drug and alcohol addiction which serves to educate the public on the benefits of the treatment options available throughout recovery centers.

DRUGS – USA
Lifelines: Red Ribbon Week — what it means – Argus Observer

They have seen the ads on television that show the junkie robbing people, the girl in the shower whose skin is rotting, the frying pan and the egg. We’ve all seen the ads so much the shock value seems to be wearing off. They are shocking and scary.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Report finds prescription drug use increased in nearly all Kentucky counties – WHAS News

The rate of prescriptions dispensed for controlled substances increased in 118 of Kentucky’s 120 counties between 2005 and 2007, according to a recent report of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and five Kentucky counties – Clinton, Magoffin, Whitley, Bell and Owsley – averaged more than four controlled substance prescriptions dispensed per resident.

HEROIN – CANADA
“Hillbilly heroin” a growing problem in B.C.’s small communities – The Canadian Press

Small communities in British Columbia largely untouched by the scourge of hard drugs are discovering a similar danger that some consider even tougher to tackle because it’s handed out with a doctor’s blessing.

PAINKILLER – USA
CDC Report Spells Out Dangers of Opioid Painkillers – Finding Dulcinea

A CDC report found that deaths caused by opioid analgesics such as methadone and OxyContin more than tripled between 1999 and 2006. The federal government is trying to cut down on the prescribed use of opioids, which began to be used widely as painkillers in the 1990s.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Program to Dispose of Expired Prescription Drugs – WYTV News

Expired prescription drugs can pose a danger to both people and the environment. Here’s your chance to clean out the medicine chest and get rid of old prescriptions safely.