Drug News

Ecstasy – USA
Man, 70, sentenced for ecstasy smuggling – UPI.com

A 70-year-old man sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling ecstasy was an ideal “mule” to transport the drug into the United States, a prosecutor says.

Substance Abuse – USA
Maine Releases Substance Abuse Services Report Card – Join Together

The Maine Substance Abuse Services Commission released the first ever Substance Abuse Services Report Card modeled after a 2006 report, Blueprint for the States: Policies to Improve the Ways States Organize and Deliver Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment, published by Join Together, a program of the Boston University School of Public Health.

Mephedrone – UK
Clubbers are ‘turning to new legal high mephedrone’ – BBC Newsbeat

The powerful legal high mephedrone is becoming much more widely used on the British club scene, a survey suggests.

Prescription Drugs – USA
Teen Myth: Prescription Drugs Are Safer – About.com

If you are a teenager, chances are you have heard friends suggest that taking prescription medications is safer than using illegal drugs because, after all, they are medicine. Medicine is good for you, right? But if you think about it, you just might not buy into the myth that all medicine is safe or good for you.

Alcohol – India
Drunk men assault police sub-inspector in Ghaziabad – Thaindian News

Ghaziabad, Jan 15 (IANS) A police sub-inspector was beaten up by a group of drunk men in a crime-prone area of Ghaziabad late Thursday night, police said Friday.

Alcohol – USA
Holiday drunken driving campaign nets 300 arrests across Michigan – MLive.com

Police across Michigan made 300 arrests between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3 as part of the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest” campaign, Michigan State Police said.