Drug News

Crack Cocaine – USA
Police confuse candy for crack – United Press International, Inc.

New York police are refusing to apologize to two men arrested for drug possession and held for a week over what turned out to be a bag of candy.

Drug Rehab – Cambodia
Report Details Torture in Cambodian Drug Rehab Centers – SPHERE

Drug rehabilitation centers in Cambodia are being used to torture and extort money from detainees, according to a report released Monday by the international human rights group Human Rights Watch. The group alleges that the government-run detention centers are not rehabilitating drug users but instead holding them illegally, often at the request of inmates’ families.

Heroin – USA
Pair in Colorado Springs busted with “balloons” of heroin – DenverPost.com

Police in Colorado Springs acting on a tip arrested a suspected drug dealer and buyer who were driving around with 60 balloons containing heroin.

Heroin – Scotland
Anthrax claims eighth drug addict victim in Scotland – DailyRecord.co.uk

THE number of drug addicts who have died after being infected with anthrax has risen to eight, officials said today.

Underage Drinking – USA
Drunk 15-year-old caught for hit-and-run crash – ColoradoConnection.com

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — An unlicensed, drunk 15-year-old boy was caught by Colorado Springs police officers after he allegedly drove southbound in the northbound lanes of Academy Boulevard Saturday night, then managed to speed onto I-25 with officers in pursuit.

Alcohol – India
Man beaten to death in west Delhi – Thaindian News

New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A man was beaten to death and his younger brother was severely injured by four allegedly drunk men when the duo objected to their urinating on their house’s wall in west Delhi, police said Saturday. One of the assailants has been arrested.