Drug News

Drug Addiction – USA
Lindsay Lohan feared drugs death – EarthTimes

Lindsay Lohan has given a revealing interview about her struggle with drug addiction, admitting she feared she would die unless she got help.

Prescription Drugs – USA
Miami Prescription Drug Diverter Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison – Medical News Today

Jeffrey H. Sloman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and David W. Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Criminal Investigations, Miami Field Office, announced that defendant Arnesto Segredo, 43, of Miami, a former prescription drug wholesaler, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Alan S. Gold to 70 months in prison.

Marijuana – USA
Marijuana Use By Seniors Goes Up As Boomers Age – The Huffington Post

MIAMI — In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.

Marijuana – USA
Police Watch As $1Million in Marijuana Stolen? – Thaindian News

Louisville KY Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Leaving from Memphis, Tennessee, a group of police officers were given the assignment of escorting a transfer truck carrying more than 1700 pounds of cannabis sativa, also known as marijuana, to Louisville, Kentucky. So why did the shipment never arrive?

Teen Drug Use Study – USA
Study Links Lack of Sleep to Increased Drug Use Among Teens – MeDIndia

Teens who sleep fewer than seven hours per night are more likely to use illegal drugs, according to a study released Sunday.

Drunk Driving – USA
Drunk Driving on the Rise Among Young Women – abc NEWS / Health

Increases in alcohol-related fatalities among young women drivers have outpaced the decade-long rise in such deaths among young men, researchers have found.