Drug News

Meth Lab – South Carolina
3 children found at suspected meth lab, authorities say – WBTV

CHESTER, SC (WBTV) – Three children were found in a house suspected of being a meth lab late Monday afternoon, Chester County authorities said.

Prescription Drug Abuse – USA
Prescription Drug Abuse Is A Growing Concern – Medical News TODAY

The nation’s emergency physicians are issuing a strong warning to parents about the dangers of prescription drug abuse, which are now the second most abused drugs, after marijuana. Nearly three-quarters of a million people (741,425) needed emergency care in 2006 because of prescription drug abuse.

Mephedrone – UK
Police Issue Warning on Dangers Of Mephedrone – MeDINDIA

Following the illness of a teenage girl in Chippenhamin UK, police have issued a warning on the dangers of Mephedrone. Police said that the 14-year-old girl feel sick after taking a concoction of alcohol and MCAT, which is known as mephedrone.

Teen Drug Use – USA
Heroin in the Heartland – abc NEWS VIDEO

Drug dealers are targeting suburban teens.

Meth – Michigan
Two men plead guilty in meth-lab fire that heavily damaged Kalamazoo apartment building – Kalamazoo News

GRAND RAPIDS — Two men have each pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge in connection with a methamphetamine lab that sparked a large apartment fire last year in Kalamazoo, authorities said.

Hashish – Afghanistan
Afghanistan Is The World’s Top Hashish Producer – VIENNA — The Huffington Post

Afghanistan is not only the world’s largest supplier of opium, it also is the global leader in hashish production, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Mephedrone Ban – UK
Party drug miaow-miaow to be banned within weeks, Alan Johnson says – Telegraph.co.uk

The “miaow-miaow” party drug will be banned within weeks, Alan Johnson said, as new figures showed that three times as many people might have died from its effects.

Heroin – New York
Heroin Use In Suburbs On The Rise – abc WORLD NEWS

Suburban Teens Are Getting Addicted, Overdosing And Dying

Drinking & Driving – USA
Drinking and Driving One Main Focus of Alcohol Awareness Month – Transworld News

With Alcohol Awareness Month right around the corner, the focus on stopping drunk driving is more important than ever.

Underage Drinking – UK
Underage-Drinking Epidemic Haunts Britain – MeDINDIA

Britain is battling an underage-drinking epidemic, with thousands of under-18s being enrolled into rehab every year, according to medical experts and politicians. Britain is battling an underage-drinking epidemic, with thousands of under-18s being enrolled into rehab every year, according to medical experts and politicians.

Prescription Drugs – UK
Prescription Drugs – New Fad in Britain – MeDINDIA

A new study by Professor Joan Busfield from Essex University has found that Britain is fast becoming a nation that craves for prescription drugs.

Drug Trafficking Arrest – California
Calif. officials seek extradition of ‘heroin king’ – Associated Press

VENTURA, Calif.—The arrest of a man dubbed Mexico’s “king of heroin” has disrupted a $10 million-a-month operation that smuggled tons of heroin a year into the United States, authorities said Monday.

Mephedrone – UK
Legal high mephedrone linked with 26 deaths in UK – Telegraph.co.uk

A legal drug the Government is expected to ban could have been involved in the deaths of at least 26 users in the UK, it was disclosed today.

Drug War – Mexico / USA
In Texas, Fear Follows Mexicans Who Flee Drug War – abc NEWS / U.S.

Shadow of drug war falls over rural Texas, apparently following Mexicans who fled violence

Cocaine – UK
Boxer Calzaghe apologises for taking cocaine – Thaindian News

London, Mar 29 (ANI): Boxing legend and Strictly Come Dancing star, Joe Calzaghe, has apologised for taking cocaine.

Drunk In Public – Pennsylvania
Police: Drunk Pa. Man Tried To ‘Revive’ Opossum – The Associated Press

State police have charged a central Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen giving mouth-to-mouth “resuscitation” to a long-dead opossum along a highway.

Drug Trade – China & UK
Chinese factories supplying new ‘legal highs’ to Brit dealers – Thaindian News

London, Mar 29 (ANI): A new probe into “legal highs” has found that Chinese chemical factories are supplying drugs like mephedrone and methylone to British dealers.

Underage Drinking Awareness – Minnesota
New ad campaign warns people on providing alcohol to underage drinkers – The Medical News

Moviegoers at some theaters this weekend will be reminded to be careful when they serve alcohol.

Heroin Arrest – Mexico
Mexico Arrests ‘King of Heroin,’ With Ties to U.S. – abc NEWS / International

Mexico arrests ‘King of Heroin,’ trafficker who allegedly sent hundreds of lbs of drug to U.S.

Drugs – USA
Report: Drug abuse costs $ 215 billion – UPI.com

WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) — Drug abuse and trafficking affect everyone in the United States, with the economic cost alone estimated at $215 billion annually, a federal report says.

Huge Drug Bust – Arizona
Ariz. bust nets meth, pot, cocaine, $800K – azcentral.com

Arizona authorities say three men have been arrested in a drug bust that netted 15 pounds of methamphetamine, 650 pounds of marijuana, 30 kilograms of cocaine and $800,000 in cash.

Cocaine – Costa Rica
1,045 kg cocaine seized in Costa Rica – Thaindian News

San Jose, March 26 (IANS/EFE) Costa Rican police have seized more than a tonne of cocaine transported from Colombia and arrested four Colombians, a Nicaraguan and two Costa Ricans, a minister said.

Prescription Drug Abuse – UK
Benzodiazepines and the Elderly in the UK – Drug Addiction Treatment

In the United Kingdom, approximately 1.5 million people are addicted to benzodiazepines, a group of sedatives often prescribed for anxiety. Many of these addicts are elderly people who were prescribed the drugs decades ago and may still suffer debilitating side effects such as paranoia, lethargy, fatigue, dizziness, and memory loss.

Underage Drinking – USA
More Than A Quarter Of Youth Aged 12 To 20 Drank Alcohol In The Past Month – Medical News TODAY

More than a quarter of youth aged 12-20 (27.6 percent) drank alcohol in the past month, according to a survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The study shows that the underage drinking rates were as high as 40 percent in some states such as North Dakota and Vermont.

Mobile Meth Labs – Michigan
Meth-lab remnants showing up along Southwest Michigan roads: Snow melt has exposed dump sites – Kalamazoo News

Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputies Scott Erdos left, and Tim Briggs, prep meth lab materials for disposal Wednesday on E. O N Ave. It was the fourth location that the members of the Clandestine Methamphetamine Lab Responders team worked to clean up Wednesday, and they expected to do few more by day’s end.

Drunk Teaching – California
Drunk SoCal Teacher Charged: Felony Child Endangerment – Thaindian News

Mar 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A teacher from Southern California has been arrested for teaching under the influence. She was taken into custody from Toro Canyon Middle School in Thermal, California on Tuesday and booked into the Indio Jail. The charges were felony child endangerment, even though it has been said that no children were ever actually in any danger. The case is under investigation.

Meth Seizure – Arizona
$300,000 worth of meth found during traffic stop in Goodyear – azcentral.com

A traffic stop led to the seizure of more than $300,000 worth of methamphetamine in Goodyear Tuesday morning.

Drug Arrest – Michigan
Van Buren County Sheriff arrests eight on suspicion of cocaine, heroin sales in and around Hartford and Covert – Kalamazoo News

HARTFORD — Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office announced the bust-up of a drug ring working from Hartford and Covert. Seven people were arrested.

Mephedrone Ban – Scotland
Alex Salmond ready to ban legal drug mephedrone before UK Government – DailyRecord.co.uk

THE First Minister said today he will not wait for the UK Government to ban a “legal high” before taking action in Scotland.

Marijuana – Nebraska
Lincoln Police Raid Another Pot House – The Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. — Lincoln police said they’ve found remnants of another suspected marijuana growing operation, making for their 12th bust since March 5.

Marijuana – USA
NFL Draft Class’s Marijuana Use ‘Epidemic,’ Scouts Say – The Huffington Post

The 2010 NFL Draft class is a highly regarded group of pro football prospects, but some NFL scouts worry that a problem lies beneath the surface. Sports Illustrated reports that “numerous NFL personnel evaluators” are worried by the number of players with marijuana use in their past. According to one source, nearly a dozen potential first-round draft choices could be red-flagged for using the drug in college.

DUI – New Jersey
Doc Gooden busted on DUI charges in NJ: report – New York Post

Former Mets and Yankees ace Dwight “Doc” Gooden was busted again — this time in New Jersey after getting into a car crash while under the influence of drugs with a child in his vehicle, authorities said.

Heroin – UK
Fewer Women Entering Heroin Addiction Treatment – More Successfully Completing Treatment, England – Medical News TODAY

Far fewer women are entering treatment for heroin addiction and more women are successfully completing treatment for drug dependency than ever before. A detailed study of statistics about women in treatment in England shows a 19 per cent fall in the number of adult females under 30 entering heroin programmes over the last five years – 1,000 fewer female addicts than in 2005.

Meth – Arizona
Woman in animal-cruelty case gets prison for meth – azcentral.com

TUCSON – A Tucson woman on probation for animal cruelty two years ago has been sentenced to six months in prison after admitting to using drugs.

Drunk Teaching – California
Drunk Teacher: Tonya Neff Arrested In Alleged Drunken Teaching – The Huffington Post

THERMAL, Calif. — A Southern California school teacher has been arrested for allegedly teaching while drunk.

Marijuana – Colorado
Home invasion, medical marijuana plants stolen – Colorado Connection

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Three men wearing orange masks broke into a home just before 5 a.m. Wednesday, menaced the residents with a pistol, beat them up and also shocked them with a stun gun, according to Colorado Springs Police Department.

Overdose Death Study – Utah
Utah launches studies of its overdose deaths – The Salt Lake Tribune

Three-quarters of those who died were between the ages of 25 and 54. There’s a 50-50 chance they had been treated for mental illness or substance abuse.

Mephedrone – UK
Advisor attacks student drug test – BBC News

The government’s chief drugs adviser has criticised the use of students in research into the effects of the substance mephedrone as “unethical”.

Cocaine – UK
Sexy smuggler caught with cocaine hidden in bra! – Thaindian News

London, March 23 (ANI): A sexy young woman was busted by Italian police as she tried to smuggle nearly 200,000 pounds of pure cocaine in her bra and knickers.

Drug War – Mexico
Clinton, Gates, other top US officials head to Mexico with drug war on the agenda – Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Almost a year after President Barack Obama promised to be a “full partner” with Mexico in its battle against drug cartels, a team of U.S. Cabinet secretaries and other top advisers will look for ways to help Mexico strengthen its law enforcement and judicial systems in meetings Tuesday.

Mephedrone Death – UK
North Yorkshire woman took mephedrone before death – BBC News

A woman who has died in North Yorkshire had recently taken the legal drug mephedrone, police have been told.

Overdose – California
Michael Jackson Doctor STOPPED CPR To Hide Drugs, Kids Saw – The Huffington Post

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s doctor halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed new light on the singer’s chaotic final moments.

Meth – USA
Winning the War on Meth Labs – abc WORLD NEWS

The newest front lines in the war on meth have been drawn and this time they are your local pharmacy.

DUI Arrest – Georgia
Miami Dolphins’ Ronnie Brown is arrested on DUI charge – The Miami Herald

Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown was arrested outside Atlanta on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol late Friday night, two sources said.

Meth – Michigan
Four face meth-related charges after tip at South Haven Wal-Mart – Kalamazoo News

SOUTH HAVEN — Four people are facing drug charges after employees at the South Haven Wal-Mart alerted police Saturday evening that several people were making purchases of components commonly used in manufacturing methamphetamine.

Teen Drug Abuse – USA
Teen Drug Use Rises Again – abc NEWS/Health

After a decade of declining drug use among US teens, dependence on alcohol, marijuana, and Ecstasy is reported to be on the rise.

Heroin – Pennsylvania
York County Drug Trafficker Arrested – WPMT-TV

Police have arrested a major drug trafficker in York County. 58 year-old heroin distributor, Jose Miguel Ortiz, also know as “Junior”, was arrested on March 10th by Pennsylvania State troopers.

Prescription Drugs – California
An arrest made in the death investigation of actor Corey Haim – Thaindian News

Los Angeles, Mar 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An arrest has being made in the death investigation of actor Corey Haim. California’s attorney general’s office said that there was an illegal prescription drug ring, and it is being suspected that the late actor Corey Haim used to procure drugs and pills from this ring.

Drug Abuse – Young Adults
How To Launch A Nationwide Drug Menace – The Huffington Post

Last week, the media was filled with headlines like “Sniffing Trumps Weed for 12 Year Olds,” (CBS) and “Inhalant Abuse a Deadly Middle-School Concern,” (U.S. News and World Report/HealthDay). The stories came out of a Washington press conference touting news from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that inhalants are more popular with junior high kids than marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined.

Mephedrone – UK
Mum hits out at availability of legal drug ‘mephedrone’ after death of ‘fit and healthy’ teenage son – DailyRecord.co.uk

THE mother of a teenager who died after taking the “legal high” drug mephedrone today said it was “disgusting” it was so easily available.

Meth – Russia
Kindergarten drug bust – themoscownews

A convicted criminal working as a school electrician near Yekaterinburg was caught making drugs in the basement of the nursery school building.

Drug Abuse – USA
Ron Washington: I Used Amphetamines & Marijuana In Addition To Cocaine – The Huffington Post

SURPRISE, Ariz. — A day after acknowledging he failed a drug test for cocaine last year, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington admits he used marijuana and amphetamines while he was a player.

Drunk Driving Simulator – Australia
Car simulator unveiled in Queensland – Thaindian News

Sydney, March 19 (ANI): Queensland’s University of Technology has unveiled a new driving simulator that can help reduce the road toll by providing data on how alcohol or sleep deprivation can affect driving skills.

Illegal Drug Bust – Michigan
Border officials seize $250K in drugs in Detroit – 9&10 News

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say they have seized more than $250,000 worth of illegal drugs within a week at the tunnel crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

Cocaine – USA
Rangers manager Ron Washington apologizes for using cocaine (Video) – Thaindian News

New York, Mar 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington has apologized that he made a mistake over his cocaine usage. He said that he made a terrible mistake, when he failed a Major League Basketball drug test in the last season, as he had imbibed cocaine.

Drug Smuggling – UK
London man on ‘most wanted’ list arrested in Amsterdam – BBC News

One of Scotland Yard’s most wanted men – suspected of being a key figure in a £45m international drugs-smuggling ring – has been arrested in Amsterdam.

Drunk Driving – UK
Drunk motorcycle instructor fell off bike three times – Telegraph.co.uk

Sandra Kenyon, a motorcycle instructor who was so drunk during one lesson that she fell off her bike three times, has admitted she made a “terrible mistake”.

Heroin – Pakistan
Pakistani smuggler killed along Punjab border – Thaindian News

Jalalabad (Punjab), March 18 (IANS) A Pakistani national was killed in a gunbattle with security forces Thursday while trying to smuggle in 26 kg of heroin and fake currencies with a face value of Rs.18 lakh along the international border here.

Meth – Nebraska
Nebraska man sentenced for meth distribution – Thaindian News

OMAHA, NEBRASKA (BNO NEWS) – A man was sentenced to 151 months in prison (12.5 years) for his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine in Buffalo County, Nebraska, prosecutors announced on Thursday.

Medical Marijuana – Michigan
Wal-mart worker fired for using medical marijuana – Thaindian News

New York, Mar 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wal-Mart has fired a worker because he was using medical marijuana. Even though his usage was legal, and had been prescribed by the doctor, yet his employer choose to fire him. Joseph Casias is suffering from sinus cancer and also has an inoperable brain tumor, which is pressing, against his skull. The collective pain due to both of these ailments is immense, and hence Joseph was prescribed medical marijuana to deal with it.