Drug News

Meth – Michigan
Trail from meth found at gas station leads to Lawton man – Kalamazoo News

ANTWERP TOWNSHIP — A Lawton man on probation for maintaining a methamphetamine lab was arrested Sunday on new drug charges, police said.

Military Drug Use – UK
Is the Army losing its war against drug abuse? – The Independent

More than 6,000 soldiers have failed drugs tests over the past decade, an investigation by The Independent has found. Figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that the main drug of choice for military personnel has been cocaine, with a fivefold increase in the number of soldiers failing tests for it between 2000 and 2008.

Drug Violence – Mexico
Mexico game preserves hope to lure back U.S. hunters leery of drug wars – azcentral.com

Across Mexico, drug violence is putting a damper on efforts to attract American hunters, a form of tourism that ranchers and the government have been trying to encourage in recent years as a way of bringing jobs to rural parts of the country.

Drunk Driving – New York
Drunk driver sentenced for killing pedestrian in NY 12 years ago before fleeing to Ecuador – Thaindian News

NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) – A New York man was sentenced after hiding in Ecuador for more than ten years, prosecutors said Friday.

Prescription Drug Abuse – Minnesota
Pharm Party Awareness – KAAL-TV LLC

(ABC 6 NEWS) — When you think about drug abuse, you probably think of things like marijuana, cocaine, and meth. But the drugs being abused most often these days are far more accessible, and Minnesota cities and counties are fighting back.

Meth – Oregon
New script for Sudafed? – Stateline.org

Oregon raised eyebrows in 2005 when it became the first state to require a doctor’s prescription for tablets of Sudafed, Claritin D and several other common cold and allergy medicines. Intended to stop production of crystal meth — which is made with a decongestant found in those medicines — the law was panned by some as a huge hassle.