Drug News

Drug Smuggling – Cambodia
Thai woman, Philippine man convicted in Cambodia – Lake Wylie Pilot

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court sentenced a Thai woman and her Philippine accomplice to 30 years in prison for drug smuggling and will allow the woman to keep her newborn son with her behind bars, judges said Friday.

Binge Drinking – Australia
Female sailor aboard HMAS Success faces sex grope charge – Thaindian News

Melbourne, April 30 (ANI): The HMAS Success has landed itself in yet another alcohol-fuelled sex scandal after a female sailor allegedly groped her male colleagues in public after she became drunk.

At-Risk Drinking – Study
Study Finds High Rates Of At-Risk Drinking Among Elderly Adults – MediLexicon

A new study by researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has found that more than a third of drinkers 60 years old and older consume amounts of alcohol that are excessive or that are potentially harmful in combination with certain diseases they may have or medications they may be taking.

Prescription Drug Abuse – Ohio
Unwittingly, kids being swept into prescription drug abuse arena  – The-Daily-Record.com

MILLERSBURG — Children are being swept up into the growing problem of prescription drug abuse, both as users and victims of the ills associated with addiction.

Drug Charges – Mexico
Mexico charges 25 Acapulco police for drugs, arms – WTEN.com

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) – Drug, weapons and organized crime charges have been filed against 25 police officers caught with unregistered weapons in the resort city of Acapulco, prosecutors said Thursday.

Heroin & Meth – California
Heroin, meth found during 2 SoCal drug busts – Washington Examiner

LOS ANGELES — Three people have been arrested in connection with two drug busts where authorities seized more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine and 85 pounds of heroin.