Drug News

DRUG ADDICTION – KENYA
‘I saw my friends die but I could not beat the urge’ – The Standard

He lost his job at the Mombasa Municipal Council due to drug addiction. Many young people would come to our group to be introduced to drugs because we …

HEROIN – USA
Police Arrest 72-Year-Old Man Accused Of Trafficking 244 Heroin Balloons – KUT News

We don’t often hear about heroin busts from the Austin Police Department. But today APD tells about the arrest of 72-year-old Robert Ramos …

HEROIN – USA
From Iron Bars to Ironman: Ex-Heroin Addict Turns to Triathlons – Opposing Views

In 2003, Niemeyer was a 27-year-old homeless heroin addict in an Idaho jail, awaiting sentencing for drug possession and burglary.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription Drug Abuse Sends More People to the Hospital – New York Times

In September, the Drug Enforcement Administration organized the first national prescription drug take-back program, and thousands of people dropped off old …

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Drug abusers drain millions from Medicaid – Bizjournals.com

RALEIGH – In an effort to better control Medicaid costs, the state of North Carolina is implementing new systems aimed at curbing drug abuse by Medicaid …

ALCOHOL – USA
Craving for alcohol linked to obesity – msnbc.com

“They tend to be malnourished, or at least under-nourished because many replace their food intake with alcohol.” Further, the study showed men and women …

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
FCSO targets Rx abuse – Forsyth County News Online

According to the US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Agency, 34 states as of July had active prescription drug monitoring programs. …

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol is more harmful than cocaine, heroine and ecstacy, study reveals – Health(Y) Destination

Professor David Nutt, the government’s former chief drug adviser conducted a study on alcohol and it revealed that alcohol causes more damages to health …

COCAINE/METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Synthetic cocaine, methamphetamine being sold as “bath salts” – WJHG-TV‎

“I saw us go through this years ago with GHB. It started with GHB and then you know other forms of chemicals you could buy at the hardware store. …

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
More people dying from drug overdose – HealthCanal.com

A study from the University of Colorado Denver has found a substantial increase in US rates of death due to drug overdoses.

HEROIN – USA
Clinics treating more heroin addicts – Austin News ‎

Local treatment centers blame prescription drug addictions that are opening the doors to heroin addictions. As a rodeo clown in his 20′s, Jack Housworth …

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Sheriff: New prescription law is hindered by state border – Natchez Democrat ‎

Bordering Louisiana, which does not have such a law, makes the new law only a minor inconvenience to those looking to get pseudoephedrine-based medicine such as Sudafed.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Woman with curtain rod fights levitating God – Detroit Free Press
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“She told police that her friend uses steroids and GHB … Later, she reported that he was texting her from the hospital that he was not sorry for what happened.

ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE – USA
School calls mandatory substance abuse meeting for parents – NECN‎

Almost all schools have concerns over drugs and alcohol abuse, but Swampscott High School’s new principal is trying to tackle the problem head on. And it’s raising some eyebrows.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Pacific Beach residents take new tack to regulate bars – San Diego Union Tribune ‎

Alcohol abuse has long been a simmering issue in Pacific Beach, which has been ground zero in San Diego’s crackdown on booze. It was a drunken Labor Day …

COCAINE – UK
Border Agency Reveals Varied Methods of Drug Smuggling – BBC News

Officers in Kent found £500000 worth of cocaine packed into yams, which had been cut open and glued back together again.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Maine tops nation in prescription drug abuse – Bangor Daily News ‎

Recent studies show that rates of prescription drug addiction have surpassed those of alcohol abuse, she said. But traditional treatment communities, …

HEROIN – USA
Children as young as 10 taking heroin – The National

One specialist at the NRC revealed that there are 10-year-old children who are using heroin. The announcement was made on the sidelines of a regional …

K2/METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Jon Bruning unveils legislative agenda – Lincoln Journal Star ‎

The meth bill would implement a statewide electronic tracking system for purchases of methamphetamine precursor chemicals at the point of sale. …

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
No Meth Found in Child’s System – WILX-TV ‎

New information on the child found in the backseat of a vehicle that was being used as a mobile meth lab… The Jackson County Prosecutor says blood test …

PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS – USA
Bleak numbers add up in Ohio painkiller epidemic – Dayton Daily News

Most of the drugs driving this increase in accidental deaths are prescription painkillers. — Ohio’s rate of accidental drug overdoses, almost 13 per 100000 …

ECSTASY – USA
Parents file claim over teen’s death during a rave party in LA – DigitalJournal.com

Rodriguez was among the 120 attendees that were rushed to nearby hospitals during the rave party as a result of drug intoxication. …

K2 – USA
New law pulls marijuana-like substance off shelves – Chicago Daily Herald‎

As was the case with BZP, sold as a legal alternative to the club drug ecstasy until it too was outlawed last year, some law enforcement officials predict …

MARIJUANA – USA
Pat Robertson Backs Away From Marijuana Legalization Comment – Drug War Chronicle ‎

“I’m not exactly for the use of drugs — don’t get me wrong — but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few …