Drug News

Fatal Drug-Related Violence – Mexico
72 bodies found in northern Mexico – UPI.com

SAN FERNANDO, Mexico, Aug. 25 (UPI) — Mexican marines found 72 bodies in northern Mexico after a gunfight with a suspected drug cartel in which one marine and three suspects died, officials said.

Cocaine Overdoses – UK
Cocaine overdoses on the rise – Telegraph.co.uk

The number of people dying from cocaine overdoses have increased 15 per cent in just four years raising fresh concerns over the growing prevalence of the drug.

Out of Rehab – Lindsay Lohan
LiLo released from rehab – Thaindian News

New York, August 25(ANI): Lindsay Lohan has been released from substance abuse rehab.

Marijuana & Drug Trafficking – California
Marijuana plants worth $100 million seized on Calif. farm believed run by drug traffickers – WGNtv.com – Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say narcotics task force agents have seized an estimated 25,000 marijuana plants worth up to $100 million on a Southern California farm believed to be run by Mexican drug traffickers.

Alcohol Risks – USA Study
Risk For Certain Types Of Breast Cancer Increased By Alcohol Intake – Medical News TODAY

Alcohol increases the risk of lobular and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, but not necessarily invasive ductal carcinomas, according to a study published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Drugs In Schools – USA
National Study Finds Jump in Drug Use in Public Middle and High Schools – Drug Addiction Treatment

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University released a new report this month, exposing the surge in gang- and drug-infected schools based on students’ responses to a national survey. An estimated 5.7 million public school students are believed to be exposed to school environments that are both gang- and drug-infected.

Alcohol in the Workplace – Australia
Workers Significantly Affected By Co-Workers’ Drinking Habits – Medical News TODAY

Australian workers are significantly affected by other people’s alcohol drinking and at a considerable cost, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Gateway Drugs and Heroin – New York
Heroin deaths increase in Dutchess; officials warn of gateway drugs – poughkeepsiejournal.com

Dutchess County officials are warning residents about an increase in deaths from heroin overdoses.

Teen Drug Abuse – New Jersey
Alarming new trend: Girls more vulnerable to drug abuse – NewarkAdvocate.com

NEWARK — When speaking to a class of teenagers about drugs and alcohol, Bobby Persinger used to rely on the girls in the class to take a stand against substance abuse.

Drug Rehab – USA Celebrity
Lindsay Lohan Freed: Released From Jail, Off To Rehab – The Huffington Post

The actress was discharged at 1:35 a.m. Monday after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation in a 2007 drug case, a sheriff’s spokesman said. She is now required to begin a three-month stint in rehab.

Oxycodone and Marijuana – Florida
Florida Man Arrested on Drug Charges in Mason Co. – WTAP.com

In Mason County a Florida man was behind bars Saturday for allegedly trafficking drugs in the region.

Drug and Crime Prevention – New Jersey
Towns ready for National Night Out – nj.com

Communities in Mercer County and elsewhere will celebrate National Night Out this week. The 27th annual event, sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, is geared toward preventing crime and drug abuse.

Prescription Drug Abuse – USA
Confronting prescription drug abuse together (Gov. Jack A. Markell) – THE HILL’S Congress Blog

Anti-drug policy is often made in Washington but implemented on the front lines in our states, cities, suburbs and farms. To combat the growing damage done by illegal prescription drug use, we are turning to new technologies and working more closely together with a wide range of stakeholders.

Drug Arrests – Michigan
Shoplifting call at the South Haven Walmart leads to drug arrests – mlive.com

COVERT TOWNSHIP — The investigation of a retail fraud at the South Haven Walmart store led to the arrest of three people on drug, larceny and parole- violation charges, police said.

Marijuana Drug Bust – Virginia
Man arrested on drug charges – Fredericksburg.com

Caroline County authorities arrested a Dominican man and seized nearly $381,000 worth of marijuana while executing a search warrant at a home on Friday.

Cocaine – Wisconsin
2 Officers Charged with Helping Drug Dealer – nbc15.com

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two Milwaukee police officers face federal charges related to cocaine delivery and money laundering.

Marijuana – Iowa
Waterloo man arrested for marijuana – Associated Press

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Police say they arrested a Waterloo man on drug charges less than a day after he want to an emergency room with a gunshot wound to his leg.

Methadone Overdose Death – Canada
Powdered methadone death sounds alarm – cnews

“It is exceedingly lethal if you don’t know what you are doing,” said Henry Eastabrook, an outreach worker with the London InterCommunity Health Centre. “Word is, powdered methadone is on the street right now.”

Drug Court & Rehab Needed – Mississippi
A call to action – Laurel Leader-Call

Recently, Citizens for a Better Mississippi founded a project to combat the need of a drug court in Jones County. These problems of having citizens who need drug rehab is not something new. It is working in city and counties across America. These drug courts have allowed citizens to return to their communities and to become productive citizens.

Spice Ban – US Military
DoD Prohibits Use of ‘Spice’ – Naval Medical on dcmilitary.com

K2, an herbal drug which causes hallucinogenic effects similar to marijuana often referred to as ‘‘spice” and marketed as an ‘‘all natural” incense has led to a crackdown of its use by the Department of Defense.

Adolescent Substance Abuse Awareness – USA Study
Risk of Teens’ Drug Involvement Goes Down With Nurturing Family Relationships – MeD India

The positive impact of family relationships and religious affiliation could bring down the risk of teenagers getting involved with drugs, states a new study.

Cocaine Bust – Colombia
Eight held over $100m cocaine haul – THE INDEPENDENT

US officials working with Colombian authorities said yesterday that they had arrested eight alleged drug traffickers and seized more than $100m-worth of cocaine.

Injection Drugs & HIV – Global Prevention
‘Seek, Test, Treat And Retain’ - New Global Report Launched By The International AIDS Society Recommends A New Paradigm For Treating IDU’s – Medical News TODAY

Against the backdrop of some of the globe’s fastest growing HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a report launched at the XVIII International AIDS  conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna makes the case for a new model for scaling up treatment and prevention of HIV amongst Injecting Drug Users (IDUs).

Marijuana – New Jersey
Rutgers Just Says No to Pot Growing for NJ – First Coast News

TRENTON, N.J. — Rutgers University will not be getting into the marijuana-growing business.

Teenage Illegal Drug Abuse – Scotland
School kids on drugs: Quarter of 15 year-olds in Glasgow use illegal substances – Evening Times

Almost one in four 15-year-olds in Glasgow have tried drugs, while just over half admitted they have been offered them. An Evening Times investigation found kids as young as 12 using cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis.

Methamphetamine – Florida
UCF chemistry major ran meth lab, police say – The Palm Beach Post NEWS

William Cecil, who turns 22 on Friday, was arrested on charges of attempted manufacture of methamphetamine and possession of chemicals used to make the drug. He told deputies there also was Ecstasy and cocaine inside his apartment on Green Badger Lane, Hopkins said.

Teenage Prescription Drug Abuse – USA
Few resources available for teens who abuse prescription drugs – 9WSYR.com

Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - Prescription drug abuse is now the nation’s fastest-growing drug problem. There’s been a 400 percent increase in the number of people, 12 years old and up, admitted to treatment for abusing prescription pain medication, the White House Office of Drug Control Policy reports.

Drunk Drowning – Russia
Drunk Russians drown escaping heatwave – euronews

A heatwave has cost the lives of hundreds of vodka-drinking Russians who are drowning when they go for a swim to cool off.

Digital Drugs – Oklahoma
“iDosing”, the latest “digital drug” high available on Internet – Thaindian News

Melbourne, July 16 (ANI): A new free legal high drug that can be downloaded through the Internet has emerged in the form of “iDosing”.

Rehab Again – Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab for the fourth time – Thaindian News

Los Angeles, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lindsay Lohan has been in the news a lot lately and the saga doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. The Mean Girls star has reportedly gone into a rehab facility just a week, before she reports to law officers to start her three-month jail sentence.

Alcohol Awareness – Australia
Youth Touched By Alcohol Harm To Change Our Drinking Culture, Australia – Medical News TODAY

The Australian Drug Foundation’s Youth Strategy Officer, Clancy Wright, has been chosen as a Churchill fellow to investigate ways to change Australia’s drinking culture.

Methadone – UK
Couple jailed for giving heroin substitute to baby – THE INDEPENDENT UK

A drug-addicted couple who gave heroin substitute to their unwell baby hours before she died were jailed today.

Drug Rehab – Lindsay Lohan
O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro to represent LiLo – Thaindian News

Sources have revealed that Shapiro, 67, will try to convince Judge Marsha Revel to put Lohan, 24, in a rehab facility and either eliminate or minimize jail time.

Mephedrone Dangers – Lab Testing
Variations in quality of illegal Class B drug mephedrone could risk safety of users – THE MEDICAL NEWS

Pharmaceutical scientists have discovered that the recently reclassified drug mephedrone varies in quality so much that users could be at risk of overdosing. Six samples were tested in the University of Sunderland’s labs by Dr John Lough and his team, and although impurities levels were low, three samples revealed various particle size and crystalline form, which means that the drug is more likely to vary in its affect and safety on the user.

Alcohol Related Violence – Canada
Abusive son gets house arrest in mom’s home – TheChronicleHerald.ca

BRIDGEWATER — A Lunenburg County man with a drinking problem has been placed on eight months’ house arrest in his mother’s home for repeatedly hitting her on the head with a metal broom handle.

Teen Substance Abuse – Study
Girls More Vulnerable to Substance Abuse? – About.com: Alcoholism

Parents of teenage girls may be surprised to learn that their daughters may be more vulnerable to developing alcohol and drug problems that their male counterparts according to a survey by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. They are more susceptible to substance abuse because they are more likely to use alcohol and drugs to self medicate.

Major Drug Smuggling – Russia
75 tonnes of drugs smuggled into Russia – Thaindian News

Moscow, July 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Some 75 tonnes of drugs are smuggled into Russia from Afghanistan via Central Asia every year, Russian drug control authority said Wednesday.

Drug Money Laundering – France
Noriega Gets 7-Year Prison Sentence In France – The Huffington Post

PARIS — A Paris court on Wednesday convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega of laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years behind bars – a sentence that comes on top of his two decades already spent in a U.S. prison.

Lockdown Drug Rehab Order – Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan To JAIL For Violation Of Probation – The Huffington Post

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan on Tuesday to 90 days in jail and an inpatient rehab program after finding the actress had violated her probation in a 2007 drug case by failing to attend alcohol education classes.

Doctor In Trouble Over Drug Overdose – USA Celebrity
Anna Nicole Smith’s Doctor Denied By Judge – Thaindian News

A Los Angeles judge refused to drop two of the charges against the doctor who was charged with prescribing the drugs to Anna Nicole Smith that led to the accidental fatal drug overdose. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor had sought to remove the charges of conspiracy and unlawful prescription of opiates.

Curbing Meth Production – Indiana
Push to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug – FOX41.com

An Indiana law aimed at curbing methamphetamine production already restricts the sale of some over-the-counter cold medicine used to make meth. Now there’s a growing push for a stronger law that would make pseudoephedrine available only by a doctor’s prescription.

DUI – Tennessee
48 Year Old Woman Arrested For DUI After Consuming Vanilla – Thaindian News

Kelly Moss, a 48 year old woman was arrested on charges of consuming vanilla, after the police found her lying unconscious inside her car outside the Arlington Middle School in Tennessee. According to reports submitted by the police authorities who traced the woman in this condition, Kelly Moss’ speech sounded unclear, she could also not walk without the support of another person.

Drug Smugglers Sentenced to Prison – Arizona
Brothers get 15 years in Arizona drug-smuggling case – azcentral.com

Two brothers accused of being the leaders of a drug-trafficking organization have been sentenced to 15 years in an Arizona prison.

Overdose Death – Michael Jackson
TIMELINE: Michael Jackson’s Final Days  - abc NEWS / 20/20

It was to be Michael Jackson’s first concert series in a dozen years, billed as one of the greatest comebacks of all time. When Jackson himself arrived in London to announce his tour, no one dreamed that in less than four months, the King of Pop would be dead.

Captured Drug Dealer – Jamaica
Accused Jamaican drug lord captured – UPI.com

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 23 (UPI) — After a month-long search, Jamaican authorities have finally jailed the island’s No. 1 fugitive, drug lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke, police say.

Alcohol Related Probation – Nicole Richie
Nicole Richie’s probation extended till March 2011 – Thaindian News

Glendale, Jun 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A judge has extended the probation of socialite Nicole Richie until March 2011. The judge has extended the probation so that she could get some more time, so that she can finish her alcohol education classes, to the complete satisfaction of the court.

Drug-Free School Program Ending – Maryland
Safe and Drug-Free Schools program axed in Montgomery County – Gazette.Net

Estella Lopez wanted to belong, so she began drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana and using cocaine to fit in with her high school peers…

Heavy Cocaine Use – Scotland
Scots top global cocaine use poll – BBC NEWS

Scotland has among the highest levels of cocaine use in the world, according to a United Nations report.

Fatal Drug Overdose – USA Music Artist
Autopsy reveals that Slipknot bassist Paul Gray died due to drug overdose – Thaindian News

Jun 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paul Gray, 38, the bassist for the band Slipknot died of accidental dosage of morphine and fentanyl. This was revealed according to the autopsy report, which was issued on Monday.

Record Heroin Seizure – China
Guangzhou seizes record 1-ton heroin – ShanghaiDaily.com

CUSTOMS officers in south China’s Guangzhou Province have seized 1.03 tons of heroin and caught 20 suspects in a record drug bust since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

Drug Rehab Needed for Teen – New York
Canton teen sent to jail, awaiting rehab slot – WatertownDailyTimes.com

CANTON — A Canton teen who reportedly has been abusing drugs since age 10 will be sent to drug rehabilitation.

Heroin, Cocaine and Meth Drug Dealer Convicted – Alaska
Leader of West Coast drug ring convicted in Alaska – newsminer.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A jury convicted a man of operating a drug ring that brought large amounts of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine from California to Alaska, prosecutors said Monday.

Prescription Painkiller Abuse – Ohio
Abuse of meds sends as many to ER as illegal drugs – Associated Press

For the first time, abuse of painkillers and other medication is sending as many people to the emergency room as the use of illegal drugs.

Drunk Driving Arrest – Ex-Cop
Ex-cop asks officers to arrest him for driving while drunk – Thaindian News

Melbourne, June 22 (ANI): An American man, who used to be a police officer, asked cops, who pulled him over for speeding, to arrest him for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Drug Abuse – Afghanistan
UN survey finds ‘major drug abuse’ in Afghanistan – Thaindian News

Kabul, June 21 (DPA) The number of opium and heroin users in Afghanistan has risen 75 percent in the past five years, as total users of illegal drugs reached one million, a UN survey released Monday found.

Teenage Prescription Drug Abuse – USA
Risky behavior – htrnews.com

One in five high school students in the United States has taken a prescription medication that was not prescribed for them, a new survey shows.

Meth Lab – Ohio
Men accused of running meth lab at Ohio rest stop – Ohio.com / Associated Press

MONROE, OHIO: Ohio authorities have arrested two Tennessee brothers they say ran a methamphetamine lab out of a stolen car at a highway rest stop.

Alcohol Rehab – USA Actor
Chris Klein heads to Utah rehab – UPI.com

LOS ANGELES, June 21 (UPI) — Chris Klein’s publicist says the actor is seeking treatment for alcohol addiction at Utah’s Cirque Lodge after his second DUI arrest.

Adderall Abuse – USA
Adderall: The Most Abused Prescription Drug in America. – The Huffington Post

Adderall is abused mostly by college students and young adults. Estimates are that somewhere between 20-30 percent of college students regularly abuse Adderall.

Overdose Death – New York
Koppel’s Son Died From Overdose of Drugs, Alcohol – abc NEWS / Entertainment

NYC medical examiner: Ted Koppel’s son died from overdose of heroin, coke, Valium, alcohol