Drug News
August 7, 2008
DRUGS – USA
Drug-related deaths hit new high in Utah – Salt Lake Tribune
Even as the state is trying to reduce the number of drug-related deaths, Utah has set another record for people killed by pills, powders and needles.
METH – USA
Crystal Methamphetamine - The New Drug of Choice – American Chronicle
Crystal methamphetamine, also known as ice, crank, glass and shards, is today’s street drug of choice.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Drugs May Increase Falls Among Seniors – NBC News
University of North Carolina researchers have released a list of prescription drugs that may increase the risk for falls among seniors who take at least four medications on a regular basis.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription for Disaster – Injury Board
A recent study shows that prescription medication related deaths have drastically increased in the last two decades.
METH – UK
Warning over crystal meth – The Press Association
Ireland must pull together to stop the drug crystal meth ravaging the country, Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy warned.
METH – IRELAND
Crystal meth explosion feared – Limerick Post
Limerick must prepare itself for an explosion of crystal meth abuse, and put measures in place to prevent large scale addiction, a city councillor has warned.
METH – USA
Meth Coffee fails to amuse Madigan – Sun Times
“Parody or not, it’s still glorifying drug use and it’s sending a terrible message,” said Madigan’s spokeswoman Robyn Ziegler.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Report Underscores Fatal Risk of Combining Prescriptions, Other Substances at Home – Join Together
While medication-related fatalities in clinical settings have long captured the attention of researchers and health authorities, skyrocketing rates of deaths at home from combining medications and other substances have gone largely unnoticed
HEROIN – UK
Heroin batch death risk warning – BBC News
A warning has been issued to drug users about poor quality “red heroin” circulating in southern Scotland.
DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Girls smoke dope just as much as boys – The Age
While men in their 20s and 30s are still more likely to smoke the drug than their female counterparts, the gender difference has disappeared among teenagers.
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August 5, 2008
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Growing prescription drug abuse in U.S – Reuters
U.S. state, federal and local authorities across the United States are struggling to contain a rising tide of prescription drug abuse, which federal data show is now the single-biggest cause for an increase in drug overdose deaths.
DRUGS – UK
Deaths From Combining Drugs And/or Alcohol Skyrocket – Medical News Today
In the first large-scale study of home medication consumption, sociologists at the University of California, San Diego have found a 3,196 percent increase in fatal domestic medication errors involving alcohol and/or street drugs.
ALCOHOL – UK
Why The Alcopop Tax Is Working - Australian Drug Foundation – Medical News Today
The Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) took aim at the liquor lobby for misleading the public about the Federal Government’s tax increase on ready-to-drink beverages.
ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol Dependence And Hispanics – Medical News Today
A large survey conducted by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus, which examined alcohol abuse and dependence among Hispanic male populations in the United States, will be expanded to Mexican males living along the U.S.-Mexico border.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Southern Oregon residents dropping off unwanted pills – The Oregonian
Police Department has taken many drugs off the street. The southwest Oregon community recently became the first in Douglas County to start an unused pharmaceutical take-back program.
DRUGS – USA
Health officials warn of contaminated drugs – WRAL News
A dozen people have gone to Wake County emergency rooms in the past week after ingesting cocaine or heroin that might have contaminated, public health officials said Tuesday.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Oregon keeping prescriptions drugs off streets, out of environment – Seattle Post Intelligencer
The southwest Oregon community recently became the first in Douglas County to start an unused pharmaceutical take-back program. To keep prescription drugs away from teens and the water supply, residents are asked to check their medicine cabinets and drop off any unused pills at the police department.
HEROIN – USA
Citizens offer ideas to curb drugsPortage residents respond after heroin overdose death – Kalamazoo Gazette
About 60 people gathered at Portage City Hall for the brainstorming session, motivated by the June death of an 18-year-old Portage woman from a heroin overdose.
ALCOHOL – IRELAND
New regulations on sale of alcohol come into force today – Irish Times
STRICT NEW regulations governing the sale and possession of alcohol, which aim to curb public disorder and eliminate underage drinking, come into force today.
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August 4, 2008
METH – CANADA
Meth ingredients easy to find – Barrie Advance
After the bust of a would-be meth lab in Essa Township last week, The Advance wanted to see how easily ingredients needed to create the drug could be obtained in Barrie.
METH – USA
Meth cravings are really intense – Barrie Advance
It’s known as speed, meth, chalk, ice, crystal, or crystal meth but no matter what it’s called, methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug.
METH – USA
Fantastic Freebies: Me Not Meth T-shirts – Wallet Pop
If you give register for a free account with http://www.menotmeth.org, and then fill out this form, the organization will send you up to 2 free Me-Not-Meth t-shirts or tank tops.
DRUGS – USA
Effective Border Enforcement Spurs More Addiction in Mexico – Join Together
Better border enforcement that is making it increasingly difficult for Mexican cartels to transport illegal drugs into the United States is being cited as the reason for a spike in drug addiction in Mexico.
PAINKILLER – FRANCE
US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years – International Herald Tribune
More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths.
PAINKILLER – USA
Feds blame at least 1,000 deaths on overdoses from illegal fentanyl – The Star-Ledger
At least 1,000 people nationwide died from overdosing on fentanyl created in illegal laboratories, according to a federal investigation that began after a cluster of the deaths was reported in New Jersey two years ago.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription medication teens’ drug of choice – Ventura County Star
The most popular pills include anti-anxiety medications such as Xanax and Valium, pain pills including Oxycontin and Vicodin, drugs for attention deficit disorder like Adderall and Ritalin, and Soma, a muscle relaxant.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
4 ways to keep your teens from abusing prescription drugs – Indianapolis Star
One in five teenagers admits to having used prescription drugs to get high, according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Today there are more new abusers of prescription drugs than of marijuana.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Deaths From Prescription Drugs, Alcohol Mix Increase Greatly – Chattah Box
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has shown that more people than ever are dying from accidental drug overdoses. These are being caused by mixing prescription drugs with street drugs, and alcohol.
ADDICTION – USA
Pain pill abuse serious – Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Oklahoma was recently ranked worst in the nation for pain reliever abuse by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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July 31, 2008
METHAMPHETAMINE – NEW ZEALAND
Ecstasy and cocaine gain ground on P – Stuff
NEW Zealand is winning the battle against methamphetamine, but ecstasy and cocaine use has doubled, an international drug report says.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Drugs Found Online, Abused by Teens – Westport News
A Columbia University study has shown that prescription drugs can be easily bought on the Internet, while another study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America indicates that many teens are abusing them.
METH – USA
Madison County Officials Meet With DEA to Discuss Meth Enforcement – WAAY
Madison County leaders were briefed Thursday by a Drug Enforcement Administration on the latest methods of fighting methamphetamine production.
DRUGS – UK
Scotland’s Higher Death Rate Partly Explained By Drug Abuse – Medical News Today
Death rates in Scotland are higher than in England and Wales, and a new study published on bmj.com finds that drug abuse in Scotland is a key factor contributing to this difference.
ALCOHOL – UK
California Alcohol Problems Drain $38 Billion Annually – Medical News Today
Marin Institute, the alcohol industry watchdog, held a news conference and town hall meeting in Los Angeles today to release the disturbing findings of its landmark report, The Annual Catastrophe of Alcohol in California. Such a comprehensive study has never been done in California.
ALCOHOL – USA
Tell NCAA President Myles Brand that Beer Ads Don’t Belong in College Sports Television – Take Action
Since 2005, 348 institutions of higher education — including Arizona State, Ohio State, Texas Tech, and the Universities of Florida, Minnesota, and Nebraska — and 16 athletic conferences have endorsed the Campaign for Alcohol-Free Sports TV’s “College Commitment” pledge to work toward eliminating beer advertising during televised college sports.
DRUGS – USA
Family Meals Have Greater Protective Effect on Girls – Join Together
University of Minnesota researchers have found that while middle-school girls who share regular family meals see beneficial effects throughout their teenage years on substance-using behaviors, boys do not experience the same effects from a regular family presence at the dinner table
ADDICTION – USA
3rd National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery – Join Together
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, in partnership with New Century Institute and the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, is pleased to host “The 3rd National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery: Inspiring Leadership, Changing Lives.”
HEROIN – USA
Multnomah County Warns Of Fatal Heroin Overdoses – eMaxHealth
A handful of overdose deaths in the last few weeks, along with a steady rise in heroin-related deaths over the past year, have raised concerns among county health officials.
PAINKILLER – USA
Illegal narcotic linked to death increase – United Press International
At least 1,000 people died in a two-year surge of fatalities resulting from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, government officials said.
PAINKILLER – USA
Illegal Painkiller Cited in Overdose Surge – The Wall Street Journal
A two-year wave of deaths caused by an illegal street version of the powerful painkiller fentanyl claimed more than 1,000 lives, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in the government’s first assessment of the outbreak’s toll.
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July 30, 2008
COCAINE – IRELAND
How the cocaine trade is spreading – Irish Times
It also gives a revealing glimpse into the huge transatlantic cocaine trade from Latin America now targeting Ireland as a transit point and destination. The case shows how this country has joined certain West African states, together with Spain and Portugal as parts of those smuggling routes.
DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Drug, alcohol violence surge at Albany Hospital – ABC News
The WA Country Health Service says there has been an increasing level of violence towards staff at the Albany Hospital from drug- or alcohol-affected patients.
ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol limit for boaters to be reduced in line with drivers – Kansas City Star
Boaters beware: The legal blood-alcohol content for driving a watercraft will go from 0.10 to 0.08 beginning Aug. 28 under legislation sent to Gov. Matt Blunt of Missouri.
RITALIN – USA
Liddell Laboratories Sends Open Letter to Consumer Reports - In Defense of Homeopathy – Market Watch
The British Homeopathic Journal, Frei & Thurneysen, 2001, This study was performed on 115 children (average age 8.3 years) comparing homeopathic treatment with that of methylphenidate (Ritalin) for children suffering from ADHD symptoms.
HEROIN – USA
Heroin deaths prompt warning – Lebanon Daily News
A rash of heroin-overdose deaths — at least three in the past week — have prompted the Lebanon County coroner to issue a warning to users. Dr. Jeffrey Yocum said yesterday that tests are being done to determine if the heroin is especially pure or if it is laced with another deadly substance.
HEROIN – USA
U.S. fentanyl deaths top 1,000 over 2 years – USA Today
More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths.
HEROIN – USA
More than 1,000 fentanyl deaths tracked to Mexican drug operation – Detroit Free Press
More than 1,000 deaths linked to the painkiller fentanyl were reported nationally during a two-year span, traced to a drug operation in Mexico, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PAINKILLER – USA
Number of overdoses from painkiller peak – ABC Local News
Three years ago, doctors in Chicago started noticing a wave of overdoses of the painkiller Fentanyl.
PAINKILLER – USA
Report: Wayne County third in nation for fentanyl deaths over two-year period – Det News
Wayne County was third in the nation in fentanyl-related deaths during the worst epidemic of fatal overdoses involving the potent painkiller, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription for addiction: Health Department to create drug abuse focus group – The Missoulian
The hydra-headed problem of prescription drug abuse has struck a chord with the Missoula City-County Health Department, and the agency is developing a focus group to address the crisis.
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July 27, 2008
PAINKILLER – USA
Prescription for addiction: Painkillers only a click away – The Missoulian
Despite recent efforts to regulate Internet pharmacies, the majority of Web sites peddling controlled drugs do not require a prescription. As a result, a vast unregulated online drug bazaar has emerged, according to officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
DRUGS – USA
British Authorities Credit Health Messages for Drop in Youth Drug Use Rates – Join Together
Department of Health leaders in England are attributing decreases in drug experimentation rates among the nation’s young teenagers to a well-financed campaign on drugs’ dangers.
METH – USA
Survey shows misconceptions about meth – Casper Star-Tribune
Wyoming teens and young adults believe that methamphetamine is low-risk and easily accessable, according to a new statewide survey by the Wyoming Meth Project.
DRUGS – UK
Crackdown on drugs use in prisons – BBC News
Prisons’ Minister Paul Goggins said a series of robust new measures would be introduced to help stem the flow of drugs within the prison system.
ALCOHOL – UK
Tackling alcohol misuse – Scottish Government
Tackling alcohol misuse is theme of a series of visits the Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill will make today.
MARIJUANA – USA
‘Marijuana Addiction — The Key to Overcoming the Emotional Component’ Revealed by Hale Dwoskin – PR Web
Hale Dwoskin, featured teacher in the blockbuster book and film “The Secret” and author of The New York Times bestseller The Sedona Method, has revealed a powerful way to help overcome the emotional component of marijuana addiction.
ALCOHOL – USA
Long Fight to Regulate Alcopops Faces Key Hearing in Nebraska – Join Together
A Nebraska youth alcohol-prevention group has been grappling with state lawmakers, regulators and the alcohol industry for years to get alcopops classified as liquor, not beer, and the rollercoaster process will make a key stop on July 31 as the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission holds a hearing on the classification issue.
DRUGS – USA
Psychiatrists Received Biggest Chunk of Pharmaceutical Company Payoffs, Vermont Study Finds – Join Together
With abuse of prescription drugs a growing problem, Vermont is one of a handful of states that require pharmaceutical companies to report how much cash and gifts they give to doctors.
COCAINE – USA
Cocaine Addiction – Trans World News
“Coca leaves have been used for centuries by natives as a stimulant,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of Narconon Drug Rehab in Georgia.
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July 22, 2008
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescriptions are top drug abused by teens – Cleveland Daily Banner
Nationwide prescription drugs have become the second most abused illegal drug, behind marijuana, among young people ages 12 to 17, but not in Bradley County.
METH – USA
Officials keep an eye out for meth – Morning Sentinel
But while they don’t produce a lot of the drug, Maine meth labs represent a subculture of drug users that officials are watching carefully.
MORPHINE – CANADA
‘Dode’ for a cheap high – South Asian Focus
Poppy powder, a derivative of highly addictive and illegal opium, is openly sold in some meat shops in Brampton and Mississauga. Its use is raising questions about its legality and potentially harmful effects for those seeking an unconventional ‘high’.
DRUGS – CANADA
SouthCoast Recovery, Orange County California’s Foremost Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center – Free Press Release Center
SouthCoast Recovery, a premier California alcohol and drug rehab center, announces the addition of a Adderall Treatment Program to its 30, 60, 90-day and six month residential treatment programs.
ADDICTION – USA
When you decide you can’t stop your addiction on your own, here is the rehab call – Trans World News
Privacy is and must be the bedrock of the drug rehabilitation process. Some drug treatment centers merely pay lip service to that principle. Cliffside Malibu makes it a way of life.
ALCOHOL – UK
No alcohol for young drivers call – BBC News
The legal blood alcohol limit should be cut to zero for drivers aged 17 to 20, England’s chief medical officer says.
ADDICTION – BULGARIA
The Sober Sources Network Offers Thorough Addiction Support – PR-USA
Addiction recovery, no matter the type of addiction, has become the focus of several online sites. The Sober Source Network is the flourishing and leading resource network offering support for alcoholism and addiction.
ALCOHOL – UK
Cops launch drink, drug, driving blitz – Evening Times
A SUMMER crackdown on drink drivers has been launched today with a series of high-visibility police patrols across the west of Scotland.
DRUGS – IRELAND
Illegal drug use - Urgent wake-up call needed – Drugs.ie
For too long people tolerated drink driving, but the carnage on our roads served as a wake-up call. The victims were often young people overcome by the influence of alcohol and a sense of bravado.
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July 21, 2008
DRUGS – USA
Helpful Drugs-Dangerous Abuse – Trans World News
Narconon Drug Rehab in Georgia warns that the abuse of these drugs can lead to a deadly drug addiction.
DRUGS – USA
Drug Rehab Warns of Internet Drug Sales – Trans World News
What amazes me is that a supervised 13-year old actually ordered and received Ritalin, a controlled substance, and used her own height, weight and age when filling out the internet order form.
CANNABIS – NEW ZEALAND
New Zealands regional drugs – Undertheradar
Cannabis was still the king of the country’s drugs, with the highest use and availability of any illegal substance.
ADDICTION – USA
Children often innocent victims of adult addiction, drug abuse – Indiana Gazette
For one 12-year-old girl, addiction is a drawing of a green monster with red eyes that has a steel band around her mom, dad and older sister. It carries a bag of alcohol, nicotine and inhalants.
ADDICTION – USA
Chili teen’s painting takes aim at addiction – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Jonathan Duran Quintela doesn’t have a close friend or family member with substance abuse problems, but he didn’t need that to understand addiction.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
The launch of new prescription monitoring system announced – Norwalk Plus Magazine
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced the launch of a new Internet-based prescription monitoring system to prevent the abuse of controlled substance prescription drugs.
METH – USA
Meth: Destroying countless families – Searcy Daily Citizen
Folks, drugs in and around White County are an epidemic. People from all walks of life, rich and poor, white and black, are all being victimized by meth.
ALCOHOL – USA
Diageo Applauds New Law in California That Increases Penalties on Alcohol-Related Reckless Drivers – Market Watch
Diageo, the world’s leading spirits, wine and beer company applauds California’s Legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger for adopting Assembly Bill No. 2802, increasing the penalties for motorists convicted of alcohol-related reckless driving.
COCAINE – USA
The killing white powder! Its time to address cocaine abuse & addiction – Trans World News
Cocaine rehabs aren’t all alike. Unfortunately, too many prospective patients assume otherwise in their search for a private treatment facility.
METH – CANADA
Meth sold as ecstacy, N.L. police say – CBC News
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Wednesday that some recent drug seizures of what they thought was ecstasy, was actually methamphetamine.
METH – CANADA
Police issue warning about illegal drugs – The Telegram
Some pills sold as Ecstasy may actually be the more powerful and addictive methamphetamine.
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July 18, 2008
DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Crack cocaine and heroin costs less than a pint of beer – Courier Mail
DEADLY drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine are being peddled for less than a pint of beer on the streets of England.
DRUGS – UK
Drug addiction: ‘The true cost often ends in tragic loss of life’ – Scotsman
It also demonstrates that addiction knows no bounds and that drug misuse is not confined, as many would choose to believe, to areas of deprivation.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Medical Mixups; Hospital Prescription Drug Error Can Lead to Deaths – Injury Board
We have been aware of the shocking reality that 98,000 hospitalized patients die each year in the United States due to error for nearly a decade. What has been done?
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Drugstore slipups a prescription for death – New York Daily News
New York pharmacists filled an estimated 210,000 prescriptions with the wrong drug or dose in 2006, putting patients at risk of illness and even death, a new analysis shows.
ALCOHOL – USA
U.K. Docs Want Graphic Warnings on Alcohol Packages – Join Together
Alcoholic beverages should feature the same kind of graphic images and warnings found on tobacco products.
ALCOHOL – UK
Teachers to be given power to search for drugs, alcohol and cigarettes – Times Online
Teachers will be allowed by law to search children for drugs, alcohol and cigarettes in school under proposals today which will be accepted by the Schools Secretary.
ALCOHOL – UK
Teachers to get powers to search pupils for drugs and alcohol – Telegraph
Teachers will be given powers to search pupils for drugs and alcohol as part of a new drive to restore discipline in schools.
ALCOHOL – UK
France gets tough on alcohol – Scotsman
FRANCE is to ban drinking in public near schools and the sale of alcohol to minors as part of a crackdown on binge-drinking among youths.
METH – USA
Ads help teens see dangers of meth – The Arizona Republic
Over the last year, the Arizona Meth Project has delivered riveting depictions of the dangers of meth use to young Arizonans.
ALCOHOL – USA
FTC Supports Self-Regulation of Alcohol Industry Ads – Join Together
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that 92 percent of alcohol advertising meets the industry’s self-imposed threshold on limiting underage exposure to beer, wine and liquor ads and urged the industry to expand the self-regulatory standards to event sponsorships as well as TV and Internet ads.
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July 14, 2008
METH – IRELAND
County drug use increases dramatically – Meath Chronicle
Plans for a new drugs prevention and advisory service centre for Meath and surrounding counties should be ready by the end of the summer.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
New program focuses on prescription drug disposal – The Citizen-Journal
Sheriff George T. Lasater and Liaison Officer William D. Schneider of the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office announced a new program for the disposal of prescription drugs.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Abuse of prescription painkillers spurs move for online database – Ventura County Star
Pain patients understand why California’s attorney general says he needs to raise $3.5 million to stop addicts and drug dealers who use doctors to stockpile Vicodin and OxyContin.
CODEINE – USA
Australian Researchers Find Serious Side-Effect to Codeine – WCAV News
Australian researchers have found a dangerous new side-effect from using too much Codeine. Approved usage of the opiate has been for severe cough, diarrhea, mild pain, and irritable bowel syndrome. However, Australian researchers have discovered that Codeine can cause hearing impairment.
ALCOHOL – USA
Games Contribute to Youths Drinking Themselves to Death – Join Together
An analysis of federal records shows that 157 college-age individuals drank themselves to death between 1999 and 2005, and a separate analysis of news reports showed that many of the victims were extremely intoxicated.
MORPHINE – CANADA
Warning: Ratio-Morphine Tablets Recalled in Canada Due to Risk of Accidental Overdose – Market Wire
Some tablets may contain more morphine than the label indicates, exposing patients to the potential risk of accidental overdose.
DRUGS – USA
Most drug Web sites breaking federal law – San Francisco Chronicle
The online trade is stoking the rising abuse of addictive and dangerous prescription drugs, the authors and federal officials say.
ALCOHOL – UK
Alcoholism-Associated Molecular Adaptations In Brain Neurocognitive Circuits – Medical News Today
After many years of heavy drinking, alcohol produces pathological alterations in the brain. In many alcoholics these changes culminate in massive social deterioration and disorders of memory and learning.
DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Kids find it easy to get alcohol, drugs – The Australian
MORE than 40 per cent of Year 11 students find it easy to obtain alcohol and drugs, and one in three is more interested in “sensation-seeking” than respecting accepted standards of behaviour.
ALCOHOL – USA
Rising Alcohol Abuse Seen Among Returning Veterans – Join Together
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars are increasingly turning to alcohol when they return home to cope with the lingering stress of their combat experiences, sometimes with tragic consequences.
DRUGS – USA
Multiple Drugs Cause Most Overdoses – Join Together
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