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DRUG REHAB – USA
Suncoast Rehabilitation Center Takes Narconon Drug Rehab Program To RX Drug Abuse Summit – PRWeb

Suncoast Rehabilitation Center took the Narconon Drug Rehab Program information to the National RX Drug Abuse Summit in Orlando where over 700 participants from around the country meet to address the prescription drug abuse epidemic.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Drug use, abuse or addiction? – Wicked Local

My parents own pharmacies (my father’s is in Attleboro and mother’s is in Plainville). Both have had their share of robberies from persons suffering from drug addiction.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Son of addicts, Malone grad turned life around – Canton Rep

At 13, Rodney Long Jr. had priorities. He made sure his younger sister, 4, and brother, 8, had cereal to eat. He often ushered drug dealers and partiers out of his house. And, when a visit from Summit County Children’s Services was pending, he cleaned.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Maine’s Drug Abuse Epidemic Poses Dilemma for Pharmacists – MPBN News
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Escalating diversion and abuse of prescription drugs has put the state’s pharmacists in a tough position. Customers with legitimate chronic pain problems depend on them for timely, reliable access to their medications. But these days, keeping powerful narcotics in stock puts pharmacists at risk of being robbed or duped by fraudulent prescriptions.

ALCOHOL REHAB – USA
Saint Jude Announces The Number One Reason People Fear Alcohol Rehab – PRWeb

“Fear of Failure–This is probably one of the greatest fears regarding rehab.” One of the first steps of the commonly known 12 step program, that are taught at majority of alcohol and drug rehabs in the United States is, “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol–that our lives had become unmanageable.” In addition, these individuals entering treatment are taught that relapse is part of recovery. This negative message gives substance users the expectation they will fail.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS/HEROIN – USA
Prescription drug, heroin abuse growing in Montgomery County – Washington Examiner
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Heroin and prescription drug abuse is soaring in Montgomery County, particularly among school-age kids, according to county police. The most popular party pills are painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, which many kids are swiping from their parents’ medicine cabinets.

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Portable Methamphetamine Lab Blows Up In Suspect’s Pants – The Inquisitr

An Oklahoma state trooper stopped an SUV for speeding in Okmulgee County. When the trooper gave the driver a ticket, he caught a whiff of a chemical smell. When the trooper attempted to question the passenger about the smell, he bailed, apparently with meth leaking down his leg. After a brief struggle it was determined there was an active meth lab in his pants that burst during the struggle and got all over his body.

COCAINE – USA
TSA screeners charged in LA drug trafficking probe – Times Union

Two former and current Transportation Security Administration employees have been arrested and indicted on drug conspiracy charges for allegedly allowing large amounts of cocaine and other drugs to pass through security screening at Los Angeles International Airport. Seven people face drug-related charges in a 22-count indictment.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Demi Lovato Opens Up About Drug Abuse: ‘Being A Celebrity Can Be Dangerous – ‎Huffington Post

But the part-Mexican singer, who spent three-months in rehab in November 2010 … how peer pressure and loneliness led her to experiment with drugs in 2010.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription drug abuse bill wins final passage – WSLS

Kentucky lawmakers have passed a measure that’s intended to curb prescription drug abuse in a state where more people are dying from overdoses than car wrecks. A compromise passed by the House and Senate would require all physicians in the state to use a prescription drug monitoring system so they can more readily spot addicts seeking painkillers.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Saint Jude Retreats Announces Length Of Stay In Drug Rehab Does Matter – PR Web
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The amount of time a guest stays in an alcohol or drug treatment center greatly impacts the outcome of the individuals success in that program.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Experts say communication key to preventing alcohol abuse among teens – Tri Cities
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Communication is the key to preventing alcohol abuse among teenagers. Many teens are exposed to the temptation of underage drinking at an early age, 40 percent of eighth-graders have tried alcohol and one in four is a binge drinker. Around 20 students, school staff and community members gathered for an evening town hall forum entitled “Start Talking, Before They Start Drinking” at Tennessee High School.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Free from drug addiction, former Menard High star returns to baseball – The Town Talk

The young man whose life on drugs careened and collapsed to such a degree that, at one time, he was homeless and nearly committed suicide, has shaken the addiction.

COCAINE – USA
Rihanna Showcases Drug Use, Refuses Rehabilitation? – Christian Post

Rihanna, 24-year-old Barbadian pop singer, recently posted pictures to her Twitter account that showed her breaking down what appeared to be drugs on the head of a man whose shoulders she was seated on in order to see above the crowd

DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT – USA
Veterans who complete intense treatment can have court charges expunged – Post Gazette

Together there are now 80 veterans treatment courts nationwide. In Pennsylvania, recidivism among program participants is just 1 percent. The statistics are even better in Allegheny County, where Judge Zottola can brag about having no recidivism among veterans whose cases he’s heard in treatment court.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Early-intervention program helps teens with alcohol, drug abuse – Longmont Daily Times Call
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Through the clear eyes of sobriety, John Vandegrift looks back on his drug use and sees it for what it was: a coping mechanism. The 21-year-old Littleton resident said he began smoking marijuana as a high school freshman, and two years ago he moved to heavier substances. Heroine became his drug of choice.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Teen Deaths Related to Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocket – Madison Patch
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Although many teens might otherwise shy away from illegal street drugs, more and more teens are turning to prescription drugs and over the counter medicines to get high.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
The Situation in drug treatment – The Hour
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The party is on hold for The Situation. The “Jersey Shore” cast member is getting treatment for prescription medication use. Mike Sorrentino says he’s voluntarily seeking to “take control” of medication he was taking to deal with exhaustion.

COCAINE – USA
Celebrity addicts: Who dies, who survives, and why? – 9NEWS.com
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Singer Whitney Houston’s death last month from accidental drowning from the effects of cocaine use and heart disease throws bright light on a dark corner of the world of celebrities who wrestle with substance abuse.

ALCOHOL – USA
Vital Signs: Start young to prevent substance abuse – The Daily Progress
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Children who begin drinking before the age of 15 are seven times more likely to develop substance abuse problems as adults. Postponing or preventing children and adolescents from using alcohol is an important way to assure that children will not have to struggle with addiction as adults.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prosecutor: Ex-Miss Russia is getting in pill trouble in NYC drug rehab program – Washington Post

Prosecutors say a former Miss Russia has been hoarding pills to try to get high while in court-ordered drug treatment. A New York City judge said Tuesday that Anna Malova can stay in a residential rehabilitation program for now. But she may have to go to trial if she gets another bad behavior report at a May 1 court date.

BATH SALTS – USA
Local popularity of designer drug bath salts grows – Utica Observer Dispatch
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Dr. Tim Page has seen ER patients on hallucinogenic highs that last for days. Sometimes, they become so violent they need physical restraints to protect them. But they haven’t taken common drugs such as LSD, coke or amphetamines. They have taken designer drugs known as bath salts.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Narconon Freedom Center Actively Supports Governor Snyder’s Efforts to Reinvent Michigan – PR Web
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Narconon Freedom Center, an alcohol and drug rehab facility that also provides community drug prevention education, actively supports Governor Snyder’s efforts to take back Michigan cities overwhelmed by unemployment, drugs and crime.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol abuse contributes to big rise in deaths from liver disease – The Guardian
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Heavy drinking is a major cause of a 25% increase in deaths from liver disease in England in under a decade, according to the government’s specialist NHS unit on terminal care.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Pill mills’ effects showing up in neonatal units, doctors say – Bellingham Herald
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On any given day, more than one-third of the babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Manatee Memorial Hospital have been exposed to drugs. Their mothers have passed the curse of substance abuse to their newborns.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
O’REILLY: Houston embraced drug life – Rapid City Journal

The media have no clue how to cover the death of Whitney Houston. That’s because she was slowly dying for years and many in the press simply averted their eyes. It was ultra-disturbing that a beautiful woman blessed with an extraordinary singing voice chose a self-destructive path in full view of the world.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Why Prescription Drug Addiction is Growing Among Teens – LiveScience

By the time Jessica McDonald was 13, she had already started drinking, smoking marijuana and using Adderall — a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — to get high. Physically abused by her father and feeling aimless, the Corona, Calif., girl quickly became an addict, racking up five DUI convictions while high on Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug. In many ways, McDonald’s story is timeless. But her drugs of choice — prescription pills — highlight an increasingly pervasive problem among U.S. teenagers, who are abusing such medications in record numbers.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Whitney Houston’s death inspires question: Why not higher alcohol taxes? – Arkansas Times

I don’t read the New York Times’ newish columnist Frank Bruni much. And I don’t know why this caught my attention this morning. In one respect, it belabors an obvious point. But that is the point, that something so obvious gets relatively little attention. He uses Whitney Houston’s death (and Amy Winehouse’s) as a takeoff on the ill effects of alcohol abuse. He notes how little public alarm and government reaction accumulate against it in comparison with tobacco corn syrup and other agents harmful to health.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
7.5 Million Children Live With Parent With Alcohol Use Disorder – WBNG

A new report shows 7.5 million children under age 18 (10.5 percent of this population) lived with a parent who has experienced an alcohol use disorder in the past year.

ECSTASY – CANADA
Parents get Abbotsford Police Department ecstasy letter – Abbotsford Times

Abbotsford Police and the school district are partnering in a campaign to educate parents and students about the risks associated with street drugs after a recent spate of ecstasy deaths.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription drug abuse hearings planned after Whitney Houston’s death – My Desert

Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs, plans to hold a series of congressional hearings on prescription drug abuse — a problem she said was highlighted by the weekend death of singer Whitney Houston.

HEROIN – GLOBAL
Heroin production in Afghanistan has RISEN 61% – Daily Mail

Afghan drug war debacle: Blair said smashing opium trade was a major reason to invade but 10 years on heroin production is up from 185 tons a year to 5,800. Such has been the failure to combat the problem that more than 90 per cent of the heroin sold on Britain’s streets is still made using opium from Afghanistan.

COCAINE – UK
Fears scores could go free after cocaine case dropped over DNA ruling – Daily Record

Suspects accused of serious crimes could walk free after a landmark ruling on DNA testing.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – WORLDWIDE
Alcohol Abuse: Is Binge Drinking Impacted By Romantic Relationships? – Huffington Post
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Who you date could influence how you drink, according to a new study from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Online pharmacies feed prescription drug abuse – New York Daily News

America’s addiction to prescription drugs is fed via the Internet, not just through prescriptions signed by a doctor. “Controlled prescription drugs like Oxycontin, Xanax and Ritalin are easily purchased over the Internet without a prescription, yet physician awareness of this problem is low.”

HEROIN – USA
Heroin epidemic brings death to Metro East – The Telegraph

The number of heroin deaths prompted authorities to institute new ways of investigating the incidents, and law enforcement officials and educators were moved to set up a continual education program to reach parents and students.

ECSTASY – USA
Victim’s kin warn about ecstasy – The Province

An Abbotsford family struggling to cope with the tragic loss of their teenage daughter at Christmas is warning other parents and teens of the dangers of ecstasy.

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Injected drug linked to higher suicide risk – Zee News
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Drug abusers who inject themselves with methamphetamine had an 80 higher chance of attempting suicide than those who rely on other substances, says a study.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Veterans Possibly Targeted By Prescription Drug Abusers – NBC4i.com

There is a new trend in the world of prescription drug abuse: veterans possibly being targeted by prescription drug abusers who want large amounts of drugs quickly.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Domestic abuse increases significantly over the holidays – KNDO

Domestic abuse increases significantly over the holidays. Domestic violence crimes happen more around this time every year. Alcohol usage is increased and that can sometimes lead to unfortunate tragedies in the family. It’s a national problem. During night patrols, officers will respond to several calls of family fights during the holidays.

HEROIN/MARIJUANA/COCAINE – USA
25 Charged with Supplying Heroin, Marijuana, Cocaine in Moon, Beaver County, Pennsylvania – Moon.Patch.com

25 facing drug charges in a roundup led by investigators from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office that stretched from Beaver to Allegheny counties.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Teens Getting High on Sonic Drugs – First Coast News

It may sound far-fetched, but websites are selling sonic drugs. The websites claim that by listening to specific frequencies, you can get the same effect as if you actually took recreational, prescription and hallucinogenic drugs.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Suncoast Rehab Center Saves Alcoholic Mother’s Life with Narconon Program – PRWeb

Upon completing the Narconon long term residential program delivered at Suncoast Rehab, Julie M. returned home to her son who now has restored his faith in her.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
CDC: Prescription drug epidemic worsens, Hoosiers impacted – Fox 59

A recent report from the CDC shows prescription drugs, specifically painkillers, are responsible for more deaths annually than some street drugs combined. Overdoses from prescription painkillers are skyrocketing across the U.S., according to the CDC, and Hoosiers have not escaped what health officials are calling a public health epidemic.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
We don’t need more access to alcohol – Herald Times Reporter
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In Wisconsin, where problems associated with the abuse of alcohol already soar above national levels, the last thing the Legislature should be considering is increasing the availability of alcohol.

DRUG ABUSE – USA
Wall Street turns a blind eye to drugs – The USD Vista

Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck both called Occupy Wall Street protesters “crackheads,” but behind the actual firms of Wall Street lies a widely undocumented and hidden drug culture. After an undercover drug operation on Wall Street, DEA agents once said that “cocaine was either used or accepted by 90 percent of the people they met in the financial community.”

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Crystal fear: Drop in meth prices concerns law enforcement – The Daily Sentinel

Methamphetamine — public enemy No. 1 for Grand Valley law enforcement and the focus of aggressive enforcement and attention by government entities — is available at prices not seen in three to five years. The cost of a dealer-quantity ounce of meth has hit lows some say were last known when law enforcement struck a major first blow in March 2006 with the arrests of a 30-plus-member drug ring.

MEPHEDRONE/MEOW MEOW – NEW ZEALAND
Party drug’s brain tricks explained for first time – New Zealand Doctor

A researcher at the University of Sydney has for the first time explained how the increasingly common street drug mephedrone affects the brain, helping to explain why it is potentially such an addictive substance.

ALCOHOL – USA
Moderate alcohol consumption can increase breast cancer risk – WRAL
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Can a glass of wine at lunch or a couple of drinks after work increase the risk for breast cancer over the course of a woman’s lifetime? Alcohol abuse has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer for some time, but what doctors didn’t know is how lower or moderate patterns of drinking over the course of a woman’s lifetime impact the risk.

ALCOHOL/DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Alcoholism, Drug Addiction Among Seniors Expected To Triple By 2020 – Huffington Post

The aging boomer population — which is now facing financial strain, job loss, declining health, and grieving the death of a parent — has some addiction experts concerned.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Misuse of legal drugs increasing – The Province

The arrest of more than three dozen people on drug charges at a Boeing military aircraft plant highlights the growing problem of prescription drug abuse in U.S. workers. Even with the gaps in testing, evidence shows that prescription drug abuse on the job is on the rise. Forty per cent more American workers tested positive for opiates, or painkillers.

DRUG ADDICTION – UK
Ending Drug Prohibition and Emancipating the Addict – the Last Frontier in a Struggle for Enlightenment – Huffington Post

The UK is rife with talk of drug legalisation. First, because most illicit drug use is either benign or at least innocuous. Second, because even when addiction is involved, punishment is not the right answer. Third, because the prohibition of drugs has really been a mess – both costly and futile. Unsurprisingly, many oppose these imminent changes.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
BRiDGES Receives Grant to Address Underage Drinking Among College Students – Madison County Courier

The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Arlene González-Sánchez recently announced federal grant awards totaling $100,000 to five statewide prevention providers to address underage drinking among college students.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Drug legalization: Wrong lesson of Prohibition – Baltimore Sun
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Prohibition — America’s notoriously “failed social experiment” to rid the country of alcohol — took center stage this past week as PBS broadcast Ken Burns’ highly acclaimed series on the subject. And already, it has been seized on by drug-legalization advocates who say it proves that drug prohibition should be abandoned. But a closer look at what resulted from alcohol prohibition and its relevance to today’s anti-drug effort reveals a far more nuanced picture than the legalization lobby might like to admit.

COCAINE – USA
Colombian Drug Lord Pleads Guilty, Cooperates with Prosecutors – Fox News
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A Colombian drug lord who moved tons of cocaine into the U.S. pleaded guilty – and is now cooperating with authorities. Jaime Alberto Marín-Zamora, 47, who smuggled at least 30 tons of cocaine into the country, pleaded guilty to a single cocaine trafficking conspiracy charge.

PARTY DRUGS – UK
Stonham Aspal/Ipswich: Mother’s party drug warning after son takes his life – East Anglian Daily Times

A mother has warned of the lethal dangers of party drugs after her son killed himself while trying to beat his addiction to the little-known substance GBL.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Drug-awareness training planned for UA freshmen – Arizona Daily Star
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Hundreds of freshmen will get drug-abuse awareness training at the University of Arizona this week. It’s part of a week of educational activities planned by college students, partly in remembrance of a popular fraternity member who died after overdosing on prescription drugs and alcohol at a party in April.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Authorities raid suspected ‘prescription mills’ – Los Angeles Times

Federal and local law enforcement officials close four medical clinics in the San Fernando Valley suspected of catering to addicts seeking heroin-like painkillers and other drugs.

ALCOHOL – USA
Online Course Helps Reduce Harmful College Drinking – Kansas City infoZine

Researchers found that students who took the online course reported significantly reduced alcohol use and binge drinking during the fall semester, compared with control students. These beneficial effects, however, did not persist into the spring semester.

DRUG REHAB – RUSSIA
In Russia, Harsh Remedy for Addiction Gains Favor – New York Times
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The treatment center does not handcuff addicts to their beds anymore. But caged together on double-decker bunks with no way out, they have no choice but to endure the agonies of withdrawal, the first step in a harsh, coercive approach to drug treatment that has gained wide support in Russia.

ALCOHOL – USA
Government Sues Trucking Company for Taking Keys Away From Alcoholic Driver – FOX News

Citing a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Obama administration is suing a trucking company for taking the keys away from an Arkansas driver

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Workplace methamphetamine use is higher in West – Los Angeles Times

Overall, positive methamphetamine screens in the workplace stands at 0.10% nationally. Hawaii ranked first in the highest rates of positive screens for methamphetamine–410% greater than the national average. The rates in Arkansas and Oklahoma were also high, 280% and 240% above the national average, respectively. California’s rate was 140% above the average.

ECSTASY – USA
Ecstasy drug transported through Utah – StandardNet

OGDEN — The Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force seized 79,321 pills of the party drug Ecstasy during 2010. The total is four times the average taken off the street annually for the entire state of Utah, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription Drug User Fee Act: New Fee Agreement Led By FDA – Third Age

The Prescription Drug User Fee Act may include a new fee agreement, after the FDA agreed to work toward faster, more predictable reviews of new prescription drugs. Under the draft agreement unveiled by the agency Thursday, the FDA will, in turn, receive millions of dollars in additional fees from drugmakers.

COCAINE – USA
Oscar de la Hoya Admits to Cheating, Cocaine and Cross-Dressing – International Business Times
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Oscar de la Hoya publicly admitted to cheating on his wife, using cocaine and cross-dressing in a recent interview about his ongoing treatment for alcohol abuse and thoughts of suicide. “I am tired now of lying, of lying to the public and of lying to myself.”

ALCOHOL/DRUG ADDICTION – UK
Amy Winehouse’s death: Rising numbers of people checking into rehab – Mirror.co.uk

Soaring numbers of patients have been checking into rehab following the death of Amy Winehouse. “One woman was sobbing saying she knew she needed help and that Amy’s death has brought it all home to her.”

ALCOHOL/DRUG REHAB – USA
Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller together again – HULIQ.com

Sheen and Mueller first broke up in 2009. Reports of drug problems and rehab seemed to fuel their split. Currently Sheen is helping Mueller get through rehab and states he is also getting clean.

HEROIN – USA
35 indicted for participating in major heroin-trafficking ring – WTKR Your NewsChannel 3

Thirty-five individuals have been indicted for participating in a heroin-trafficking organization that transported several kilograms of the narcotic from New York City into the Tidewater area. Each faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

ALCOHOL – USA
Books & booze: Can Iowa schools, students put end to tragedies? – DesMoinesRegister.com

No single intervention will solve the problem,” said Ralph Hingson of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “If they think just adopting one program is going to do this, it’s not going to happen.”

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Jerome Block Jr. admits to prescription drug addiction, but won’t resign – KOB.com

Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. says he fighting an addiction to prescription drugs.

ECSTASY – USA
‘Bath Salts’ Have Effects Similar to Meth, Ecstasy – Medscape

Mephedrone is sold as “bath salts” or as other innocuous products in an effort to sidestep drug laws, DEA Special Agent Gary Boggs tells WebMD. “In order to escape law enforcement scrutiny, products are labeled ‘not for human consumption,’ but they know full well it is intended for that.”

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Methamphetamine Abuse May Raise Parkinson’s Risk – U.S. News & World Report

People who abuse methamphetamine or other stimulants are at increased risk for Parkinson’s disease, a new study warns.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
SW Virginia drug abuse cast in workforce terms – Houston Chronicle

A coalition fighting prescription drug abuse in southwest Virginia is casting its battle in economic terms, saying substance abuse has made it more difficult for employers to hire workers. “What we’ve heard, time and time again from employers, is their frustration that so many people they are trying to hire are either unwilling to take, or unable to pass, a drug test.”

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
‘Pill-mill’ doctors responsible for much prescription-drug abuse – TC Palm
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How about a “zero tolerance” policy for the pill-mill doctors? Let’s levy a fine closer to $100,000 than $10,000, permanently revoke their medical license, and deliver a mandatory prison term for homicide. In the “war against drugs,” these doctors are the worst kind of war criminal.

BATH SALTS – USA
Bath salts: America’s newest drug addiction – Examiner.com

Synthetic drugs, being sold under the facade of “bath salts,” have quickly become a cause for alarm with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) and federal authorities.

COCAINE – BRAZIL
Outrage: Rio Drug Dealers Sell Amy Winehouse Brand Cocaine‎ – Student Operated Press

Drug dealers in the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro are packaging their product with pictures of Amy Winehouse in a bid to make the drug more attractive to younger users.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Campus Life 101: Staying Sober – Fox News

As a high school senior, Aaron Weir decided to attend Texas Tech University in Lubbock, not for any particular academic program but for the hospitality that school extends toward students in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction. “I was 16 years old when I got clean and sober and I want to stay that way in college.”

HEROIN – USA
Heroin ‘lamp shades’ lead to arrest – Washington Post

Upon closer inspection, the officers noticed that the frames contained a “brown powdery substance” that tested positive for heroin. A lot of it.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Arrests won’t solve prescription drug problem, leaders say‎ – Charleston Gazette

“Law enforcement cannot arrest our way out of this problem,” Smithers said. “It’s way beyond that.” West Virginia has the nation’s highest rate of drug overdose deaths. More than 90 percent involve prescription drugs.

ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Teens take road to addiction early in life – Times Free Press

The road to teen addiction often begins when children are still young enough to climb into their parents’ laps. The majority of alcohol and drug abuse begins right before adulthood, Columbia researchers said, but small children who see their parents smoking, drinking or pill-popping are more likely to give it a whirl during their teenage years.

HEROIN – USA
Richland man charged in 3rd heroin-related death – The News Tribune

A 35-year-old alleged drug dealer now is charged with the deaths of three Tri-Citians who overdosed after using his heroin. In the newest case filed against Brian Haney Burt, the Richland man reportedly found the victim in a poor condition but panicked and left without getting help.