Drug News

DRUG REHAB – USA
Drug rehab better option than prison – Vineland Daily Journal‎

Drug addicts who go to prison and don’t get treatment to break their habit come out still addicted and inevitably fall back into crime.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Oklahoma tops in prescription painkiller abuse – New England Cable News

Sherri Carwithin was lying on the hardwood floor of her south Oklahoma City home when police found her body, clad in pajama bottoms and a T-shirt. Perched on her chest was her small dog, Patches, who growled at the arriving officers. The 51-year-old woman, who had a history of chronic back pain and prescription drug abuse, last was seen alive four days earlier, when she asked a neighbor to give her a ride to the pharmacy.

DRUG ADDICTION – MEXICO
Children Hired to Work as ‘Mules’ by Mexican Drug Gangs – Fox News

Mexican drug gangs have found a new way to transport drugs across the border. Children are being used as “mules” to ferry drugs across the border into the United States or sell them in a nearby Mexican town. Luis Alberto is only 14 but has the wizened gaze of a grown-up hardened by life. He never met his father, worked as a child, was hired by a gang to sell drugs and then got addicted to them.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription drug abuse efforts under way in county schools – Mount Airy News

The national statistics are alarming: One in four teens will abuse some form of prescription drugs before graduating high school. Nationwide, 100,000 Americans will die this year from prescription drug abuse. That number translates to 270 per day, or twice the number who will be killed in a car accident. With statistics like these, it’s easy to see why the Surry County Schools has become involved in a county-wide task force to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Workshop aims to disable those enabling drug use – Naperville Sun
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Why won’t Johnny quit using drugs? Don’t ask his family. … factors can keep loved ones from stepping in to start the process of treatment and recovery.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription drug dependence an epidemic in East Central Indiana – Muncie Star Press
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Since 2009, drug overdoses have caused or contributed to 62 deaths in Delaware County. Add Henry County to the mix, and the two counties have seen a combined total of 77 overdose-related deaths in the past three years. “That’s a significant number, and I think there’s probably a bigger problem than we’re seeing. We’re just seeing the tip of it.”

MARIJUANA – USA
New wrinkle in pot debate: stoned driving – The Seattle Times
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Authorities envision a legal threshold for pot that would be comparable to the blood-alcohol standard used to determine drunken driving. But unlike alcohol, marijuana stays in the blood long after the high wears off a few hours after use, and there is no quick test to determine someone’s level of impairment.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Liquor Law Changes Encourage Alcohol Abuse – Hartford Courant‎

Liquor law reform advocates say liquor stores in Connecticut’s border towns would better be able to compete with stores from neighboring states that are not restricted by our laws. They say expanding store hours, lifting the ban on Sunday sales and repealing minimum price barriers would help Connecticut stores. But the reforms also run counter to countless health initiatives aimed at lowering alcohol consumption. Expanding alcohol availability is a step in the wrong direction when it comes to combating alcoholism and drunken driving.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
9 Hospitalized After Long Island Party Promoting “Blackout” Alcohol Consumption – NBC
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About 1,600 people attended the party Saturday night at the Paramount in Huntington, according to Suffolk County police. Nearly all of those taken out by ambulance crews suffered from alcohol poisoning, said Lt. Joseph Condolff.

HEROIN – USA
Parents finding purpose in heroin deaths – Seattle Today

Parents who have lost children to heroin take some solace in sharing their stories, raising awareness and meeting others who are grieving.

ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE – USA
Wake up parents: Alcohol abuse, other drugs threats to kids – Agri-View
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It’s not rising farm input costs, the animal rights movement or even languishing economies in rural communities that are the most alarming threats to rural America. It’s something way too many farm and rural families don’t necessarily even want to acknowledge. It’s alcohol and drugs.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Suncoast Rehabilitation Center & Narconon Drug Rehab ED Responds to News of Recent Drug 10X Stronger Than Vicodin – Chron.com

Suncoast Rehabilitation Center and Narconon Drug Rehab Executive Director, Tammy Strickling, speaks out with grave concerns over the recent news that Pharmaceutical companies are in the final stages of developing a prescription pain killer 10X Stronger than Vicodin. With the dramatic increase in the large numbers of fatal painkiller overdoses, Strickling asks, “Why the need for another painkiller?”

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Rick Scott to Decide on Random Drug Testing for State Employees – Sunshine State News
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State employees would face the chance of being randomly drug tested once every three months under a bill, SB 1358, the Senate approved 26-14 Friday. The bill would also remove provisions that currently prohibit a state agency from firing an employee for failing the test. Employees who fail a test and are required to participate in an alcohol or drug rehabilitation program would have to pay for their treatment.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Study: Movies that show drinking may encourage underage alcohol abuse – ‎NewsChannel

The scientists gave the kids a list of 50 movies, with a varying number of drinking scenes, and asked them which movies they watched. The study linked the amount of alcohol consumed in the films to the prevalence of binge drinking among the 10-to-19-year old participants.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Addiction costs state more than annual budget – Tulsa World
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Addiction costs Oklahoma and its residents an estimated $7.2 billion a year. That’s more than the state government’s budget of $6.7 billion. That’s roughly $1,900 for every man, woman and child in the state. Enough to create about 273,000 median-wage jobs. Enough to build nine skyscrapers like Oklahoma City’s Devon tower. It’s not just a matter of money. The abuse of street and prescription drugs, alcohol, tobacco and other addictive substances exacts a terrible toll on people’s health, well-being and quality of life.

ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE – USA
One in 10 Americans Recovering From Substance Abuse – Medscape
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Ten percent of adult Americans (23.5 million persons) consider themselves to be in recovery from drug or alcohol abuse, results of a new survey reveal.

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.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Focus turns to fighting drug abuse – Huntington Herald Dispatch

Prescription drug abuse in West Virginia: The symptoms range from prison overcrowding to a surge in copper thefts to employers who can’t find enough job applicants to pass a drug test.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Narconon Suncoast Rehabilitation Center Earns 100% On FL State License Inspection – PRWeb

Narconon Suncoast Rehabilitation Center received its annual onsite monitoring inspection by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) in accordance with Chapter 397 of the Florida Statues. The stringent inspection awarded the center a performance rating score of 100.00% for the second year.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Doctor arrested in probe of painkiller overdoses – LA Times

Dr. Julio Diaz has been under investigation for allegedly prescribing addictive painkillers and other commonly abused drugs to patients who had no legitimate need for the medications.

DRUG ADDICTION – INDIA
High on designer drugs, youngsters land up in rehabs – Times of India

Snorting coke (cocaine) and heroin could be the latest fad among the young and the rich in the city, a trend that is leading to a steep rise in the number of addicts walking through the doors of Hyderabad’s rehabilitation centres. Until recently, 80 of the 100 inmates in any de-addiction centre were victims of alcohol, now their numbers have dropped to just about 20. The rest are `dope-heads.’

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription narcotic abuse is killing Americans – Greenville Online

The Centers for Disease Control reports that prescription pain medication abuse, and deaths, are at an all-time high in the United States. In the November issue of Vital Signs, a publication of the CDC, prescription pain medication deaths were reported to number 3,000 in 1999, but 15,000 in 2008.

ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE – USA
Use dinnertime to save your kids from drugs, booze – Sentinel and Enterprise

A disturbing trend has emerged since 2008: Parents find themselves powerless to respond to teens’ drug and alcohol use, as underage drinking becomes more of the norm among adolescents. Oh sure, we spend a lot of time talking “at” our children, in between grabbing a bite, getting them off to school, sports, and activities, and doing our own work, until the conversation just becomes a snippet of a roadblock and we don’t get anywhere. And still, no one is having dinner together.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Listing the most abused drugs in U.S. – Salem News

“You need something for that shoulder pain? I can fix you right up.” The woman meant to help someone in pain, but she was doing something illegal: sharing drugs that had been prescribed for her. In this case, the drug was oxycodone (OxyContin), the most abused prescription medication in the United States. And a recent news headline has experts getting ready for what they expect to be an even bigger abuse problem, a pain medication 10 times stronger than Vicodin.

DRUG ABUSE – WORLDWIDE
Worldwide illegal drug use estimated at 200 million people a year – CBS News
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Between 149 million and 271 million people worldwide used an illicit drug at least once in 2009. That translates to 1 in 20 people aged 15 to 64 taking an illegal drug. In North America, nearly 11% of the population aged 15 to 64 used cannabis that year. Between 14 million and 56 million people aged 15 to 64 worldwide used amphetamine-type stimulants, such as speed and crystal meth.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Drinking Frequency Is Quick Test for Youth Alcohol Problems – Medscape

A 3-question survey probing alcohol consumption identifies youth with alcohol-related problems.

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.”

DRUG REHAB – UK
Amy Winehouse’s death prompts review of drug rehab waiting times – ‎Telegraph.co.uk

It claims that in 2009/10, 94 per cent of patients waited less than three weeks for drug rehabilitation. During that period, the NTA dealt with nearly 207,000 addicts.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
With Drug Use on Rise, How Do You Protect Your Kids? – Patch.com

Experts offer tips on how parents can help their children avoid drug use, as reports of prescription drug and heroin use are on the rise.

COCAINE/CRACK – CANADA
Vancouver health authority to hand out free crack pipes – ‎News1130

Clean crack pipes will be distributed to drug addicts this fall as a means to help stop the spread of infectious diseases and guide them toward treatment.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Officials fear for infants born to prescription drug addicts – CNN

South Florida doctors and intensive care nurses report an dramatic uptick in babies born hooked on pills that their mothers abused while pregnant.

COCAINE – USA
Why cocaine addiction is ‘still going strong’ in Hollywood – Daily News & Analysis

Though the number of young adults abusing cocaine has dropped significantly, according to the 2008 National Survey of Drug Use and Health, but it’s use in Hollywood is still going strong.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
We have lost drug battle because we have not read history – ‎Zanesville Times Recorder

Memory loss and addiction were typified by Timothy O’Leary, the guru, … We have lost the battle against illegal drug use because we have not read history.

DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
DC tops nation in drug, alcohol abuse – Washington Examiner

Drug and alcohol abuse rates are higher in the District than anywhere else in the country, and experts say the wide availability of drugs, high stress levels and difficulties getting abusers into treatment fuel the city’s persistently stratospheric rates.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – UK
Drinks industry grip on alcohol panel criticized – The Guardian

Anti-alcohol abuse groups say push to cut excessive drinking risks being compromised by industry’s heavy presence on panel.

DRUG ADDICTION – UK
The Life of Amy Winehouse: A Timeline (Sept. 14, 1983-July 23, 2011) – E! Online

June 17, 2009: Winehouse’s parents, Janis and Mitch, make a public plea to try to get their daughter the help she needs, saying that she was still drinking while in a drug treatment program.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin’s siren song: Son achieves stability after years of addiction – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

We didn’t find it in the same route; we both ended up drug addicts by our own means, but we used together. I snorted it a couple of times. I went intravenous pretty quickly. We’re all good at hiding it for an extended period of time.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Robbery case, toddler’s death highlight Florida’s prescription drug problem – Tampabay.com

Prescription drug abuse remains rampant in Florida, even as local and state officials continue their crackdowns. So-called pill mills, the unscrupulous pain management clinics with on-site pharmacies accepting cash payments, have been the main supply line for oxycodone and other prescription painkillers flooding the streets in a state where an average of seven people die each day from prescription drug overdoses.

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Northern California woman to stand trial in meth breast milk death – San Jose Mercury News

A Humboldt County judge has ordered a woman to stand trial in the death of her newborn son after he drank her methamphetamine-laced breast milk.

ECSTASY – USA
Some say ecstasy may be to blame for psychotic behavior – ABC Action News

Now, one of Hadley’s best friends says he admitted to taking three ecstasy pills around the time of the murders. Ecstasy is a drug typically used at raves or concerts.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription drug abuse in Vermont ‘a problem of epidemic proportions’ – BurlingtonFreePress.com

The overview: Vermont’s prescription drug abuse problem is getting worse. Monday: The medical angle: Doctors have become a source of opiates for the state’s addicts.

ALCOHOL – USA
Adults who allow underage alcohol consumption face stiff consequences – Livingston Daily

Teens often take their cues about acceptance of alcohol consumption from their parents, who may adopt the attitude that they drank alcohol as teens and survived.

LSD – CANADA
Teens and LSD – Patch.com

It is this lack of inoculation of the current generation with regard to the risks of LSD that makes them vulnerable if the drug returns to popularity. The controversial psychedelic drug LSD may soon leave the underground world of illegal self-discovery.

DRUG ADDICTION – UK
80000 on benefits in UK due to addiction, obesity – Reuters

More than 21200 alcoholics and drug addicts have been receiving the payments for over 10 years.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Steven Tyler tackles drug addiction, Aerosmith via NBC special – Examiner.com

American Idol judge Steven Tyler will discuss the current season, overcoming a drug addiction and Aerosmith on a NBC special announced Thursday.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Jails shouldn’t ignore drug withdrawal symptoms – Tulsa World

“Groundbreaking discoveries about the brain have revolutionized our understanding of drug addiction, enabling us to respond effectively to the problem.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Drug Addiction Beyond The Cities – The Atlantic

On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced plans to fight prescription drug addiction nationally, noting that it was now killing more people than crack cocaine in the 1980s and heroin in the 1970s combined.

DRUG ADDICTION – UK
Charity Pays Thousands of Drug Addicts to Get Sterilized – Opposing Views

Barbara Harris believes that the best thing you can do for drug addicts is to pay for their sterilization. Harris and her American “charitable” organization, Project Prevention, made news late last year by offering UK drug addicts £200 if they would spend it to get sterilized.

DRUG REHAB – USA
No.1 method for cutting recidivism among addicts? Don’t send people to jail –
vtdigger.org

Because using and possessing some drugs is illegal, drug addicts are often thrown in jail before they get treatment for their addiction — even if the only law they broke was using and possessing the drug.

DRUG ADDICTION – UK
Dealer put pressure on addict over debts – Staffordshire Newsletter

A Stafford heroin addict forced to become a pusher to pay his drug debts has been jailed for two years. He was aiming to beat his drug addiction and intended to move away from the area.

ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
“Blast” alcohol drink blasted by Maine AG – ‎WGME

They’re talking about Blast – an alcoholic drink made by Colt 45, and served in a 23.5 ounce can with a 12-percent alcohol content.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE – USA
Sentencing changes in some states at a glance – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Two bipartisan measures are pending that would repeal minimum mandatory sentences for drug offenses and nonviolent crimes, and increase substance abuse treatment for inmates. Conservative groups say the legislation could save Florida $ millions.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Bill would send drug bust money to treatment programs – Bloomington Pantagraph
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SPRINGFIELD — County prosecutors would be able to dedicate money seized during drug busts to local substance abuse treatment centers under a proposal approved Thursday by the Illinois House. State’s attorneys get a percentage of money or property.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Local School Districts Get Grant to Fight Drug & Alcohol Use – KAALtv.com
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Officials say it’s a drug and alcohol abuse among teens is growing problem in our area. Now, the Minnesota Department of Human Services is putting its money where its mouth is, offering up a one-million-dollar grant to help Southeast Minnesota schools put a stop to the trend.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE – USA
Price per Head: Jets QB Ainge tries to recover from drug abuse – Bookmakersinc.co.uk ‎

The New York Post reported that Erik Ainge, quarterback, who was drafted in 2008 by the New York Jets as a very talented project, appears to have completely jeopardized his potential in the NFL, as he detailed his drug and alcohol use.

ALCOHOL – USA
NY Cracks Down on ‘Alcopop’ Abuse – Food Product Design‎

Chairman of the Senate Alcohol and Drug Abuse Committee unveiled an aggressive plan to restrict minors’ access to high-alcohol malted beverages or “alcopops” similar to Four Loko that have been deemed unsafe by the US Food and Drug Administration.

METHAMPHETAMINE – USA
Meth Labs Growing Problem in Acadiana – KATC Lafayette News
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Narcotics agents arrested one man in connection with a shake and bake methamphetamine operation in Carencro Friday, after finding by-products in the 600 block of Benoit Road. Agents said they’ve seen a significant increase in meth labs just this year.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Georgia House Passes Prescription Drug Abuse Legislation – Rome News Wire
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The Georgia House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 36 with a vote of 117 to 45 on Thursday, showing tremendous bipartisan support for the measure that would help doctors and pharmacists identify prescription drug abusers.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Epidemic of pain-pill abuse continues unabated – The Seattle Times
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Clusky first tried OxyContin at age 17 with his school buddies, shortly after the high-powered narcotic painkiller went on the market. He was an occasional user and seller until about age 21, when he became fully addicted.

HEROIN – USA
Family of Valerie Butler believe heroin may have played role in death – KSDK
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Her family believes she may have overdosed on heroin. Heroin has become the number one cause of accidental deaths in St. Louis County.

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Downey Helped Me Play An Addict: Paltrow – NDTV.com

Gwyneth Paltrow says Iron Man star Robert Downey, who has over his battle with drug addiction, helped her to better understand her role as an alcoholic singer in new movie Country Strong.

ALCOHOL ADDICTION – USA
Alcohol May Play Dual Role in Some Cases of Elder Abuse – U.S. News & World Report

The analysis revealed that 29 percent of abuse victims tested positive for alcohol, compared to 13 percent of the control group. “Past studies have shown that alcohol abuse by the perpetrator plays a substantial role and is strongly associated with physical abuse.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Maryland Prescription Abuse Predicted to Grow Without Legislation – Patch.com ‎

Dr. Peter R. Cohen, medical director for the Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration, said Tauraso, whose license was suspended in August 2010, is indicative of a growing problem in Maryland: doctors who overprescribe pain killers to patients.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin arrest made as part of ‘white supremacist’ probe in San Diego County – Los Angeles Times

An Oceanside man on probation for drug offenses has been arrested as part of an investigation into the role of white-supremacists in dealing heroin in northern San Diego County.

2C-E – USA
Emotional bail hearing for Blaine man charged in drug overdose death – Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Life has changed dramatically for the 21-year-old, who a week ago was enjoying a party with friends at a Blaine home. He’s now accused of buying and supplying the illegal drug that caused 11 partygoers to overdose and the death of college student and the death of college student and new father Trevor Robinson.