Drug News

Drug Addiction Help – USA
Ex-drug addict helps others in need in Ky. – heralddispatch.com

SOMERSET, Ky. — Ashlee Steele doesn’t fit the stereotype of a drug addict. At 24, she’s well-spoken, beautiful and friendly — a former cheerleader who is now a wife and mother.

Drunk Driving – USA
Hawthorne, NY officers arrest man for driving drunk with children – Thaindian News

Maureen Montero, 42, was arrested with aggregated Driving While Intoxicated charges under Leandra’s Law, a felony to drive intoxicated with children under the age of 16 in the vehicle.

Underage Drinking – USA
Eugene, OR police arrest teen for drunk driving after causing a head-on collision – Thaindian News

Oregon State Police arrested a Eugene, Oregon resident on Sunday for drunk driving after a two-vehicle crash that resulted in serious injuries to a woman.

Drugs – UK
Teenagers steer clear of drugs – Swindon Advertiser

FEWER teenagers in Swindon are needing treatment for drug addiction especially for heroin and crack abuse.

Drug Abuse – USA
Drug abuse in US prisons is tough to stamp out – The Buffalo News

Richard Pillajo, a wellness education officer at a Florida state prison, strayed beyond his job description, according to investigators who arrested him last year. He allegedly planned to smuggle cocaine, marijuana and hydrocodone pills to inmates for a payoff of $2,500.

Heroin – USA
Westbury Parents Arrested for Heroin Sale – Long Island Press

Nassau police officers searching the car of a Westbury husband and wife arrested for attempting to make a drug sale found the couple’s sleeping toddler and a supply of heroin in her diaper bag.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
State could track prescription drugs – WWSB News

The state of Florida could soon begin tracking prescription drugs handed out by pharmacies and clinics as part of a crackdown on “doctor shopping.”

PRESCRIPTION – USA
FDA Cracks Down on More Unapproved Prescription Drugs – Finding Dulcinea

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to stop distributing narcotic painkillers, as part of an ongoing campaign against unapproved drugs.

ALCOHOL – USA
April is Alcohol Awareness Month – South Carolina Now

Alcohol Awareness Month began in 1987 and a primary focus has been on underage drinking and the devastating effects it can have on youth. Spring Break and alcohol, unfortunately, seem to go hand-in-hand.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol use may raise risk of second breast cancer – Reuters

Among women who have had cancer in one breast, drinking alcohol may increase risk of developing cancer in the other breast, study findings suggest. However, this association was not seen with smoking.

DRUGS – USA
Covidien, Boehringer Must Halt Unapproved Drug Sales – Bloomberg

Covidien Ltd.’s Mallinckrodt and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH were among companies ordered by U.S. regulators to stop making and selling unapproved painkillers.

DRUGS – USA
FDA acts against unapproved drugs – USA Today

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned nine companies to stop making and distributing 14 unapproved narcotic products.

PAINKILLERS – USA
FDA cracks down on unapproved narcotic painkillers – The Associated Press

The government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to quit distributing the drugs within 90 days — but insisted there are plenty of legal versions of the painkillers being sold for patients who need relief.

PAINKILLERS – USA
FDA warns firms selling unapproved narcotics – Reuters

U.S. regulators warned nine companies on Tuesday to stop selling 14 unapproved narcotic pain medicines, part of an ongoing effort to rid the market of drugs without proper clearance.

ALCOHOL – USA
Older Adults Get Drunk Faster Than Younger Drinkers – US News and World Report

If you’re over 50, and your friends have noted that you can’t handle that third glass of wine as well as you used to, a new study confirms it’s not their imagination.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol-Branded Merchandise Ups Teen Drinking – Ivanhoe

Kids who own t-shirts, caps or other merchandise sporting the logos of alcoholic beverages are more likely to end up consuming alcohol. What’s more, they tend to move from just a drink or two to binge drinking over time.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Over-the-counter killers: The potentially lethal pills on sale at any chemist – Daily Mail

None of the friends she was lunching with that day could have even imagined Marianne James’s sense of dread as she stared into her handbag and realised she’d run out of her ‘fix’.

DRUGS – USA
Drug abuse affects everyone; many die from prescription drugs – Oak Ridger

Buprenorphine is an opioid medication, similar to other opioids such as morphine, codeine, and heroin. Street names for Fentanyl include Apache, China girl, China white, dance fever, friend, goodfella, jackpot, murder 8, TNT, as well as Tango and Cash. Like heroin, morphine, and other opioid drugs, Fentanyl works by binding to the body’s opiate receptors, highly concentrated in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Students, parents gather to talk about teen drug abuse – WSYR News

Just last week, Partnership for a Drug Free America came out with a study showing parents aren’t doing a good enough job talking to their kids about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.

METH – USA
New American Indian Anti-Meth Campaign – Pushing Back

The Office of National Drug Control Policy has partnered with two other Federal agencies, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) – along with the Partnership for Drug-Free America (PDFA) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) – to launch the first ever anti-meth public service campaign targeted towards the American Indian and Native Alaskan populations.

ALCOHOL – UK
After A Few Drinks, Older Adults More Impaired Than They Think – Medical News Today

Older, active people who have a drink or two might be more impaired afterward than they think, according to a report today from a University of Florida research group in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

HEROIN – USA
Police Aim to Curb Teen Heroin Use – My FOX News

High school students are shooting up heroin, and local leaders say the drug has infected Fairfax County. Now they’re trying to curb the dangerous trend before it kills any more teenagers by literally schooling the parents of high school students on the drug.

DRUGS – UK
Moral drugs message for students – BBC News

A campaign highlighting the ethical impact of cocaine abuse is being targeted at university students.

ALCOHOL – NEW ZEALAND
Alcohol major addiction problem – Stuff.nz

Alcohol, not methamphetamine, remains the major addiction problem in New Zealand, the Alcohol Drug Association said.

COCAINE – UK
Cocaine cheaper than lager and wine as drug price falls by half – Telegraph

A line of cocaine is now cheaper than a pint of lager or a glass of wine, official figures have disclosed.

CANNABIS – UK
Cannabis link to cancer – NHS Choices

Young men who smoke marijuana are more likely to develop testicular cancer than those who have never tried it, The Guardian reports. It says that a study has found that smoking the drug at least once a week, or using it regularly from adolescence, doubled the risk of a fast-growing form of the disease.

PAINKILLER – USA
FDA Reviewing Narcotic Painkillers – News Inferno

The makers of two dozen opioid drugs, including Oxycontin, morphine, methadone and the Duragesic patch, have been ordered by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to develop Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) plans to reduce the misuse of their painkillers.

PAINKILLER – USA
FDA Calls For Safer Opioid Painkiller Oversight – Ozarks First

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered 16 U.S. producers of opioid painkillers to enact stricter oversights to avoid misuse. Opioids are highly-addictive, chronic pain reducers.

COCAINE – UK
Cocaine campaign targets students – The Press Association

Students are being warned about the destructive effect of the cocaine trade in a new campaign.

DRUGS – USA
New Resource to Help Parents Confront Youth Drug Use – Join Together

Treatment Research Institute Provides the Science Behind Interactive “How To” Resource Developed by the Partnership for a Drug Free America.

METH – USA
Meth abuse costs nation more than $23 billion – Victorville Daily Press

The economic cost of methamphetamine abuse in the U.S. — including the cost to jail users, put addicts through treatment and clean up meth labs — was about $23 billion in 2005, according to a just-released study.

METH – USA
Anti-Meth Coalition plans annual conference – Eastern Arizona Courier

The Graham Anti-Meth Coalition is planning for the fourth annual Graham and Greenlee Substance Abuse Awareness Conference set for April 22 at the Eastern Arizona College.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol Treatment For The Best of Your Life – Express Press Release

There’s a way to relax and be as stress free as possible while undergoing alcohol treatment in Malibu California.

METH – USA
Meth Myths. Can Meth Addicts Really Recover? – The Open Press

Methamphetamine is much different from regular amphetamine pills. Without going into a chemistry lesson, meth is simply a more refined or condensed form of amphetamine. It is much more powerful than what some people might think of as diet pills or speed. It produces both an intense feeling of energy and strong euphoric pleasure at the same time.

METH – USa
Meth effort successful, but problems remain – The Casper Star Tribune

A coordinated effort to cut methamphetamine use in Natrona County has achieved considerable success, but hasn’t solved the problem entirely, Casper’s police chief said Monday.

METH – USA
Study: More substance-abuse education needed – Stockton Recordnet

More young people need to be taught about the destructive effects substance abuse has on families and communities in the San Joaquin Valley, according to a new study chronicling public concerns about methamphetamine in the eight-county region stretching from Lodi to Bakersfield.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Esty urges proper disposal of prescriptions – Meriden Record Journal

New state Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Cheshire, is looking to change how people dispose of unused prescription drugs. She is working on legislation that would encourage state residents to return unused prescription drugs to pharmacies.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Study: Prescription drug abuse increases – KSL TV News
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More people, especially young adults, are abusing powerful prescription drugs. While prescription abuse is going up, use of other illegal drugs is not.

HEROIN – IRELAND
China white heroin reappears as number of addicts rises – Drugs.ie

A batch of ‘China white’ heroin that can be mistaken for cocaine is back on the streets of the capital as drug treatment centres report a rise in people presenting for heroin addiction.

DRUGS – USA
FDA targets narcotic use – USA Today

The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it was stepping up efforts to reduce unsafe use of 24 narcotics products — methadone pills, fentanyl patches and extended-release pills containing morphine, oxymorphone and oxycodone, such as OxyContin.

MORPHINE – USA
Makers of Opioids Told by FDA to Reduce Abuse – Attorney at Law

More than a dozen drug companies who make morphine, oxycodone, methadone, and other potent painkillers called opioids must develop plans to reduce the hundreds of deaths caused by the drugs each year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

MARIJUANA – USA
Marijuana use and testicular cancer – Los Angeles Times

Young men who began using marijuana as adolescents or who smoked pot at least once a week were twice as likely as those who never used the drug to develop testicular cancer.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
FDA issues warnings on Indian-made generic prescription drugs – Los Angeles Times

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday put the Indian generic drug giant Ranbaxy on notice that it would block entry to the U.S. market of 25 generic prescription drugs widely used by American consumers.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse vexes the medical profession – The Plain Dealer

Some say prescription drug abuse is on the rise among health-care professionals. Others say the numbers have not changed much, but that drugs of choice are more powerful, and addicted professionals often go to greater lengths to get them.

DRUGS – USA
Drug abuse by teens takes prescriptive turn – Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Teens increasingly are becoming addicted to prescription and over-the-counter drugs, substances as lethal as any illicit drug but often more readily available.

METH – USA
Hot New Country Group to Help Raise Money for Idaho Meth Project – Local News

One of country music’s hottest new groups will be in Idaho Falls to help raise money for the Idaho Meth Project.

METH – UK
Crystal meth: easy to make, highly dangerous and devastating some US states – Channel 4 News

It is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man and can be made from legal and easily obtainable ingredients.

ADDICTION – USA
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month set; State, local agencies partner together – Cape Coral Daily Breeze

The Department of Children and Families will join community partners across the state to bring local awareness to the issue of drug and alcohol addiction.

ADDICTION – USA
Fundraiser to benefit addiction treatment groups – Albany Times Union

While addicts struggle to recover, some of the agencies that serve them struggle to survive.

DRUGS – USA
Family Day – CASA

A Day to Eat Dinner with Your ChildrenTM is a national movement to inform parents that the parental engagement fostered during frequent family dinners is an effective tool to help keep America’s kids substance free. Family Day reminds parents that Dinner Makes A Difference!

DRUGS – USA
College Campuses Concerned About Prescription Drug Abuse – Trans World News

Many campuses nationwide are taking prescription drug abuse seriously. Adderral, Ritalin, and other prescription drugs are being abused at an alarming rate.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prevent prescription drug abuse – The Spectrum

As parents, we worry about our teenagers and drugs. We see the results of teen drug use in the media, our neighborhoods and sometimes in our own families. Did you know that a significant source of the drugs teens abuse is our own medicine cabinets?

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Drug Abuse: Part One – KAUZ News

Texoma is facing growing drug problem. Experts say more residents are becoming addicted to prescription and over-the-counter medications.

ALCOHOL – USA
Binge drinking summit – ABC News

Dr Nelson is convening a four hour summit on binge drinking in Canberra today, with about 20 people from various interest groups.

ALCOHOL – USA
College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age – CNN News
College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.

ALCOHOL – UK
Deaths by drugs or drink ‘are now run of the mill’ – Wales Online

A CORONER who has overseen the spate of apparent suicides in a Welsh community said drug and alcohol deaths had gone from non-existent to “run of the mill” during his time in the role.

DRUGS – UK
Drugs fuel admissions to Bristol hospitals – This is Bristol

More than 280 people were admitted to hospitals in the Bristol area due to drug problems last year, according to new figures.

ALCOHOL – UK
Binge drinking is turning Britain into ‘Wild West’ – Telegraph

The Tory leader claims a culture of excess is “taking over our streets” and many areas were now “uninhabitable”.

ADDICTION – USA
Recovery Month Planning Materials Now Available Online – Pushing Back

Recognizing that addiction to drugs is a treatable disease and that recovery is possible, ONDCP has supported innovative and effective programs designed to help expand the availability of treatment services.

METH – USA
A New Weapon Against Meth Abuse – US News and World Report
The federal drug czar’s office has shown preliminary interest in a new Internet-based program from an Australian maker to track pharmacy purchases of pseudoephedrine, which can be abused to make methamphetamine.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse – WSIL TV News

More people are getting high by abusing prescription pills. An expert on prescription abuse is in our region to talk about the dangers of the drugs and prevention.

ALCOHOL – UK
Excessive alcohol use linked to fertility problems – Telegraph

Excessive drinking has been linked to having children later in life, possibly because alcohol damages fertility, scientists have suggested.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Survey: Youngsters Can Procure Prescription Drugs Easier Than Beer – eFluxMedia
More youngsters say it’s easier for them to get prescription drugs than it is to acquire beer, shows a new survey released today by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

PRESCRIPTION – CANADA
Teens Illegally Access Prescription Drugs – Ontario Now

A new study has revealed that nearly 34 percent of today’s teenagers are engaged in some type of prescription drug abuse.

METHADONE – USA
Spike in Methadone Prescriptions, Deaths – Join Together
Methadone now ranks as the fastest-growing source of narcotic deaths in the country, and many experts believe lack of federal oversight and dangerous prescribing practices by physicians are largely to blame.

ALCOHOL – USA
England Broadens Estimate of Alcohol-Related Deaths – Join Together

Researchers in England have discovered that by looking at the prevalence of deaths related to alcohol use in a different way, the national numbers they arrive at are close to double what officials in the country previously have cited.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin Abuse Up for Many Ohio Youth – Join Together

An increase in treatment admissions for heroin abuse among young people in Ohio is being attributed to problems that often start with prescription drug abuse.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Parents’ prescription drugs pose risk to teens – San Francisco Chronicle

Parents who don’t safeguard their medications are putting their teenagers at serious risk of addiction to prescription drugs, according to a national survey.

ADDICTION – INDIA
Drug addiction of prescribed drugs increasing in teenagers – Top News

Previous studies have shown that prescription drugs can take life if not handled properly. Despite the alarm raised by various government authorities against the misuse of prescription drugs, these drugs are easily available to teenagers.

METHADONE – USA
More and More Deaths Because of Methadone Overdoses –

Methadone is a form of opium but is cheaper and longer lasting. The drug is a powerful painkiller and despite its curing of millions of people it has also increased the death rate because of the overdoses or the combination with other drugs.

METHADONE – INDIA
Methadone a double-edged painkiller – domain-B
The drug is a synthetic form of opium that is a long lasting and powerful pain reliever. Being cost effective, it has helped millions of people, but is also one of the fastest growing cause of narcotic deaths in the US.

METHADONE – USA
Methadone Use as Painkiller Raises, Methadone-Related Deaths As Well – eFluxMedia

The number of narcotic-related deaths has increased lately forcing the US Food and Drug Administration to take quick measures. However, the agency is facing major problems, as the use of methadone has been extended.

PAINKILLER – USA
Home tests help parents monitor drug use – Daily Times

Marijuana, cocaine, methamph-etamine and Ecstacy. These are the drugs that most likely come to mind when hearing the word “addiction.” But some addictive drugs come straight from a prescription bottle.

METHADONE – USA
Methadone Overdose a Growing Problem – News Inferno

Once mainly used to treat heroin addiction, Methadone is being prescribed by family doctors, osteopaths, and nurse practitioners for some types of severe pain. Methadone, a synthetic form of opium, is powerful, cheap, and long lasting.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Attorney general warns of prescription drug abuse – Peninsula Daily News

There’s a drug that works like heroin, can kill like heroin, and is found in a lot of homes on and off the North Olympic Peninsula. The stuff has made its way into high schools and become a “huge problem,” Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna told the Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club on Friday.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Teens and Prescription Medications and Other Health News – US News and World Report

An increasing number of teens say they have an easier time obtaining prescription medications illegally than buying beer, cigarettes, or marijuana.

ADDICTION – USA
All You Need To Know About Alcohol Addiction & Treatment – Trans World News

If you or your loved one is suffering from alcohol addiction then you are reading the right article. In this article you can get enough information alcohol treatment and rehabilitation. Addiction can be treated if the person decides to get rid of this problem. You have to do some research for finding the right alcohol treatment center.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Teens Having Easier Time Getting Prescription Drugs – US News and World Report

It’s easier to illegally obtain prescription drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin or Ritalin than it is to get beer, say a growing number of American teens.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Teen drug abuse – Watertown Daily Times

Surveys have shown a decline in illegal drug use by teenagers in recent years, but many of the same surveys have also shown an increase in the teens abusing prescription drugs.

METH – USA
First Global Conference on Methamphetamine to Feature 80 Speakers from 16 Countries – Drug War Chronicles
First Global Conference on Methamphetamine to Feature 80 Speakers from 16 Countries
Full Program Agenda Available for Conference September 15-16, 2008, Prague, Czech Republic.

METH – USA
The Lure Of Methamphetamine – Black Voice News

It’s known by many names: meth, crystal, ice, methamphetamine, speed, crank, glass, yaba, tina and many others. Methamphetamine is also extremely addictive and is plowing through the nation, from coast to coast and from city to countryside, leaving behind a trail of broken families and destroyed lives.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Govt urged to collect better data on alcohol consumption – ABC News

A leading Australian health scientist is calling on the Federal Government to order liquor retailers to provide accurate data on alcohol sales in Australia.

ALCOHOL – AUSTALIA
Australia failing to collect data on alcohol consumption – The Australian
DOCTORS say policies to tackle drinking are under threat from a lack of figures on alcohol consumption and warn Australia may become the only OECD nation not to collect the information.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drugs are in drinking water – Best Syndication

It sounds like the plot of a bad movie; people taking low doses of antibiotics without knowing it until they are no longer able to fight off even simple infections. Believe it or not, this is rapidly becoming a stark reality.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Free outdated prescription drug disposal available Saturday – Times Daily

Curtis Burns said that in at least three out of four households in the Shoals there are outdated prescription drugs that should be disposed of.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse “rampant” in Ohio – WTAM News Radio

The Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services has released its biannual report on the latest drug trends across the state.

METHADONE – USA
Methadone use, deaths increasing – Statesman

A synthetic form of opium, it is a cheap and powerful pain reliever that has helped millions. But because it is also abused by thrill seekers and prescribed by doctors unfamiliar with its risks, methadone is now the fastest-growing cause of narcotic deaths.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Drug Scams Happening in the Ozarks – Ozark First

It’s not exactly what the doctor ordered, but a scam involving prescription drugs is making its way through several Ozarks communities.

DRUGS – UK
Orthodox community steps up its anti-drugs campaign – The JC

A strictly Orthodox charity is planning to step up its campaign over the next few weeks to educate its constituency about the risk of drugs.

METHADONE – USA
Methadone Rises as a Painkiller With Big Risks – The New York Times

A synthetic form of opium, it is cheap and long lasting, a powerful pain reliever that has helped millions. But because it is also abused by thrill seekers and badly prescribed by doctors unfamiliar with its risks, methadone is now the fastest growing cause of narcotic deaths.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin Becoming Local Drug of Choice – WSAZ News

Heroin, one of the deadliest drugs in the country, is taking a toll locally — quickly becoming the drug of choice.

HEROIN – UK
Red alert for heroin users – Evening Telegraph

Heroin is cut with other substances to maximise dealers’ profits and whatever red heroin has been cut with creates new and potentially fatal risks. The drug, off-red in colour, crystallises quickly in the syringe so addicts must shoot up quickly.

ALCOHOL – USA
CADCA Survey Finds Alcohol Top Problem Facing Communities – CADCA

According to CADCA´s 2007 Annual Survey of Coalitions, 68 percent of community anti-drug coalitions across the country ranked alcohol as the number one problem facing their community.

METH – USA
New Publication Offers Strategies to Tackle Methamphetamine Abuse – CADCA

According to the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 5.8 percent of the U.S. population aged 12 or older have abused methamphetamine (meth) at least once in their lifetimes.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Cocktail in a pocket entices teen drinkers – Sydney Morning Herald

ShotPak is a line of alcoholic beverages that comes in shot-sized, laminated-foil plastic pouches reminiscent of the drinks American children pack in their school lunches.

HEROIN – UK
Addicts warned over red heroin – The Courier

POLICE IN Tayside fear that deadly “red heroin” may have reached the region—and warned addicts to stay away from the contaminated substance.

DRUGS – USA
Latest Drug Trends Show Rampant Heroin Abuse – News Radio WTVN

The Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug-Addiction Services has released its biannual report on the latest drug trends across the state.

ADDICTION – SOUTH AFRICA
Addiction to potentially deadly drug Cat surging – Weekend Post

SCHOOLS, businesses and nightclubs in Nelson Mandela Bay are fast falling prey to a new and potentially deadly designer drug called Cat, which is becoming the latest craze among teens and young adults.