Drug News

HEROIN – USA
Study reveals disturbing trend in heroin use – KHOU News

A disturbing trend was revealed in a new study out of the University of Houston. It indicates that heroin use among aging Latino men is exposing others to potentially deadly infectious diseases.

ALCOHOL – USA
Problem Schools Make Little Progress Against Student Drinking – Join Together

Frequent binge drinking has increased over the last decade at colleges with the biggest drinking problems, demonstrating the lack of progress these schools have made in addressing underage and excessive alcohol use.

ALCOHOL – USA
Work of group focuses on alcohol use – Morning Sentinel

Colby College is set to target high-risk, heavy consumption of alcohol among students. After more than a year of study, the Campus Culture Working Group on Tuesday night reported its recommendations, which aim to change the binge-drinking climate on campus through new policies, and by offering students more academic and social options during the week.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol kills up to six times more Scots than UK average – Telegraph

More people than average are dying of drink-related illnesses in 64 of the Scottish Parliament’s 73 constituencies, with huge differences recorded between areas.

DRUGS – UK
Long-Term Adolescent Vulnerability To Drugs Explored By Researchers – Medical News Today

As part of efforts to understand drug abuse, Georgia State University researchers are finding that adolescent rats appear to be less vulnerable to the long-term effects of withdrawal and relapse in certain types of drug use than rats that take the drugs in adulthood.

ALCOHOL – UK
Web-Based Screening And Intervention May Reduce Drinking In University Students – Medical News Today

Web-based screening and personalized interventions for alcohol use may reduce drinking in undergraduate students, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

ALCOHOL – USA
New Survey Results: Stop Anyone Impaired by Alcohol From Driving Any Vehicle, Public… – Reuters

People are ready to prevent any driver from starting a vehicle after drinking too much alcohol, even though the technology to do it isn’t available yet.

ALCOHOL – USA
Any Drinking Raises Risk of Traffic Accidents, Researchers Say – Join Together

Even one or two alcoholic drinks can increase the risk of getting into an automobile accident, even if it’s not technically drunk driving, according to Italian researchers.

METH – USA
‘Shake and Bake’ Meth Makers Move into Mingo County – WSAZ News

A quick and easier way to make meth is spreading around Mingo County.

ALCOHOL – AUSTRALIA
Expert slams teen drink ads – The Age

A leading health expert has attacked an alcohol industry-funded campaign warning against under-age drinking as an attempt by the industry to distract from more effective solutions so it can continue to profit from teenage drinkers.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Parents should monitor children’s prescription drugs, school officials say – Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

As the start of the school year nears, there are a lot of things on parents’ minds; prescription drug abuse likely is not one of them.

ALCOHOL – USA
Female DUI Arrests Rise 30 Percent in Decade – Join Together

Men are still more likely to drive drunk than women, but a disturbing new report finds that 28.8 percent more women were arrested for driving under the influence in 2007 than a decade earlier.

PAINKILLER – NEW ZEALAND
Overdoses show risks of widely sold painkiller – New Zealand Herald

Auckland City Hospital sees on average six adults a week who have poisoned themselves with New Zealand’s most widely used painkiller.

ADDICTION – USA
Sept. is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month – Winfield Daily Courier

Observed every September over the past 20 years, National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month has inspired individuals that have dealt with addiction to come forward and raise awareness of addiction, share their stories of recovery and help those still battling this treatable disease.

ADDICTION – GERMANY
Intervention necessary if medication addiction suspected – Monsters and Critics

If a person hoards large amounts of a medication, there’s a possibility he or she is addicted. Another sign is if the person seems tense if they doesn’t get the medicine at the usual time in the usual place.

DRUGS – USA
Abuse of ADHD Drugs on the Rise – Atlanta Journal Constitution

As more and more prescriptions are being written for medications to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), more and more children are abusing these drugs.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol Use Common Among Georgia High School Students – Modern Medicine

Over a third of Georgia high school students are current users of alcohol, according to a report published in the Aug. 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

ALCOHOL – USA
Voters to decide on downtown alcohol sales – The Daily News

Voters will get a chance in November to decide whether to legalize alcohol in Friendswood’s downtown district, where alcohol has been banned since 1963.

ADDICTION – USA
Planning Effective Addiction Interventions – Trans World News

In planning addiction interventions, one of the important elements that you need to have in place is different recovery alternatives. In other words, as part of addiction interventions, it is crucial that the person who is the subject of any given intervention be told of the different treatment and recovery options that are available.

ALCOHOL – USA
New Middle-Age Crisis: Drinking Over 50 – ABC News

Binge drinking does not occur just among teenagers or college students. A recent study indicated that drinking large amounts of alcohol is now more prevalent among middle-aged adults than previously thought.

ADDICTION – USA
Addiction to Benzodiazepenes Being Treated with Unique Recovery Program – Trans World News

Addiction to benzodiazepens which are prescibed for anxiety is less common than the opiates that are prescribed for pain.  However, benzodiazepenes (or “benzos”) are still habit forming and can lead gradually into abuse and then to full blown physical and mental addiction.

ALCOHOL – UK
National Survey Reveals Binge Drinking In Older Americans – Medical News Today

Binge drinking, defined as five or more drinks on the same occasion within the past 30 days, was reported by 14 percent of men and 3 percent of women age 65 or older.

HEROIN – USA
Younger people turn to heroin; possible link to prescription drug abuse – KRNV News

Heroin use overall in Northern Nevada is climbing at an alarming rate, but the Regional Street Enforcement Team says the situation is even more concerning because younger people are buying the drug.

ALCOHOL – USA
Police chief: Don’t drink and drive – Edmond Life and Leisure

Alcohol related traffic fatalities are on the rise and heavy enforcement during the holiday period has proven to be a deterrent, sending out the strong message that drinking and driving over the legal limit will not be tolerated.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin deaths surge in Will County – Naperville Sun

Health officials, narcotics agents and the coroner agree: We are in the midst of a heroin epidemic.

ALCOHOL – USA
Binge Drinking: Not for Kids Only – Join Together

More than one in five men ages 50-64 report consuming five or more alcoholic beverages at a single sitting within the past month, shattering the myth that binge drinking is strictly a problem for college students.

METH – USA
New Montana Meth Project exec stops in Butte – Montana’s News Station

Montana’s new leader in charge of battling methamphetamine use visited Butte Thursday. Bill Slaughter is now the executive director of the Montana Meth Project, the marketing campaign that details the dangers of meth use. Slaughter was formerly the director of Montana’s Department of Corrections where he implemented the nation’s first meth treatment facility within the corrections system.

ALCOHOL – USA
Hawaii near top for alcohol abuse – Star Bulletin

Hawaii has one of the nation’s highest rates of alcohol addiction but ranks as the state with the least drug dependence, according to a federal government survey released yesterday.

ALCOHOL – USA
Law does not toast parents allowing alcohol – Sun News

OK parents. Listen up. It’s time for graduation parties and I’ve been asked by a school intervention specialist to share some information that will help you avoid trouble with the law.

ADDICTION – USA
Close the addiction gap – The Times of Trenton

Around the nation, addiction affects one in 10 Americans, but only 10 percent of them receive effective treatment. In New Jersey, it’s worse. Of the more than 800,000 in the state who have an alcohol or drug problem, only 7 percent are admitted for treatment.

ADDICTION – USA
Narconon Arrowhead’s Drug Rehab for Boston Residents – Trans World News

Boston’s drug situation continues to climb with the primary drugs of abuse being cocaine and heroin. As the crime rate also soars, the justice department has decided to try a new approach by helping addicts recover through drug rehab rather than doing prison terms.

METH – USA
Montana Meth Project Introduces New Executive Director – KFBB News

Since its launch in 2005, the Montana Meth Project has made great strides toward decreasing use of methamphetamine in the state. Now with a newly appointed executive director, the organization is focusing on the future and stepping up its efforts to deal with this issue.

DRUGS – USA
Marijuana, Cocaine, Binge Drinking Up – The Denver Channel

From binge drinking, to use of cigarettes and marijuana, Coloradans are more likely to use these substances — and have less concern about using them — than many other states.

MARIJUANA – USA
Vermont takes nation’s top spot for marijuana use, VT – Production, Design and Development

When it comes to marijuana use, Vermont has claimed top honors. The survey was conducted in 2006 and 2007. It compared drug usage by age and type nationwide. Vermont posted the highest incident rate of marijuana among people ages 12 and older at 2.5 percent. The national average is 1.6 percent.

HEROIN – USA
Buffalo Grove forum addresses rising heroin problem – Daily Herald

On Thursday night the Buffalo Grove School Safety Partnership, a cooperation between Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high schools, held a community forum to discuss drug abuse in high schools.

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?

DRUGS – UK
Last Call for Tackling Drugs, Changing Lives Awards – Home Office

Anyone who wishes to nominate a drug treatment team, police officer or volunteer who has gone that extra mile to tackle drugs has just ten days to make their local hero an example for the nation.

METH – ASIA
Methamphetamine usage rising – IRIN

Typically smoked, the potent central nervous system stimulant is highly addictive, causing paranoia, delusions and hallucinations.

DRUGS – USA
NJ Launches Campaign Against Medicine Abuse – Evening Bulletin

The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) announced Monday a statewide public service campaign titled “Grandma’s Stash,” to raise awareness that misuse of prescription drugs is second only to marijuana as America’s most prevalent drug problem.

DRUGS – USA
WLPD teams with site to offer free drug tests – Journal and Courier

The urinalysis test recognizes the 10 most common illegal drugs: cocaine, amphetamine, marijuana, opiates, methamphetamine, benzodiazepine, oxycodone, propoxyphene and MDMA, more commonly known by its street name, ecstasy.

ALCOHOL – UK
BMA Scotland Response To The Scottish Government’s Proposed Strategy To Tackle Alcohol Misuse – Medical News Today

Doctors called for action, not words, to tackle alcohol misuse in Scotland.

ALCOHOL – USA
Underage, drunken fans can buy alcohol at stadiums – Dallas Morning News

Actors posing as drunken sports fans successfully bought alcohol from U.S. stadium vendors almost nine out of 10 tries, according to a University of Minnesota study.

ALCOHOL – USA
Even if you look drunk at a game, you can likely keep buying booze – Chicago Tribune

The stadiums and arenas of Chicago have seen untold amounts of alcohol-fueled mayhem, from obscene yelling to savage, bare-knuckle brawls. But according to a study released Wednesday, sports venues could be bringing some of this chaos on themselves.

ALCOHOL – USA
Study Finds Sports Stadiums Serve Alcohol to Intoxicated, Underage Fans – Join Together

An undercover operation conducted as part of research sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Research Program (SAPRP) found that apparently underage and intoxicated fans have a relatively easy time purchasing alcohol at professional sports events.

METH – UK
‘Meth’ adverts to scare US teens – BBC News

Advertisement: An advertising campaign designed to scare teenagers away from using the drug ‘meth’ has been launched in the US.

METH – UK
Montana meth ads winning drug battle – BBC News

They call Montana “Big Sky Country” or “The Last Best Place” – and it is easy to see why with its wide open spaces, majestic mountains and meandering rivers. But there is a far less wholesome side to this wilderness, a problem more associated with grim urban despair – drugs.

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.

ALCOHOL – USA
Report: Parents ‘Clueless’ About Teen Drug, Alcohol Abuse – Fox News

An annual survey from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York reported that parents are clueless when it comes to their teenagers’ behavior, which contributes to their drug and alcohol abuse.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol Industry Targets Latino Teens – Al Dia (Filadelfia)

“Hispanic young people are more likely to drink and get drunk at an earlier age than non- Hispanic white or African American young people”- The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY)2003.

ALCOHOL – USA
Acting surgeon general to address alcohol issues at MSU – KPAX TV News

The acting surgeon general of the United States will visit Montana State University Wednesday to discuss collegiate alcohol abuse.

ALCOHOL – UK
Fifteen thousand people die from alcohol-related diseases every year – Telegraph

For the first time, researchers have calculated the number of deaths from conditions such as cancers, accidents and heart disease which are related to drinking but not wholly caused by alcohol.

ALCOHOL – UK
Males Account For Nearly 80 Per Cent Of Drug Related Deaths – Medical News Today

Nearly 80 per cent of people in England and Wales who died due to illicit drug use in 2006 were male, an NHS Information Centre bulletin shows.
DRUGS – UK
Children hospitalised after taking drugs soars by up to 50% under Labour – Daily Mail

The number of children taken to hospital because of drug use has soared since Labour took office, figures have revealed.

COCAINE – UK
Teen cocaine use hits new record levels – Metro

More young people have admitted using cocaine than ever, new figures have showed. The proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds saying the used the Class A drug in the previous year has risen to 6% for the first time.

DRUGS – UK
Child drug hospital admissions jump by 45pc – Telegraph

The figures released by the NHS Information Centre also show the number of teenagers and young people who needed hospital care because of drugs also increased by more than 10 per cent over the same period, to nearly 10,000 last year.

DRUGS – UK
Working together to beat the blight of drugs in our city – Peterborough Today

A WARNING about a dangerous batch of heroin on the streets of Peterborough splashed across the front page of The ET may not sound like a success story for the police. But for Detective Chief Inspector Gary Goose, the fact the problem was raised by health workers and could then be investigated and publicised is an example of how a more joined-up approach to tackling drugs is working well.

METH – USA
Health officials want meth history on house listings – Standard Net

A meth house is a meth house no matter how much residue is left, according to state standards. However, under current state law, sellers and landlords do not have to disclose to potential buyers or renters if former residents used meth in the house.