Drug News

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.

PAINKILLER – USA
Painkillers Leading to Heroin Overdoses – Newsradio 620

More people in the area have addictions to prescription painkillers, and it’s leading to more people dying from a stronger drug – heroin.

HEROIN – USA
Painkillers may be fueling heroin boom, officials say – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The spike in people addicted to prescription painkillers has evolved into an alarming new trend: increasing heroin use.

CANNABIS – UK
HARINGEY: Buses to carry anti-cannabis message – This is Local London

Trains and buses across the borough are to become the vehicle for an anti-drug message to steer young people away from using cannabis.

METH – USA
Anti-meth campaign to start in Imperial Beach – San Diego Union Tribune

A county wide campaign to combat the use of methamphetamine will kick off in Imperial Beach today.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
National trend of prescription drug use hits home in Weymouth, survey shows – Patriot Ledger
A 2002 survey of alcohol and drug use among Weymouth teens didn’t even ask about prescription drugs. The idea that medicine cabinets were the new street corner wasn’t on the public radar.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
More Prescription Drug Abuse Seen in Las Vegas – KLAS TV News

“These are drugs that, of course, are readily accessible from the new dealer, which is parents and friends that have them in their medicine cabinet,” said Dr. Pohl.

METH – USA
Meth: A tough lesson – Appeal-Democrat

A three-day Appeal-Democrat series is focusing on three major aspects of the Mid-Valley meth scourge.

METH – USA
Music, speakers offer anti-meth message – Appeal-Democrat

Fifteen bands and artists played, six recovering meth addicts spoke and events including a watermelon-eating contest were held at the Music over Meth concert June 21 at Riverfront Park in Marysville.

ALCOHOL – USA
Drinking to destruction – Chicago Tribune

With a difficult exam behind or a weekend ahead, a college student goes drinking. After the youth ties one—or make that several—on, he or she is noticeably drunk, but friends simply put the inebriated to bed to “sleep it off.” Instead of passing out, the student passes away—and becomes another troubling statistic of alcohol poisoning.

HEROIN – USA
Heroin trafficking on the rise again in mid-Michigan – The Bay City Times

Heroin is again creeping into northeast Michigan communities, luring in users from a variety of demographics.