Drug News

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.

DRUG REHAB – USA
Lindsay Lohan’s legal woes: The timeline – CNN

Well, here’s a timeline: January, 2007: Lindsay Lohan entered a drug rehab program for the first time. She continued work on the movie “I Know Who Killed …

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Woman on mission to help babies born with drug addictions – KOMO News

Wendy White of Mill Creek is on a mission to help babies born with a drug addiction by calling on doctors and nurses to help open a nursery …

DRUG ABUSE – SCOTLAND
The myth and the reality – Glasgow Evening Times

The Scottish Government has increased the money it spends on tackling drug addiction, upping it by 20% to £28.6million since 2006. …

HEROIN – USA
In the Name of Heroin: Pearce Describes Drug-Induced Robbery – Fairfield Patch

Nicole Pearce described in detail the couple’s heroin addiction that was supported by a robbery/killing spree. The jury in the double murder trial of …

METHADONE – USA
Mother pleads guilty to overdosing girl – TheNewsTribune.com

A recovering heroin addict has pleaded guilty to giving her 12-year-old daughter a fatal dose of methadone. A recovering heroin addict has pleaded guilty to …

ALCOHOL – USA
House advances proposed ban on energy drinks – Live 5 News

“Alcohol and energy drinks, its just a bad combination. … When you hear about those energy drinks with alcohol, you hear about the ‘craze. …

ALCOHOL – UK
Girl, six, rushed to hospital after getting dangerously drunk – Daily Mail

It is not known how she got hold of the alcohol or what she drank. But health and welfare officers said they were investigating whether the girl was in need …

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Florida Pain Clinic Society Opposes Rx Monitoring System Repeal – PR Newswire

… proposal to repeal the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). The PDMP system is the single most important weapon in the war on Rx drug abuse, …

DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION – PORTUGAL
Mixed Results For Portugal’s Great Drug Experiment – NPR
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When Portugal decriminalized all illegal drugs in 2000, officials hoped to reduce addiction rates and drug-related violence. Today, more users are in rehab, …

DRUG REHAB – USA
Woman says drug court changed her life – WALA-TV FOX10

Phipps appeared before Judge Wilters, who gave her the choice to join the drug court rehab program in place of a Class “C” Felony drug charge. She agreed. …

DRUG REHAB – USA
Eric Clapton memorabilia goes on sale – ITN
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Rock legend Eric Clapton puts more than 70 guitars and 70 amplifiers up for auction to raise money for his drug and alcohol rehab charity. …

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Exercise and drug use: What do they have in common? – Slate Magazine
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But if exercise works as a treatment for drug addiction, we don’t know exactly why. It’s possible that a sweaty session at the club merely serves as a …

SUBSTANCE ABUSE – USA
Survey: Drug, alcohol use among youth increasing – My West Texas

A mother tearfully talks about her son’s drug addiction. Ford Smith and Jeaneen Pruitt were among speakers Thursday night at a drug prevention forum …

DRUG ADDICTION – USA
Local medical officials learn more about drug addiction – WKYT
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Operation UNITE held a meeting in Prestonsburg where the officials learned more about addiction and what they can do to not become part of the problem. …

DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT – USA
Senate Committee Clears Syringe-Access Bill – The Jersey City Independent

… and the sale of any syringe would have to be accompanied by information about the safe disposal of syringes and drug addiction treatment. …

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE – USA
Pasco gets boost in fight against prescription drug abuse – Tbo.com

NEW PORT RICHEY – Pasco officials hoping to curb the raging prescription drug epidemic just got a dose of good news. …

DRUG REHAB – USA
Art program at Johnson Museum helps addiction recovery effort – Ithaca Journal ‎

Groups of about 20 from CARS and the Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center in Ovid come to the museum twice a month. Ryan takes the groups on a tour and …

DRUG REHAB – IRAQ
Iran plans to set up 5 drug rehab centers – Press TV

Iran plans to set up five new rehabilitation centers to treat thousands of drug addicts in the provinces of Isfahan, Kerman, Khorasan, Sistan-Baluchestan, …

HEROIN/COCAINE – USA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Trio of Royal Caribbean Crewmembers Charged With Smuggling Heroin and Cocaine – Cruise Critic

While Baltimore was spared from the worst of the weekend snow, crewmembers from Royal Caribbean’s Charm City-based Enchantment of the Seas were charged on Tuesday in connection with another sort of white powder.

HEROIN – IRELAND
Galway in grip of growing heroin crisis – Galway Bay FM

The scale of Ireland’s heroin problem has been brought into sharp focus by a new pan-European report which concluded that seven in every 1000 people in Ireland are heroin users.

METH LABS – USA
Cheyenne officials try to deal with ‘meth house’ – Billings Gazette ‎

Associated Press Eric Wade Miller pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine lab equipment in his former residence in Cheyenne, Wyo., following a probe …

PARTY DRUGS – UK
Fears over new legal party drugs that are ‘as dangerous as cocaine’ – Daily Mail ‎

‘It is becoming increasingly clear that ‘legal highs’ are far from harmless and can have similar health risks to drugs like cocaine, Ecstasy and speed. …

COCAINE – USA
Cocaine Eggs Found at LAX – NBC Los Angeles

Agents said the traveler told them the eggs were for his two children

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
The Pill Mill Problem in Florida: Fighting Prescription Abuse Amid Rise of “Pill Tourism” – Catholic Online‎

This investigation has shed light on the growing problem of prescription drug abuse in Florida. Florida leads the nation in dispensing oxycodone, …

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – USA
Prescription drug abuse is fastest-growing drug problem in country – Chicago Sun-Times

The Highland Park couple has since made a full-time job of educating teens and their parents about prescription drug abuse, the fastest-growing drug problem …