Drug News

Underage Drinking – Florida
Bus driver resigns over drunk students – UPI.com

BRADENTON, Fla., Oct. 8 (UPI) — Officials in a Florida school district said a bus driver resigned after several sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade girls got drunk on her bus.

Prescription Drug Addiction – USA Celebrity
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis Discusses Prescription Drug Addiction, and Recovery – Drug Addiction Treatment

Addiction to prescription pain medications continues to come into the light, especially as more and more celebrities confess their problem. Prescription drugs are considered a possible factor in the death of Michael Jackson, and have become part of news stories surrounding actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who wrote in a published blog that she became hooked on morphine after completing cosmetic surgery.

Marijuana – Arizona
Boy, 14, crossing border caught with 2 pounds of pot – azcentral.com

More than two pounds were found in a Douglas teen’s backpack as he was crossing the port of entry from Mexico Thursday morning, authorities said.

Recovery Costs – USA
Who pays? Law changes are supposed to help with drug recovery – CoshoctonTribune.com

COSHOCTON — When the court orders a defendant into drug or alcohol treatment, chances are you, the taxpayer, are footing the bill.

Cocaine – USA Celebrity
Carrie Fisher did cocaine on set of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ – Thaindian News

Melbourne, Oct 11 (ANI): Carrie Fisher’s addiction to drugs was in full swing during her role as Princess Leia in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in 1980, it has emerged.

Increase in Alcohol Consumption – Students
Study-abroad students increase alcohol consumption – Thaindian News

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): New research from University of Washington has revealed that studying abroad is more like a prolonged spring break for some students – it can be months with fewer academic responsibilities, plentiful bars and alcohol, and parents far away.

Cocaine Possession – USA Celebrity
Rapper Kid Cudi Pleads Guilty For Drug Possession – Thaindian News

Sep 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rapper Kid Cudi pleaded guilty for criminal possession of Cocaine. Although he explained saying that he has “kicked off” the habit long time back, the court has ordered him to perform a two day long community service, and if he can successfully avoid further legal troubles and consumption of drugs, then his case may be dismissed within the next six months.

Drug Free Schools – India
Parents to take ‘anti-narcotics’ oath for drug-free Himachal – Thaindian News

Shimla, Sep 28 (IANS) Parents in Himachal Pradesh will take an ‘anti-narcotics’ oath at the time of their children’s admission to school to ensure that the kids are “not hooked to drugs”, a senior official said Tuesday.

Marijuana Seizure – Texas
$3 million drug bust in Central Texas – FOX10tv.com

FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies seized 2,000 marijuana plants from a 55-acre property at 14650 North SH 95 on Sunday.

Drug Trafficking Prevention – USA
FBI wants right to tap texts, emails and websites under proposed new bill – Thaindian News

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): A new Bill proposed to be introduced in the United States Congress in 2011, would reportedly allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to tap text messages, emails and networking websites.

Drug-Related Murder – Mexico
Small-Town Mayor Stoned to Death in Mexico – KTLA.com

MORELIA, Mexico — The mayor of the Mexican town of Tancitaro and his aide were found stoned to death Monday on a dirt road in the drug-plagued state of Michoacan.

Driving While Intoxicated – North Carolina
15 charges stem from DWI checkpoint – ENCToday.com

A DWI checkpoint in Jones County on Friday resulted in 15 charges, according to a news release issued Monday by the Jones County Sheriff’s Office.

Heroin – Oregon
Reed Heroin Deaths Prompt Gov’t Intervention – The Huffington Post

Last week, the president of Reed College was given a warning from state officials: Stop drug use at the Portland, Ore. campus, or risk facing a loss of federal funding.

Prescription Drugs – USA
Time to turn in old drugs – The Chronicle-Telegram

There’s a spot you may have missed while doing spring cleaning – the medicine cabinet.

Cocaine Bust – Venezuela / Colombia Border
Venezuela raids cocaine labs on Colombia border – caribbeannetnews.com

Venezuelan authorities raided eight drug laboratories near the Colombian border on Thursday, seizing 4.5 tonnes of cocaine in one of the largest hauls in recent times, the interior minister said.

Meth – Arizona
16 arrested in Navajo meth ring – UPI.com

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., April 23 (UPI) — Sixteen people arrested in Arizona Friday allegedly were part of the largest methamphetamine trafficking ring on Navajo tribal lands, authorities said.

Heroin – Russia
Record heroin haul near Moscow – themoscownews

A raid on a BMW jeep led drug police to a huge haul of 77kg of heroin, enough for 2 million hits.

Kids Taking Prescription Drugs – USA
Kids High On The New ‘Brain Power Boosting’ Drugs – Thaindian News

Apr 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest episode of the popular show on CBS called “60 Minutes,” explored the recent tendency of the younger generation, especially those who still go to schools or colleges, of taking self prescribed pills in order to enhance their brain power.

College Party Arrests – Connecticut
U Of Conn Spring Weekend: 39 Arrested For Criminal Offenses – The Huffington Post

The University of Connecticut-Storrs’ Spring Weekend brought out 12,000 revelers yesterday, 39 of whom were arrested for offenses ranging from drugs to weapons.

Drug Sting – South Carolina
Six arrested in Darlington County drug sting – CarolinaLive.com

Darlington County Combined Drug Units conducted a 4-week undercover narcotics operation that resulted in 6 arrests.

Drug Addiction – US Celebrity
‘Party of Five’ star Jeremy London speaks up about his battle with his drug addiction – Thaindian News

Los Angeles, Apr 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor Jeremy London spoke up about his battle with his ballooning and out of control drug addiction. He also candidly admitted that he had lost the desire to live at all, when he was at the peak of his drug addiction. He laments about the time, that he lost to his drug problem.

Teen Drug & Alcohol Awareness – Indian Schools
Hundreds face drug discipline – The Herald Bulletin ONLINE

ANDERSON, Ind. — Drug, alcohol and tobacco use among area public school students has led to hundreds of suspensions and expulsions in recent years.

Methamphetamine – Ohio
New cooking methods are making meth popular among users this year  – The-Daily-Record.com

MILLERSBURG — Recent charges of methamphetamine possession brought in Holmes County Common Pleas Court against three people is in line with a statewide resurgence of use of the drug, the director of Medway Drug Enforcement Agency said.

Drug Use Suspected – US Celebrity
Police & Michael Lohan Storm Lindsay Lohan Apartment! – gather.com

Michael and Dina Lohan are the parents of Lindsay Lohan is who is presently a recovering drug addict and quite depressed. Her paretns and friends have encouraged Lindsay Lohan to go to drug rehab again. Well, today Michael Lohan grabbed the Sheriff’s department police and stormed in on Lindsay Lohan at her apartment. What was he in search of?

Cocaine Seizure – Venezuela
Venezuela seizes three tonnes of cocaine, coca paste – Thaindian News

Caracas, April 23 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan drug enforcement agents dismantled eight illegal drug labs holding an estimated three tonnes of cocaine and cocaine paste, Interior Minister Tarek El Aissami said.

Older Generation Drug Use – USA
Age Doesn’t Appear to Curb Drug Use – Drug Addiction Treatment

Did the hippie generation leave their lawbreaking drug days behind?

Prescription Drug Addiction – World-Wide Epidemic
Addicts Go to Great Lengths to Obtain Prescription Drugs – Ezine @rticles

Unfortunately, whether they’re aware of it or not, doctor shopping has become the number one way addicts are acquiring drugs like Xanax, Oxy Contin, and other pain pills. Once an addiction has reached this point, the only real way to handle it is by enrolling in an effective drug and alcohol rehab.

Mephedrone Arrests – Scotland
Scots police make first arrests for mephedrone possession since drug ban was introduced – DailyRecord.co.uk

THE first arrests in connection with possession of the newly-banned drug mephedrone have been made in Scotland.

Driving While Intoxicated – New York
Ronald Moore Arrested: DWI Charge Hits Siena Guard – The Huffington Post

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. — Siena senior guard Ronald Moore, who helped lead the Saints to the NCAA Tournament the past three seasons, has been charged with drunken driving after being pulled over near campus.

Drug Charge Sentencing – New York
Cameron Douglas’ son sentencing on drug-dealing charges to be made public – Thaindian News

New York, Apr 17 (ANI): Actor Michael Douglas’ son Cameron will not be sentenced privately.

Heroin – Pennsylvania
Third-Grader Accused of Dealing Heroin – abc NEWS VIDEO

Police confiscate 80 packets of heroin from an 8-year-old boy in Pennsylvania.

Crack Cocaine – USA
More U.S. Infants Born With Syphilis, CDC Study Finds – Medical News TODAY

Reversing a 14-year decline, 23% more U.S. infants were born with syphilis in 2008 than in 2005, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday, Reuters reports. The findings show that syphilis rates, which have increased among men who have sex with men, also are increasing in the heterosexual community, the researchers said. Many of the infants with syphilis were born to women in the South who use crack cocaine and work in the commercial sex trade, according to the report. These increases “might portend a larger increase in the congenital syphilis rate in 2009 and future years,” according to the report.

Drug Related Arrest – New Hampshire
Five men arrested for drug and gun charges in Manchester, NH – Thaindian News

Five men arrested for drug and gun charges in Manchester, NH

Drug Dealing Charges – South Carolina
Police: Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Dealing Charges – abc NEWS 4 CHARLESTON

North Charleston, SC – Authorities say they have arrested a 27-year-old man for dealing drugs after a traffic stop in North Charleston on Wednesday.

Drunk & Obnoxious – UK
Sutherland kicked out of strip club – Thaindian News

London, April 16 (IANS) “24″ actor Kiefer Sutherland was put in a headlock and thrown out of London strip club Stringfellows without his shirt by security guards after getting drunk.

Underage Drinking Prevention – New York
New York Principal Holds Prom on School Night to Curb Underage Drinking – abc GOOD MORNING AMERICA

Students at a New York high school celebrated their junior prom in the most typical of ways, buying dresses, posing for photos.

Meth Trafficking – Texas
Nine southeast Texas residents charged with trafficking meth – Thaindian News

GALVESTON, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) – Nine southeast Texas area residents were indicted for methamphetamine trafficking in Galveston as a result of Operation Blood Loss, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Drunk Driving – USA Actor
LiLo misses court date, goes for shopping – Thaindian News

London, April 16(ANI): Lindsay Lohan has been spotted shopping after missing a court date. Three men have filed a lawsuit accusing her of holding them hostage, while she drove drunk through Malibu, California in 2007.

Rohypnol – Colorado
Reports of Blackouts Believed Caused by ‘Date Rape’ Drugs Boom in Aspen – abc NEWS

A young man who awoke disoriented in a movie theater showing “Avatar” 10 miles from where he had been drinking with friends is one of at least 11 people from the tony ski town of Aspen, Colo., who claimed that someone surreptitiously slipped drugs into their drinks, police say.

Drug & Alcohol Addiction Prevention – Massachusetts
Kitty Dukakis joins panel addressing students about drug abuse – boston.com

Fifty six years after she graduated from Brookline High School, former Massachusetts First Lady Kitty Dukakis returned Thursday to discuss her struggles with drug and alcohol addiction before an audience of current students and parents.

Teen Drug & Alcohol Abuse – North Carolina
Teen drug & alcohol abuse up in NC; first time in decade – WWAY NewsChannel 3

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America/MetLife Foundation Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) shows the first reversal in the consistent decline of teen drug and alcohol abuse since 1998.

Cocaine – Rhode Island
3 Providence, RI, police officers arrested on drug charges, along with 3 other men – Associated Press

SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) — Three Providence police officers, including a narcotics detective and a school resource officer, were arrested Thursday on charges that they helped with a cocaine-dealing operation.

Drunk Driving – New Jersey
Mount Olive Municipal Court: Quadruple drunk limit for driver – Mount Olive Chronicle

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – In-patient rehab, jail time, more than $1,000 in fines and a 10 year license suspension were the penalties for a Woodbridge man who admitted in court on Monday, Feb. 22, that he drove while four times over the limit for legal intoxication.

Drunken Gambling Lawsuit – Indiana
Ky. gambler sues casino for drunken losses – UPI.com

PAOLI, Ind., March 4 (UPI) — A Kentucky businessman has filed a lawsuit against an Indiana casino for loaning him $75,000 — which he lost — while he was drunk, court records showed.

Drug Trafficking – USA
Michael Douglas In ‘Vanity Fair’: I Put Career Over Fathering Cameron – The Huffington Post

Michael Douglas covers the new Vanity Fair and inside he opens up about his son Cameron, who faces at least ten years in prison for trafficking meth, and trying to get fatherhood right the second time around with his family with Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Marijuana – USA
AP IMPACT: Drug Gangs Taking Over US Public Lands – abcNEWS/U.S.

Not far from Yosemite’s waterfalls and in the middle of California’s redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.

Drug Overdose – USA
Three Cave Creek girls sent to hospital for overdose – azcentral.com

Three middle-school girls in Cave Creek were transported to a hospital Friday afternoon, after they apparently overdosed on Tylenol cold medicine while at school, according to Deputy Chief Frank Salomon of the Phoenix Fire Department.

Drunk Driving – Australia
90-year-old loses licence for speeding, drunk driving – Thaindian News

Melbourne, Feb 28 (IANS) A 90-year-old man lost his driving licence in Australia’s Victoria state after he was clocked over-speeding and detected with double the alcohol limit, police said.

Meth – USA
Great-grandmother gets 5 years on meth charges – The Associated Press

A Northern California great-grandmother has been sentenced to prison after being convicted on methamphetamine charges.

Heroin – USA
Abington Heights drug policy working, officials say, but heroin problem remains – thetimes-tribune.com

Two years after Abington Heights School District officials began responding to a growing heroin problem, statistics show a slight drop in the number of students in trouble over drug and alcohol abuse.

Marijuana – USA
Police Find 12-Foot Tall Marijuana Plants In House – KETV.com

OMAHA, Neb. — A 24-year-old man faces drug and child abuse charges after police said they found marijuana plants growing inside his house.

Ecstasy – Australia
‘Party drug’ ecstasy hurts users’ complex memories – Thaindian News

Melbourne, Feb 16 (ANI): Ecstasy takers face difficulties when it comes to performing difficult memory tasks, a new Australian research has found.

Teens – Drugs & Alcohol – USA
Survey: Brookfield teens say they think schools don’t care – newstimes.com

“This survey identifies 40 assets that influence youth and their behaviors,” Montgomery said Monday. “We’re looking at the premise that the more youth have to do, the less likely they are to be involved in risky behavior.”

Syringe Drugs – Canada
Vancouver’s ‘safe house’ for drug addicts draws controversy – USAToday

VANCOUVER — It’s a little after 10 a.m., and Nipper Perry has quickly readied a syringe filled with the illegal morphine he scored on the street minutes earlier.

Families Dealing With Addiction – USA
Is ‘Financial Tough Love’ the Right Approach for Drug Addicts? – ABC World News

A private family crisis played out for the world to see. The brother of American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is now accused of killing his own father in an alcohol induced rage. Mark Kerrigan’s problems with addiction have been ongoing for years. His parents even sued their son for more than $100,000, reportedly to push him toward recovery.

Meth – USA
Two arrested after meth materials are found in vehicle parked in West Main retail district – Kalamazoo Gazette

OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP — Two men were arrested after deputies found materials used in the production of methamphetamine while searching a vehicle in the busy West Main Street retail district, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office.

Marijuana Rehab – New Zealand
Potheads to be forced into rehab – Stuff.co.nz

Chronic pot-smokers will be forced into rehabilitation, with the Government supporting a proposal in a new Law Commission report.

Illegal Drugs – USA
Kansas couple charged of running a drug house near local elementary school – Thaindian News

TOPEKA, KANSAS (BNO NEWS) – A male and a female were indicted on Thursday with two counts of maintaining a residence for the purpose of storing and distributing cocaine and marijuana in Lenexa, Kansas, prosecutors said.

Heroin – UK
North West: Anthrax Case Confirmed By HPA In Blackpool – Medical News Today

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS Blackpool can confirm they are investigating the death of a drug injecting heroin user in Blackpool.

Meth – USA
Police say they believe meth lab caused fire at Red Roof Inn – Kalamazoo News

KALAMAZOO — Kalamazoo police say they believe it was a small explosion from a methamphetamine lab that touched off a fire at the East Cork Street Red Roof Inn around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Heroin – USA
O’Fallon, Illinois man guilty in heroin overdose death case – Thaindian News

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) – A man of O’Fallon, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal indictment on count of distributing of heroin resulting in death, prosecutors announced.

Overdose – USA
Slain girl’s mom guilty in overdose death – UPI.com

BROCKTON, Mass., Feb. 10 (UPI) — A Massachusetts woman is guilty of murdering her 4-year-old daughter by giving the girl a fatal drug overdose, a jury has determined.