Drug News

ALCOHOL – USA
Teens of Dads Who Drink Too Much Tend to Follow Suit – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Teen children who live with alcohol-abusing fathers are at higher risk for alcohol or drug abuse themselves, a U.S. government study released Thursday shows.

ALCOHOL – USA
Almost Quarter of Suicides Involve Intoxication – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Almost 25 percent of people who take their own lives are intoxicated when they commit the act, U.S. health officials report.

ALCOHOL – USA
Study shows dangerous drinking behavior on the rise among college students – The Georgetown Voice

A new study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that binge drinking, drunk driving and alcohol-related deaths among college students rose over the past decade.

ALCOHOL – USA
More college students drinking and driving – College News

A recent study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) found that alcohol-related deaths, heavy drinking episodes, and drunk driving have all been on the rise among 18- to 24-year-olds over the past decade.

ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol Rehab Center Offers A Road To Recovery For Alcoholics – Express Press Release

Alcohol is a powerful drug that becomes an addiction for many. Alcoholics often don’t realize the damage the drug does to their bodies. This damage does not stop at the patient’s own health, but the well being and emotions of their loved ones.

ALCOHOL – USA
Binge drinking rises nationwide – The Daily Iowan

It’s not just UI students with a drinking problem. The binge-drinking rate, as well as alcohol-related crimes and fatalities, rose on college campuses nationwide over the past decade, according to a study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism released June 15.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse in Indian country – Indian Country Today

Tribal communities facing an increase in prescription drug abuse are being offered a two-day training program by Lamar Associates.

ADDERALL – USA
Stimulants for ADHD Shown to Cause Sudden Death in Children – Huffington Post

A new study, published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry, confirms what I’ve been warning about for years in my scientific books and articles. The stimulants used to treat children for so-called ADHD can cause sudden cardiac arrest and death in kids.

ADDICTION – USA
North Carolina Bill Misses the Point of Drug Addiction – Trans World News

In data obtained from United States Department of Health and Human services the number of North Carolina citizens seeking but not receiving drug treatment nearly tripled between 2006 and 2007.  This trend continues for those seeking alcohol treatment.

ADDICTION – UK
BMA: Addiction must be prioritized –  Politics

The prison report published today fails to recognise the direct correlation between drug addiction and reoffending rates, the British Medical Association (BMA) has claimed.

ALCOHOL – USA
New Study Identifies 4 Major Motivators To Drink Alcohol – 1 Of Them Could Be A Sign Of Problem Drinking – Medical News Today

Kids with multiple reasons to drink, including reasons related to coping with life, show the heaviest and most problematic drinking behaviors, according to the study published in the December issue of Prevention Science, a peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Prevention Research.

ALCOHOL – USA
Make Scotland’s Roads Safer – Reduce The Drink Driving Limit – Medical News Today
BMA Scotland yesterday called on Scotland’s politicians to increase pressure on the UK Government to reduce drink driving limits from 80mg/100ml to 50mg, a move that could prevent as many as 65 deaths on the UK’s roads every year.

METHADONE – USA
Mom On Mission To Stop Abuse Of Popular Prescription Drug – NBC News

Since her son’s death, Marti Hottenstein has been a woman on a mission to save lives.

ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol purchase campaign starts – BBC News

A test purchasing campaign has started to target traders selling alcohol to under-18s in Dumfries and Galloway.

ALCOHOL – NEW ZEALAND
Warning on alcohol promotions – Stuff
Alcohol promotions can encourage excessive drinking and need tighter Government control, a visiting Australian academic says.

ALCOHOL – USA
Beach alcohol ban becomes official – Sign On San Diego

Sanders signed the ordinance prohibiting alcohol on all city beaches, bay shores and coastal parks nearly two weeks after the City Council approved it Nov. 20.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drugs next trend? – Monmouth Daily Review
It is a disturbing trend popping up in areas across the country – teenagers swiping prescription pain killers from the medicine cabinets of parents and grandparents, then pooling and swapping the medications in what are called “pharm parties.”

METH – SOUTH AFRICA
State tackles tik-tik-tik bomb – Sowetan

Government will consider making it tougher to buy the ingredients used to make tik – crystal methamphetamine – in a bid to curb the manufacturing of the drug that is tearing communities apart in South Africa.

METH – USA
‘Strawberry quick’ meth gaining attention – Biloxi Sun Herald

A traffic stop late this summer in Jackson County has likely yielded the first seizure of a candy-flavored methamphetamine called “strawberry quick” along the Coast.