Nov 16 Drug Headlines

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PAINKILLER - US
Conflicting reports on painkiller's safety - MSNBC
Researchers looking at the safety of various arthritis and headache remedies said Thursday they had found some more evidence that the popular analgesic naproxen may cause heart problems.

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ALCOHOL - UK
U.K. Study Finds Alcohol is Real 'Date-Rape' Drug - Join Together
A U.K. study on the use of so-called "date-rape" drugs found that a familiar drug was involved in most sexual assaults: alcohol.

ALCOHOL - UK
Alcohol found to be major 'drug' in cases of date rape - Scotsman
The first major study into alleged "drug rape" cases in the UK found massive evidence that victims had been drinking, and no cases of the notorious drug Rohypnol.

GENERAL - IRELAND
Illegal drug use 'is in decline' - BBC
The use of illegal drugs has fallen in Northern Ireland, latest figures suggest. The number of young adults using illegal drugs has dropped from 43% in 2001 to 36% in 2005.

METH - AUSTRLIA
Drug 'cooks' to be tracked by database - The Age
Amphetamine "cooks" and other illegal drug producers who move around Australia will soon be tracked on a new police database. Police ministers meeting in Adelaide have signed an agreement to set up the database to help combat the growth of clandestine drug laboratories.

COCAINE - US
Report: Cocaine top killer in Big Bend - Tallahassee Democrat
More people are dying from cocaine overdoses than from any other illegal drug in the Big Bend, according to a report released this month from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

HEROIN & ALCOHOL - US
Knox students at risk - Knox Local News
Knox County high school students are using heroin and drinking and driving more than their peers nationwide. Almost one in three said they've been offered, been sold or been given drugs at school, Youth Risk Behavior Survey statistics show. The Knox County Health Department conducted the survey in fall 2005.

ALCOHOL - SWITZERLAND
Campaigners call time on binge drinking - Swiss Info
Growing concern over binge drinking in Switzerland has prompted alcohol prevention groups to focus on the issue during a national awareness campaign on Thursday.

COCAINE - US
Simple Dipstick Test For Cocaine, Other Drugs
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a simple "dipstick" test for detecting cocaine and other drugs in saliva, urine or blood serum. The test is based upon DNA-gold nanoparticle technology, and can be packaged in user-friendly kits similar to those used for home pregnancy tests.