Nov 19 Drug Headlines

ALCOHOL - UK
Underage Alcohol Poisoning Increases In UK - Medical News
During the last five years the number of under-eighteens admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning has gone up by 20%, according to a BBC Panorama programme, called "Booze: What Teenagers Need to Know".

GENERAL - AUSTRALIA
Lib pledge minimum terms for drug dealers - The Age
Minimum sentences for drug dealers will be introduced in Victoria if the Liberals win next Saturday's state election, Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu says.

METH - AUSTRALIA
State hit by methamphetamine crisis - News.com.au
Ice is destroying the lives of thousands of ordinary West Australians. An investigation by The Sunday Times has revealed the extent of the damage caused by the powerful crystal form of methamphetamine, which is up to 85 per cent pure.

HEROIN - US
Dallas struggles with heroin use among pre-teens
A growing number of children, some as young as 11, have become addicted to a combination of heroin and over-the-counter cold medicine they call "cheese," officials said.

HEROIN - US
More students seeking help for addiction to heroin mixture
A growing number of Dallas children have become addicted to a combination of heroin and over-the-counter cold medicine they call "cheese."

MARIJUANA - US
Pot users in New York get marijuana delivered to their door
In a city where you can get just about anything delivered to your door — groceries, dry cleaning, Chinese food — pot smokers are increasingly ordering takeout marijuana from drug rings that operate with remarkable corporate-style attention to customer satisfaction.

COCAINE - US
Editorial: Restoring fairness, sanity to cocaine drug war - Sacramento Bee
What's the difference between crack cocaine and the powdered form of the same drug? Ask people who have been convicted of selling one or the other. Conviction for possession of only 5 grams of crack carries a mandatory minimum five years in prison. A drug dealer would have to be caught with 500 grams of powder cocaine to draw that same sentence.

COCAINE - UK
Cocaine use among young reaches shocking levels
The number of people in the UK addicted to the 'celebrity' drug cocaine is out of control and has reached shocking levels, a new report has shown.

METH - US
Funding the fight against meth
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department won a $1.65 million state grant for a new task force that will go after methamphetamine manufacturers and distributors in the county.

COCAINE - UK
UK is Europe's worst offender for cocaine use
Britain's drug users take more cocaine than people in almost every other country in Europe a comprehensive study is expected to reveal.