Dec 22 Drug Headlines

GENERAL - UK
Number of children treated for drug abuse ‘shocking’
The number of children being treated for drug abuse has reached shocking levels, the Deputy First Minister admitted yesterday, as he was attacked by both the SNP and Tories over the Scottish Executive's record.

GENERAL - US
Many Youths Admitted to Hospitals for Alcohol or Drug Dependence Don't Receive Treatment
Forty percent or more of the youths ages 20 or younger admitted to U.S. hospitals for substance dependence or related psychoses in 2000 had no documentation of receiving alcohol or drug treatment during their stay, according to an analysis of data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

GENERAL - US
Overall Youth Drug Use Down in 2006, But Survey Sees Trouble Brewing with Inhalants, Prescription Drugs, Smoking
The number of American youths who tell researchers that they used illicit drugs within the last year continues to inch downward, but the annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey also found stubbornly high levels of prescription-drug abuse and an end to the decline in smoking among young teens.