Jan 25 Drug Headlines

METH – USA
Methadone clinics eyed as part of drug abuse focus – Herald Dispatch
A spate of fatal overdoses has prompted lawmakers to examine drug abuse in West Virginia, starting with methadone.

METH – USA
Clarksburg City Council Targets Methadone Clinic – Wboy.com
Clarksburg city council is urging state legislators to review regulations for methadone clinics. Methadone is supposed to help addicts stay off illegal drugs. Some Clarksburg officials say the clinics that distribute it are doing more harm than good.

HYDROCODONE – USA
For Pain or for Party
Partying with a cocktail of alcohol and prescription painkillers or sedatives seems to be a growing trend.

METH – USA
Police issue warning on spread of crystal meth – Guardian Unlimited
Methamphetamine, or crystal meth, the highly addictive drug prevalent across the US and Australia, is present in almost every town and city in England and Wales, according to an internal police report.

METH – CANADA
'Meth-mouth' turning up in the Yukon – CBC News
Yukon dentists who are dealing with what they suspect is damage from crystal meth use say they are seeing more cases all the time.

HEROIN – IRLAND
Heroin use increasing in city – Limerick Post
The use and abuse of heroin in Limerick is growing at a rate comparable to Dublin, city councillor, Diarmuid Scully has warned.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Don't give away prescription drugs; you will be responsible – Daily Dispatch
People who give their prescription drugs to someone else are responsible if whoever else ultimately ends up with them winds up injured - or dead - the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday.