Jan 29 Drug Headlines

METH – USA
Professor discusses meth addiction – Nevada Appeal
About 100 residents turned out at Carson Valley United Methodist Church on Thursday to find the answer to the question, "Why can't they just stop?"

PRESCRIPTION – USA
LISD raising awareness on teen drug use – Courier Gazette
According to school officials, 31 percent of students in fourth through sixth grades, and 71 percent in seventh through 12th grades reported using some type of substance in their lifetime.

ADDICTION – USA
Addiction speaker to focus on kids, drugs – GJ Sentinel
Drug abuse among athletes is “more relevant today than it’s ever been,” said John Underwood, director of the American Athletic Institute. And one problem that perpetuates this type of abusive behavior in young athletes is in the way adults deal with it, he said.

DRUGS – AUSTRALIA
Drug abuse fight must go beyond government initiatives – The Australian News, Health
Depending on whom you talk to, amphetamine usage is a full-blown crisis in Australia, a disaster just waiting to explode, or no bigger a problem than the use of any other illicit drug.