Feb 5 Drug Headlines

MORPHINE – INDIA
Healing, with a pinch of salt – Hindustan Times
If you ever wanted reconfirmation, here is a living proof that faith can take you where modern-day physicians would fear to tread.

HYDROCODONE – USA
Prescription painkillers causing more fatal overdoses in WA – The Columbian
Statewide deaths linked to prescription drugs such as hydrocodone and methadone increased by more than 800 percent in a ten-year period, according to new research.

METH – USA
Meth destroying teeth of prisoners, causing dental budget to soar – ABC News
Methamphetamine use can turn a healthy set of teeth into a rotting mess. And its widespread use is causing a surge in the dental budget of Nevada's prison system.

METH – USA
The Salt Lake Methamphetamine Conference Gets Underway – Stop the DrugWar
The 2nd National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis is now in its second day.

CODEINE – AUSTRALIA
Implants fail to stop overdose – Herald Sun
An implant designed to help heroin addicts kick their habit could contribute to their deaths.

METH – USA
County zeroes in on meth use – Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
The Cheyenne and Laramie County Methamphetamine Assessment Report will be released at a news conference and public presentation Thursday at the Cheyenne-Kiwanis Community House in Lions Park.

METH – GERMANY
Meth Addicts now Using Urine to Get High – Short News
Meth addicts and dealers appear to have devised a disgusting new method of administering the illicit substance.

METH – USA
DEALING WITH ADDICTION: Meth punishes users' mouths – Review Journal
Dentists work to correct devastating, unique oral effects of drug

DRUGS – UK
The never ending drug scam – Drug Link blog
For several years, small businesses have been targeted by fraudulent publishing companies over the production of drug education and other materials for school children.

ALCOHOL – USA
Heavy Alcohol Drinking Takes Excessive Toll on Women With Hepatitis C – eMaxHealth
Women tend to survive longer than men if infected with the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus (HCV) - but if they drink alcohol heavily, that survival advantage completely disappears, according to a new study.

ALCOHOL – USA
Program helps parents talk about drugs, alcohol – Foster's Online
It might not be as sexy as talking about the "birds and the bees," but 120 city parents now are better prepared to have a similarly life changing discussion about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.

OXYCODONE – USA
Police say man jumped pharmacy counter, stole drugs – KWWL.com
A Marion man has been arrested on second-degree theft charges after allegedly hopping a pharmacy counter and stealing nearly 17-hundred-dollars in prescription medications.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription painkillers causing more fatal overdoses in WA – Seattle pi
Statewide deaths linked to prescription drugs such as hydrocodone and methadone increased by more than 800 percent in a ten-year period, according to new research.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse big in Livingston County – KQ2.com
Battling drugs that aren’t illegal is the biggest burden in a Midland Empire community. Prescription drugs are among the highest abused in the nation, and right in Livingston County.