March 1 Drug Headlines

PESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse among teenagers on the rise: NewsTarget.com – Trans World News
Forget the Mary Jane; all the cool kids are getting high right out of mom and dad's medicine cabinet – much to the alarm of teen drug abuse watchdogs.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription abuse to pass illicit drugs – Kansas City Star
Abuse of prescription drugs is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade in counterfeit painkillers, sedatives and other medicines potent enough to kill.

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Abuse to Pass Illicit Drugs – ABC News Health
Prescription drug abuse already has outstripped traditional illegal drugs such as heroin, cocaine and Ecstasy in parts of Europe, Africa and South Asia.

METH – USA
Principal charged with dealing crystal meth – CNN News
A middle school principal was charged with dealing crystal methamphetamine after police found the drug in his school office.