June 4th Drug Addiction News
METHADONE – USA
Stats show pills are a dangerous high – NWI Times
Prescription drugs -- like the heroin replacement drug methadone and the painkillers OxyContin and Vicodin -- are contributing to more fatal drug overdoses.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription for abuse – NWI Times
Medical and addiction professionals say prescriptions can be as damaging as other illicit drugs, causing addiction and even death.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription abuse creating 'scariest time' in region – NWI Times
In March, a 15-year-old girl sat in her Portage High School classroom, crushed up a Flexeril pill, and snorted it off of her desk.
METH – USA
Sheriff, mothers join meth fight – Orlando Sentinel
Community leaders and advocates have decided to address the growing abuse of methamphetamine before it is out of control. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office has agreed to support Mothers Against Methamphetamine, or MAMA
METH – USA
Meth homes can leave neighborhood in a mess – San Francisco Chronicle
Most people know the basics -- the smokable, sniffable, shootable, swallowable intensely addictive drug that ruins all kinds of lives from college students and homeless people to housewives and, increasingly, younger kids.
METH – USA
Gazette Opinion: Meth abuse still clouds Montana – Billings Gazette
The Montana Meth Project has raised public awareness about the ugly consequences of methamphetamine addiction.
OPIUM – CHINA
Police vow to stamp out drugs by Games – China Daily
It could have been a scene from a Hollywood movie. Two police officers dressed in white hazmat suits and transparent gas masks threw bags full of heroin, ice and ketamine into a huge cauldron as a group of armed policemen stood guard.
METH – USA
Fruit drink mixed with meth aims at teens, drug chief says – Huntsville Times
The head of the Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit says he expects drug dealers in this area may soon try to get young people hooked on methamphetamine through fruit- or chocolate-flavored drinks.
RITALIN – USA
Our teens' pill problem – Longview Daily News
Recent surveys suggest that today's teenagers -- raised in a culture that seems thttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifo pop a pill for any ailment -- abuse prescription medications because they incorrectly believe they aren't as dangerous as illegal drugs and because they're easier to get.
ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol branding to end – Mid Sussex Today
Alcohol branding on children's replica sports shirts is to end under new rules.
It follows an agreement within the drinks industry that it is unnecessary for logos to be advertised in this manner.
ALCOHOL – USA
Gillette businesses join drug, alcohol testing program – Casper Star Tribune
Businesses here are beginning to take advantage of a new state program that encourages employers to test employees for drug and alcohol use.
Stats show pills are a dangerous high – NWI Times
Prescription drugs -- like the heroin replacement drug methadone and the painkillers OxyContin and Vicodin -- are contributing to more fatal drug overdoses.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription for abuse – NWI Times
Medical and addiction professionals say prescriptions can be as damaging as other illicit drugs, causing addiction and even death.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription abuse creating 'scariest time' in region – NWI Times
In March, a 15-year-old girl sat in her Portage High School classroom, crushed up a Flexeril pill, and snorted it off of her desk.
METH – USA
Sheriff, mothers join meth fight – Orlando Sentinel
Community leaders and advocates have decided to address the growing abuse of methamphetamine before it is out of control. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office has agreed to support Mothers Against Methamphetamine, or MAMA
METH – USA
Meth homes can leave neighborhood in a mess – San Francisco Chronicle
Most people know the basics -- the smokable, sniffable, shootable, swallowable intensely addictive drug that ruins all kinds of lives from college students and homeless people to housewives and, increasingly, younger kids.
METH – USA
Gazette Opinion: Meth abuse still clouds Montana – Billings Gazette
The Montana Meth Project has raised public awareness about the ugly consequences of methamphetamine addiction.
OPIUM – CHINA
Police vow to stamp out drugs by Games – China Daily
It could have been a scene from a Hollywood movie. Two police officers dressed in white hazmat suits and transparent gas masks threw bags full of heroin, ice and ketamine into a huge cauldron as a group of armed policemen stood guard.
METH – USA
Fruit drink mixed with meth aims at teens, drug chief says – Huntsville Times
The head of the Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit says he expects drug dealers in this area may soon try to get young people hooked on methamphetamine through fruit- or chocolate-flavored drinks.
RITALIN – USA
Our teens' pill problem – Longview Daily News
Recent surveys suggest that today's teenagers -- raised in a culture that seems thttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifo pop a pill for any ailment -- abuse prescription medications because they incorrectly believe they aren't as dangerous as illegal drugs and because they're easier to get.
ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol branding to end – Mid Sussex Today
Alcohol branding on children's replica sports shirts is to end under new rules.
It follows an agreement within the drinks industry that it is unnecessary for logos to be advertised in this manner.
ALCOHOL – USA
Gillette businesses join drug, alcohol testing program – Casper Star Tribune
Businesses here are beginning to take advantage of a new state program that encourages employers to test employees for drug and alcohol use.
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