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Europe is grappling with a flood of powerful and sometimes lethal new narcotics that are often legal when they first appear because authorities have never seen or banned them before. With catchy nicknames like Meow Meow, Spice and NRG-1, the drugs are often sold online as “legal highs.” They typically come in powder form and…

The latest drug driving figures in South Australia have been condemned by police and the SA Government. Random testing sites have been detecting about 90 drivers per month with drugs in their system. Cannabis is the most common find, with speed and ecstasy also discovered. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/19/2957375.htm

Lascell Malcolm, 63, was killed after inadvertently drinking a liquid form of the drug, disguised in a bottle of rum which had been given to him as a gift. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Tragic-Cocaine-Death-Manslaughter-Trial-Begins-Over-Death-Of-Cab-Driver-Lascell-Malcolm/Article/201007315667390?lpos=UK_News_Top_Stories_Header_0&lid=ARTICLE_15667390_Tragic_Cocaine_Death%3A_Manslaughter_Trial_Begins_Over_Death_Of_Cab_Driver_Lascell_Malcolm

Great sweeps of Guatemalan rain forest, once the cradle of one of the world’s great civilizations, are being razed to clear land for cattle-ranching drug barons. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/americas/18guatemala.html?src=me

The death toll from Mexico’s battle with drug cartels has spiked sharply over the last few days with dozens killed at parties, bars and from a car bomb. Analysts say the car bombing in the troubled border city of Ciudad Juarez reveals the boldness and sophistication that now marks the drug wars. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/19/2958219.htm

A new White House study found a 400 percent jump in prescription drug abuse between 1998 and 2008. Experts blame a lack of monitoring programs as well as Americans’ increasing unwillingness to bear even small pains. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0715/Prescription-drug-abuse-surged-400-percent-in-past-decade

A couple of Canadian biotech companies believe their drug-reformulation techniques can combat the misuse and abuse of long-acting opioid drugs, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has called a “widespread and serious public-health crisis.” http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100715-709055.html

Emergency room physicians in recent weeks have called for a ban on raves at the two venues, saying that use of the illegal drug Ecstasy is widespread at raves and that those who overdose flood nearby hospitals, putting them at risk for critical illness and death. http://www.latimes.com/news/health/la-me-0716-rave-coliseum-20100716,0,2922663.story

More than 40,000 Ecstasy pills are sold every day on the Spanish island of Ibiza during holiday season, according to police who have warned that they are losing the battle against drug traffickers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/7894526/Drug-dealers-sell-40000-Ecstasy-pills-on-Ibiza-every-day.html