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Nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers continues to be a public health issue in the United States that merits serious concern. During 2008, nonmedical use of pain relievers among persons aged 12 or older in the United States was a leading form of drug abuse, second only to marijuana.1 While prescription pain relievers offer important…

Here’s something that frankly, disturbed me. My daughter, who just finished her freshman year in college, recently told me, “I can’t believe how many kids at school take prescription drugs on a regular basis. They take Adderall to help them study, Ambien to get to sleep and Xanax to calm down.” It surprised me that…

The US authorities said Mozambique served as a trans-shipment point for narcotics such as “hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and mandrax” most of which were consumed in Europe and South Africa. In recent years, West Africa has been the major transit hub for smuggling cocaine from Latin America to Europe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10629329

According to the indictment, the scheme was hatched on April 20, when Venziale met with Ortiz near the North Philadelphia Amtrak station. Venziale and Ortiz discussed a plan to steal, with the illegal assistance of Philadelphia police officers, 300 grams of heroin from Miguel Santiago. The officers and fellow conspirators believed the heroin they stole…

With newly released data showing that prescription drug misuse now rivals illicit drug use as a cause of emergency department visits, the Food and Drug Administration in June released a long-awaited proposal aimed at curbing recreational use of opioid analgesics. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/07/12/prl20712.htm

Prescott firefighters and LifeLine Ambulance took two men and a teenager to Yavapai Regional Medical Center West Campus this past Tuesday evening after they developed adverse reactions including becoming combative and hallucinations after smoking Spice. http://prescottdailycourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=83179

Australian police have seized 240 kilograms (530 pounds) of cocaine worth 84 million dollars (73 million US) which was stashed in paving stones, in one of the country’s biggest busts. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iItwcLZN1lhBsaOyTS1R8YhkTpTQ

Desperate heroin users in a few African cities have begun engaging in a practice that is so dangerous it is almost unthinkable: they deliberately inject themselves with another addict’s blood, researchers say, in an effort to share the high or stave off the pangs of withdrawal. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/13blood.html?_r=2

A loophole in drug testing laws could allow employees to smoke medical marijuana and go undetected by their boss. http://www.nbc11news.com/news/headlines/97130664.html?ref=664

Researchers report that they’ve discovered tiny molecules that appear to forestall cocaine addiction in rats and may have the same effect in humans. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/addiction/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100261065