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Officials, doctors and participants acknowledge that Ecstasy use is increasing and particularly widespread during events such as raves. Officials said use of the hallucinogen and stimulant was widespread among the scores of partygoers taken by ambulance to emergency rooms from the Electric Daisy Carnival, which was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and surrounding…

Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell was arrested Monday at his home in Mobile, Ala., for possession of a controlled substance. The arrest for possession of codeine syrup came as part of an undercover investigation, Mobile County Sheriff Office spokeswoman Lori Myles told the (Mobile) Press-Register. http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_15446430

Authorities in Ecuador say they have captured the first true submarine designed and built to smuggle drugs. “Semi-submersible” vessels have long been built for the narcotics trade, but it appears that the drug runners have now upped their game to make vessels able to travel completely underwater. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/true_sub_captured_from_drug_smugglers/

In 2009, the four most lethal drugs in Florida were heroin, Methadone, Oxycodone and fentanyl, according to a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.The Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report on Drugs Identified in Decreased Persons was released Wednesday by FDLE. The most frequently occurring drugs found in 2009 were ethyl alcohol, at 4,4046;…

While drug-related deaths across Florida rose an alarming 20 percent last year over 2008, South Florida saw a notable decrease in two key areas of substance abuse: cocaine and heroin. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/01/1709624/experts-fear-new-wave-of-addiction.html#ixzz0sSchGzoh

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Teenage boys may or may not deserve their reputation for carousing, but new research suggests that teen girls are more vulnerable to drug and alcohol abuse. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20009264-10391704.html

Fatalities caused by prescription drug abuse are quickly rising in Florida. A new report from the state’s medical examiners shows deaths from the prescription painkiller oxycodone jumped 26 percent in 2009 from the previous year. http://cbs4.com/wireapnewsfl/Drug.related.deaths.2.1782514.html

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Wal-Mart on behalf of a man with terminalbrain cancer who says he was fired for testing positive on a drug test even though he is approved for medical marijuana, the Michigan Messenger reports. http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/06/30/medical-marijuana-patient-sues-wal-mart-over-drug-test-firing/

Under the new laws Canberra motorists will face random tests for drugs including ecstasy, cannabis and methamphetamine. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/30/2941353.htm