A deadly car bomb last week, the first of its kind, suggests that Mexico’s drug cartels are growing increasingly bold and sophisticated. As illegal drugs and people cross the US-Mexican border into the United States, weapons and possibly billions of dollars in cash flow south. Speaking in Washington Tuesday, experts said fixes will have to…

The prescription drug plague that has turned Houston into a center for “doctor-shopping” rings, rogue cash-only clinics and accidental overdose deaths is now threatening the entire state, according to an intelligence report to be released today by local and federal drug enforcement officials. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7117101.html

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Psychemedics Corporation (NASDAQ: PMD) today announced that it has signed a sales and marketing agreement with LGC of the UK, an international science-based company and market leader in analytical, forensic and diagnostic services and reference standards, to market the patented Psychemedics hair analysis drug test in the UK and Europe. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/psychemedics-corporation-announces-sales-and-marketing-agreement-with-lgc-in-uk-98407569.html

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