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CBS News Examination Finds Prescription Drugs Are Seen as Bigger Threat Than Marijuana by Government, Non-Profit Groups “A CBS News survey of government and nonprofit anti-drug groups has found a retreat from anti-marijuana campaigns over the past several years as prescription and over the counter drug abuse has grown amongst teens.” View Article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/15/national/main5161388.shtml

Three Men Arrested, Charged In Connection With Carver BustPOSTED: 12:32 pm EDT July 15, 2009UPDATED: 1:12 pm EDT July 15, 2009 “BOSTON — Police said a raid on a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Carver netted a cache of cocaine, pills, marijuana and large amount of cash, and the hall was also cited for…

Coast Guard Takes Crewmembers To FBIPOSTED: Wednesday, July 15, 2009UPDATED: 11:55 am EDT July 15, 2009 “The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter found more than 3,000 pounds of cocaine aboard a boat southwest of Jamaica, officials said.” View Article: http://www.justnews.com/news/20061128/detail.html

Prescription Drug Abuse, Including Ritalin, Adderall Abuse, Hits Campuses HardAtlanta, GA 7/13/2009 08:09 PM GMT (TransWorldNews) “While prescription drug abuse has hit the headlines with the recent death of Michael Jackson due to prescription drug abuse, college campuses nationwide are also taking prescription drug abuse seriously.” View article: http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=101811&cat=10

Mexican cartels send heroin, cocaine to coastal areaBy Scott Kraft Tribune NewspapersJuly 14, 2009 “In the past year, heroin has flooded Maine and New Hampshire as one-time Oxycontin addicts turn to heroin. A bag of heroin costs about $5 on the street here today, compared with $50 for an Oxycontin tablet.”Heroin arrests are up 100…

“The discovery follows coordinated attacks in at least eight cities in Michoacan that killed three federal police officers and two soldiers Saturday in what officials called an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs.” View article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/14/mexico.slayings/index.html

Story Highlights: Non-medical use of painkillers contributed to more than 8,500 deaths in 2005 Prescription drug abuse is most prevalent among young adults, ages of 18 to 25 Older adults also get addicted to pain relief drugs View article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/14/prescription.drug.use/index.html

updated 5:08 p.m. EDT, Mon July 13, 2009 “WASHINGTON (CNN) — Fewer Americans are driving drunk, but roughly one in six drivers on weekend nights is on drugs, according to a data released Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration survey. The 2007 survey was the first to also check for drug use while…

One transaction occurred at center while she was working, police sayTuesday, July 07, 2009By Daniel Malloy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “An employee of a Pine day care center has been arrested for selling drugs to undercover officers, including one incident in which police say she left the children she was watching to conduct a deal in the…

Kentucky officials see an ‘epidemic’; officials say drugs coming from FloridaBy Mark PotterCorrespondentNBC Newsupdated 7:17 a.m. CT, Mon., July 6, 2009 “The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says nearly 7 million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, noting that is “more than the number who are abusing cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy and inhalants combined.” The DEA also…