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A federal survey of high school students found that more than one in five had taken drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin or Xanax without a doctor’s prescription. The highest prevalence, the study found, was among whites. That’s no surprise to law enforcement and treatment providers, who say OxyContin, codeine and other prescription drug abuse…

Experts in pain treatment and drug abuse prevention say the growing use of long-acting pain killers like OxyContin, fentanyl and methadone has been a crucial factor in a nationwide epidemic of overdose deaths, largely from the abuse of such drugs. In an unusual move, a state government is developing regulations meant to stop doctors from…

“This is a population that was involved in drug use in their 20s or 30s and have just continued using,” said Pete Delany, director for the Office of Applied Studies at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. A federal studies snapshot taken between 2002 and 2007 showed that illegal drug use by…

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has a number of tips to help parents identify over-the-counter drug abuse in kids. This form of drug abuse, also known as Robo tripping, has become a growing trend among tweens and teens ranging in age from nine to 17. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/26/2106519/signs-that-your-child-is-getting.html#ixzz0uneEBVrT

Codeine and promethazine are found in cough syrup. Take a liberal amount of that syrup, add soda, maybe a Jolly Rancher candy, and the concoction becomes “purple drank,” “lean,” “sizzurp,” “oil” or “Houston drank,” yielding a mellow, almost content state of being, sometimes to the point of disassociation. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/7124436.html

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

Many businesses have added random drug testing to their agenda today. They want to make sure that their employees are above board when they come to work each day. Most businesses will do pre-employment drug testing to make sure that the potential employee is “clean”. After that initial drug test, no more testing is done…

A drug addict who robbed five Ottawa banks to feed his cocaine and OxyContin habit has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Drug+addicted+bank+robber+gets+eight+years+string+holdups/3308440/story.html#ixzz0uQLPkyY2

The daughter of a former Premiership footballer hanged herself after using the party drug meow meow, an inquest has heard.Sibylle Sibierski, 18, regularly took mephedrone – also known as meow meow or Mcat – with her friends, the court was told.But she would suffer depressive and erratic moods and paranoia when she was coming down…

The substance NRG-1, a so-called legal high, is to be made a Class B drug on Friday, the Minister for Crime Prevention James Brokenshire has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10725842