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DRUGS are detected in one out of every 61 drivers tested on Victorian roads, and more than three-quarters of those caught were using speed. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/one-in-61-tested-drivers-on-drugs-20100715-10cps.html

Prescription drug overdoses have replaced car accidents as the leading cause of injury-related death for 35- 54-year-olds in Washington, according to a report from the state Department of Health. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/423387_death14.html

Kids around the country are getting high on the internet, thanks to MP3s that induce a state of ecstasy. And it could be a gateway drug leading teens to real-world narcotics Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/digital-drugs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0tlEBspIk

Three Pennsylvania police officers were indicted this week for allegedly being part of a plan to steal heroin from a drug dealer and sell it. The Philadelphia officers were allegedly part of a scheme hatched by three other drug dealers to steal 300 grams of heroin from the drug dealers’ supplier, the indictment says. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/15/pennsylvania.cop.drugs/

Students involved in extracurricular activities and subject to in-school random drug testing reported less substance use than their peers in high schools that didn’t have drug-testing programs, according a federal evaluation of 4,700 students spread across seven states. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/13/37drugs.h29.html?tkn=PQQF2R27kwGoTwz/fz7CgSmXgKQeADP/yLbw&print=1

Students involved in extracurricular activities and subject to in-school random drug testing reported less substance use than their peers in high schools that didn’t have drug-testing programs, according a federal evaluation of 4,700 students spread across seven states. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/13/37drugs.h29.html?tkn=SYMF%2FsglL%2BcdqkS1g%2FDybUioyvjpqztytCaW&cmp=clp-edweek

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…