Drug News

“Thursday morning Spokane Police arrested a drug dealer who they believe has been selling marijuana-laden Rice Krispy Treats to Shadle Park High School Students.” http://www.kxly.com/spokanenews/22603337/detail.html

“JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A local dentist is in jail, accused of trading prescriptions for crack cocaine.” http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=151803&catid=3

“An estimated 4.3 million adults 50 and older — nearly 5 percent of adults in that age range — had used an illicit drug in the past year, says a newly published study conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA has reported in recent years that illicit drug use among adults…

“Sutton was arrested on a drug complaint, and then admitted he has an addiction to painkillers. His mug shot was run in papers across the country. Video of him attempting to avoid being seen in handcuffs in the back of a police car ran on television screens of sports shows across the nation. It wasn’t…

“Philadelphia police announced that they arrested and charged a Roman Catholic priest with drug charges. He allegedly was in possession of a “small quantity” of cocaine.” http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=82899

“Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.’s drug czar said Monday — an exchange of contraband that is especially dangerous in a region now home to cells of an al-Qaida-linked terror group.” http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glLy9bDRMbTrutV5vilu7LhFcRaAD9DSTG480

“Maine drug police say that some of the illegal drug cocaine that is reaching the state has been contaminated with a drug used to treat parasites in farm animals.” http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsme/Maine.drug.cops.2.1497136.html

“British health authorities issued an alert to drug users on Friday after a drug injecting heroin user in London tested positive for anthrax infection.” http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6143MB20100205

“Gunmen stormed into a nightclub in the Mexican beach resort of Mazatlan and shot dead six people in what looked like the latest in a flurry of drug cartel attacks.” http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/06/world/international-uk-mexico-drugs.html?_r=2

“The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.” http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/marijuana-ineffective-alzheimers-treatment-ubc-vancouver-coastal-health-research.html