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“The four drugs where more than 50 percent of the deaths were caused by the drug when the drug was found, were heroin (86.9 percent), methadone (73.4 percent), fentanyl (56.4 percent), and oxycodone (56.1 percent), according the The Florida Department of Law Enforcement report released this morning. The information is for the first six months…

“The student body president at the University of Massachusetts at Boston was arrested and charged as an alleged repeat drug dealer last week after the Boston police Drug Control Unit raided his Dorchester apartment.” http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/19/drug_arrest_for_umass_boston_student_leader/

“Six people have died in this county this year from accidental prescription-drug overdoses, although some of them did involve alcohol as well, but not nearly enough to be lethal on its own. That’s one more death than from all alcohol-related incidental deaths combined.” http://www.plumasnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6372:prescription-drug-ods-outnumber-alcohol-related-ones-in-plumas-county&catid=69:-headline-news&Itemid=6

“PASCAGOULA, Mississippi – A Mississippi teacher is facing thirty years in prison after narcotics agents busted him growing marijuana in his home.” WKRG.com News

“A Plainview-Old Bethpage school custodian was suspended after he was charged with heroin possession in a Bethpage parking lot.” http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/school-custodian-suspended-after-bethpage-heroin-bust-1.1607054

“SPARTANBURG, S.C. — An Upstate nurse was arrested, accused of stealing drugs from the hospital where she worked.” http://www.wyff4.com/news/21665033/detail.html

“A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl died at a house party after taking a lethal cocktail of legal and illegal drugs, it is claimed. Gabrielle Price is thought to have mixed a new “party drug” known as meow meow with ketamine. The new drug, which is fast becoming the latest craze, is billed as a cross between ecstasy…

By Peter Woodman “Many young motorists drive on a cocktail of drink and drugs, a survey has found.Around 7pc of motorists aged 17 to 25 admitted to driving on illegal drugs and, of these, nearly all (84pc) said they drove “on a cocktail of drink and drugs”.” http://www.herald.ie/national-news/teen-drivers-worst-for-drugged-up-driving-1951469.html

BY GIL KERLIKOWSKEwww.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov “As the demands and distractions of the holiday season approach, I want to remind parents, teens and families about the dangers of drug abuse — which claims more young people’s lives annually than suicides, firearm deaths, or school violence. Despite significant progress in many areas — overall drug use among high school…

“FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Police said a University of Arkansas freshman Joseph Hutchins, 18, was planning on making the drug ecstasy in his dorm room.” http://www.4029tv.com/news/21655657/detail.html