“According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as of July 2009, 69% of seized cocaine lots coming into the United States contained levamisole as an added agent. This report summarizes the investigations in New Mexico and Washington, which suggested that levamisole in cocaine was the likely cause of the agranulocytosis. Health-care providers should consider these … Read more
“For some users, prescription-strength pain pills are how they get by until the next dose of heroin. For others, pills are how they start down a dangerous path.” https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/20091210/NEWS01/912100322
“CVS loss prevention reviewed video surveillance and witnessed Randi Chapman steal hydrocodone, the report states. Police believe she came in on her day off to steal the medication. After being caught, she confessed to stealing a cocktail of pain killers, anti-depressants and sleeping pills, Zolpidem, Hydrocodone, Diazepam, Phentermine, Xanax and Valium.” https://www.chickashanews.com/local/local_story_345101407.html
“CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. An employee of a Sonic restaurant in southeast Missouri is accused of cooking methamphetamine at the restaurant.” https://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1623068.html
“GRANVILLE, Ohio—A Denison University student was arrested on charges of corrupting another person with drugs after police said she gave a friend a “pot brownie.“ https://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/crime/article/student_arrested_after_allegedly_giving_friend_a_pot_brownie/27996/
Repeated use of the drug popularly known as “ecstasy” significantly raises the risk of developing sleep apnea in otherwise healthy young adults with no other known risk factors for the sleep disturbance, a new study by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests. The finding is the latest highlighting the potential dangers of the amphetamine-style chemical, currently used … Read more
Deaths from opioid use in Ontario, Canada, have doubled since 1991 and the addition of long-acting oxycodone to the drug formulary was associated with a 5-fold increase in oxycodone-related deaths, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Most of these additional deaths were accidental. Opioids are among the most commonly prescribed medications … Read more
“Sunny is one of many unscrupulous individuals who are profiting from the huge surge in the popularity of mephedrone, a white powder more commonly known as “meow meow”. The drug is cheap and gives a high similar to that of Ecstasy and amphetamines. It can be bought by anyone with access to the internet and … Read more
“In Elkhart, meth is not the only illegal drug, but it is the one that has dealt the hardest blow to its working-class gut, bringing down many men and women who staff the area’s RV factories. Over the course of the recession, at least one aspect of the problem has worsened: By mid-November of this … Read more
Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score on the so-called ‘scale of craving’, an antisocial personality type and previous heroin abuse … Read more