Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies said 11 people were arrested on suspicion of drug dealing Wednesday. The raids targeted a single group of criminals illegally making and selling cocaine, meth and marijuana at medical marijuana dispensaries, Capt. Ralph Ornelas said. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39550634/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Police say the Percocet tablets have become the drug of choice for teens and young people in their 20s, replacing the once widespread OxyContin but leading area youth down the same dangerous path of addiction and crime. “It’s an epidemic. It’s out of control,” said East Bridgewater Detective Michael Jenkins, a member of the regional…
The highly addictive narcotic OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride) is the No. 1 drug dispensed by these clinics, and it has become a huge problem. Because the state of Florida is one of seven states that does not have a prescription-drug tracking system,* patients can go from one clinic to another and purchase pain pills without anyone…
Cannabis users suffer mental health problems twice as often as non-users, a study published Monday by Statistics Netherlands said. “The percentage of people with a less good mental health is two times higher among cannabis users than non-users,” CBS said in a statement. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hIyrjLe6qeEJ6nWshwenSUEb47Mw?docId=CNG.d1f8700c150cf024d03251a9cdc0319a.521
“For some reason they think because it’s legal, it’s OK to do it,” said Blackburn, “but they still don’t know all the harmful effects on it. Basically it’s potpourri with chemical sprayed on it.” Before the ban, law enforcement said Spice has kept their hands tied behind their backs when it comes to making routine…
A MAN died after consuming the head shop drug MDPV, which has a similar effect to cocaine, but is 20 to 30 times more potent. Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/man-died-after-taking-head-shop-drug-132310.html#ixzz11Qn0WPke
In our 2010 National Drug Control Strategy, we outline a comprehensive, balanced approach to reducing drug use and its consequences in the United States. One of the primary ways to accomplish this is through prevention. Preventing drug use before it starts and having programs in place to assist substance abusers before they become addicted simply…
The most popular medicine in the U.S. was prescribed 128 million times last year, even as a panel of experts called together by the Food and Drug Administration recommended that regulators ban it. The drug is Vicodin, a 40-year-old addictive medicine that combines the narcotic hydrocodone with acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol; the prescription…
An exclusive investigation by MyFoxDetroit.com showed workers at the plant drinking beer and smoking joints while on a half-hour lunch break just two months after President Obama praised the plant in a speech. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/27/chrysler-workers-caught-drinking-lunch-break-fired/
Many alcohol and drug treatment centers across the country are seeing an increase in adolescents come in who have become addicted to drugs you can find over the counter at your local pharmacy or department store. Many teens are mixing these OTC products with other products to make them more potent and give them a…
