SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A new drug trend is hitting Missouri. Law enforcement agents say the rise in heroin use could spread from the St. Louis area to Springfield. Agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency say Springfield usually mirrors what happens in St. Louis when it comes to drugs. In July 2009, St. Louis Heroin Treatment … Read more
PITTSBURGH — A California man who spent nearly six years in prison for a 1980s marijuana-trafficking conviction got six months in federal prison for running a company that sold a male prosthetic called the Whizzinator that helped men cheat on drug tests. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ir6oSjYgEVfVLck6cgpvanl3Lp8wD9EV0S8G1
The latest survey of Hawaii high school students shows that more kids are trying alcohol before age 13 and using over-the-counter drugs to get high than two years ago, although meth use remains low. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2009 found that 22 percent of high school students said they had used marijuana in the … Read more
“Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season, SI.com has learned.” Read More: https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/03/17/washington/index.html?hpt=T2#ixzz0iShNAo2z
“The military is trying to curb the volume of narcotics given to troops as the number of prescriptions for painkillers and instances of drug abuse continue to soar, according to Pentagon data and recent congressional testimony.” https://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-03-16-military-drugs_N.htm
The untimely death of former child star Corey Haim is taking on criminal dimensions. Reportedly, investigators believe the late actor may had had links to an “illegal and massive prescription-drug ring.” Here’s what’s known about the operation and the extent of prescription drug abuse in California: How does this “prescription drug ring” work? Criminals are … Read more
“In the spring of last year, we discovered that the small South Wales city of Swansea had recorded a 180 percent rise in registered heroin users. This happened in just four years, with young people making up the bulk of the increase.” https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/21/vbs.swansea.love.story/index.html?hpt=Sbin