For Shawn Schneider, a carpenter and rock musician, the descent into addiction began one Wisconsin winter with a fall from a rooftop construction site onto the frozen ground below. As the potent pain pills prescribed for his injuries became his… Read More ›
Substance abuse
‘Shooting galleries’: The drug plan that could be too liberal for even Brighton
Plans for Britain’s first legal ‘consumption rooms’ are unsettling the resort widely touted as a prime location Charlotte Philby Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Britain could see its first so-called “shooting gallery” – somewhere drug addicts can legally use heroin… Read More ›
Breast milk transmits drugs and medicines to the baby
Contact: SINC info@plataformasinc.es 34-914-251-820 FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology There is great confusion among the scientific community about whether women who are drug abusers should breast feed their babies. In order to shed some light… Read More ›
Young people driving epidemic of prescription drug abuse
Contact: David Kelly david.kelly@ucdenver.edu 303-315-6374 University of Colorado Denver Abuse of nonmedical analgesics up 40 percent DENVER (Oct. 16, 2012) – A new study by the University of Colorado Denver reveals that today’s adolescents are abusing prescription pain medications like… Read More ›
DEA shuts down shipments from Walgreen facility : Suspicion that highly addictive painkillers were being diverted to the black market.
Reuters – Fri, Sep 14, 2012 (Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it shut down shipments of controlled substances from Walgreen Co’s Florida distribution facility on the suspicion that highly addictive painkillers were being diverted to the… Read More ›
Researchers: Infant drug tests for marijuana are unreliable
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:58 EDT The most commonly used drug testing methods for detecting marijuana exposure are unreliable when used on infant babies and “should not be reported” without additional testing and followup by hospital… Read More ›
Children as young as seven and eight are using ecstasy and cannabis, according to an official report.
From The Telegraph By Martin Beckford, Home Affairs Editor 10:00PM BST 26 Jul 2012 A Home Office survey found that some drug users had admitted taking ecstasy when they were just seven years old, while others said they smoked cannabis … Read More ›
Engineering Evil 