Users of methamphetamine, or ”ice”, are five times likelier to suffer psychotic symptoms while taking the drug, according to a...
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14 million women in the United States binge drink about three times a month
One in five high school girls binge drink, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and...
U.S. drug czar slams medical marijuana during S.F. event
The nation’s top drug cop advocated a “different approach” to narcotics enforcement — and stressed that there is no “war...
Don’t go soft on cannabis – it turned me into a thieving heroin addict
Ocean became hooked on the killer drug at 18 and went from a respectable straight A student to a thieving...
Plan to end methadone use at Albuquerque jail prompts alarm
For the last six years, the Metropolitan Detention Center, New Mexico’s largest jail, has been administering methadone to inmates with...
Drug use in Ohio’s prisons spiked in 2012
Testing done annually in October by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction found 3.32 percent of inmates tested positive...
Coroner highlights methadone link to heart failure after man’s death
Dublin city coroner Dr Brian Farrell is to write to the Department of Health to highlight a link between methadone...
Justin Bieber caught smoking pot
Justin Bieber’s year is not off to the greatest of starts. First, a paparazzo chasing his car is killed and...
Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy leads campaign against legal pot
Kennedy, 45, a Democrat and younger son of the late “Lion of the Senate” Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, is...