Teen Alcohol Intervention

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According to the National Institute of Health, alcohol is currently the drug of choice among American teenagers.

Although it is illegal for those under the age of 21 to purchase or drink alcohol, teenagers consume about 11% of the alcohol sold in the U.S.

Many teenagers today are engaging in partying and binge drinking at a younger age and are experiencing adult-sized problems related to alcoholism.  As a result, underage drinking is a major health issue in this country.…

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Miles Against Meth Abuse

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One man takes literal steps to fight his addiction to methamphetamines.

There are many treatment  rograms to help individual with substance abuse, but one man decided to walk 6,500 miles across the nation to fight his drug addiction.

Richard Remus started his self motivated “Miles Against Meth Abuse” to wean off of a seven and a half year meth addiction.

Remus started using meth in result of long hours of work and multiple days with out rest. He started smoking meth before and after shifts at work. Remus had a family and house, but meth became an addiction and Remus was able to put all his belongings into his car.…

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Synthetic Heroin Claims More Lives – Banff Canada

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This past weekend two people died, and a third almost succumbed to a fatal overdose one in a separate incident almost died. The city of Banff in Canada had just recently released in the local paper “Bannffshire Journal” a warning of the dangers of a synthetic drug being passed of as heroin.

The Bannffshire Journal highlighted and put out the warning because of a man that was found dead from overdose by using the synthetic heroin. Investigation on the two male deaths, are uncertain whether the synthetic drug was involved.

“We would remind those in our communities who use heroin of the inherent dangers associated with taking any form of controlled drug. This has sadly become all too evident given the tragic loss of life in the Banff area over the past few days.” said Inspector Andy Imray, Grampian Police substance misuse coordinator.…

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420 Festival – More Ecstasy than Weed by a Longshot

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What do you think of when you read the below lineup.  This is the lineup for a “420 festival” to be held on April 23rd in Silverado (Orange County, California). But, clearly times have changed because this is a hard core electronica lineup and we think the stoners in Marin County who coined the term “four twenty” (referring to a daily ritual – not a police code) probably sue for misrepresentation.

The drugs at this festival will be plentiful and they will include cocaine, meth, ecstasy, LSD, and probably –  a ton of pot too.

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Salvia, the Controversial Legal Hallucinogenic

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Salvia Divinorum is a legal hallucinogenic herb in California, but The National Institute on Drug Abuse repots that the Drug Enforcement Agency has listed the known hallucinogenic as a drug of concern. The DEA has been considering classifying salvia as a schedule 1 drug like LSD or marijuana, and several states have already made the drug illegal.

Salvia has developed huge popularity by having many poster children post their experiences on Youtube. In December local head shops said there sales of salvia increased after TMZ posted the video of Miley Cyrus smoking salvia out of a water pipe.…

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Elderly Man Overdoses after Drinking Heroin Tea

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On August 21 of last year police found Nicholas Tyrrell, 51, dead in his apartment. A concerned neighbor, Ronald Potter, called the police after he had not seen Tyrrell for four days. An inquest heard last week said that Tyrrell had fatal levels of morphine in his system, which pointed to the misuse of heroin.

Tyrrell had been experiencing anxiety and depression for a number of years. He would drink tea that contained crushed opium poppy seeds that he would purchase on -line. There was one point in time were Tyrrell sought help and stopped the habit, but then he lapsed.…

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Wet Houses – Giving up on Problem Drinkers

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Today the Addiction Reporter discusses “wet houses” which highlight a disturbing reality of alcoholism: it is a fatal disease for many who are unable to recovery.

The “wet house” is a new approach that some states are adopting to deal with long-term problem drinkers.  Alcoholics are given shelter and basic services, but instead of entering a treatment program they are allowed to keep drinking.  They are essentially being warehoused until they die from acute alcoholism.

This controversial approach has been tried in Seattle, Washington and throughout the state of Minnesota.  The wet house approach saves these states money, costing about $13,000 to $18,000 per resident for annual support compared to the higher cost of housing chronic alcoholics in jail, hospitals or county detox centers.…

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A New Generation of Drug-Addicted Newborns

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The New York Times recently reported on a woman in Maine named Tonya who abused OxyContin and other prescription drugs during her first trimester of pregnancy.  She then attempted to detox on her own, causing her unborn baby to experience seizures.  Next she turned to methadone, which she used daily for the remaining months of her pregnancy.  Shortly after birth, Tonya’s baby began to experience opiate withdrawal.  Doctors had no choice but to begin a course of methadone treatment for the newborn.…

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Prescription Drug Epidemic – Just Unbelievable

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We are working on a few items about the unbelievable prescription drug epidemic to be published soon. It is so noticeable that the drugs people are getting high with are manufactured legally…. and offer the same results as previous “illicit” or “hardcore street drugs.”

The question is, “Who’s minding the shop?” When it comes to the FDA in approving these drugs and the lack of coordination with law enforcement and regulation of the pharmacy industry, there has been a complete breakdown and failure in communication.…

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