A National Survey on Drug Use and Health will be released today, stating that about 20 Milion people used illicit drugs during the past month.
Drug use increased among those 50-59 years old as more baby boomers joined that age group. Previously, their drug use rose from 4.3 percent in 2006 to 5 percent [...]

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America have joined support of Senate Resolution 614. The resolution designates August as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month”.
(Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)
 
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More than 12,000 tablets of OxyContin, worth close to half a million dollars on the street, were acquired through a scam using fake prescriptions by fifty-six government employees. A total of 62 people were arrested
The Miami, Florida employees included 27 school bus drivers, 2 corrections officers, a police officer and a felony court clerk.
It is [...]

Between 2005 and 2007, fentanyl (NPF), a nonpharmaceutical painkiller, was responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 U.S. residents. In what is being called the biggest epidemic of illegally produced painkiller overdoses, health officials predict there will be even more deaths. Sometimes used as “cut” or “filler” in heroin sold on the streets, “fake”, or illicitly produced Fentanyl is cheaper than heroin, and [...]

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