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A Grim Tradition, and a Long Struggle to End It
 Erik Eckholm
Rio Arriba County, just north of Santa Fe, is a Georgia O’Keeffe landscape of juniper-dotted desert and mountain valleys populated mostly by Hispanics who proudly trace their lineage to settlers of the 1600s — and who, a decade ago, discovered that their county had the nation’s highest per capita rate of deaths from narcotic overdoses.
New Meth Abuse Commercials Created By Mexican Film Director
 Jessica Dines
According to Reuters, Mexican film director Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu has created a set of TV commercials which discourage methamphetamine use among teenagers in the United States.
Curing Addiction With Cannabis Medicines
 The British Journal of Pharmacology
Smokers trying to quit in the future could do it with the help of cannabis based medicines, according to research from The University of Nottingham.
Quitting Smoking - It's Never Too Late
 Andrew Gould
Many people spend a lifetime trying to give up smoking, but there is good news for older smokers from research carried out at the Peninsula Medical School in South West England.
New Generation Gap as Older Addicts Seek Help
 Jane Gross
Across the US, substance abuse centers are reaching out to older addicts whose numbers are growing and who have historically been ignored. There are now residential and outpatient clinics dedicated to those over 50, special counselors just for them at clinics that serve all ages, and screenings at centers for older Americans and physicians’ offices to identify older people unaware of their risk.
Up In Smoke
 J. Tobias Beard
Practically unknown, salvia will soon become the latest casualty in the War on Drugs. So let us herald salvia’s last legal days in The Old Dominion. Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard of it before.
Crack Offenders Set for Release Mostly Nonviolent, Study Says
 Darryl Fears
Most of the more than 1,500 crack cocaine offenders who are immediately eligible to petition courts to be released from federal prisons under new guidelines issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission are small-time dealers or addicts who are not career criminals and whose charges did not involve violence or firearms.
Alcoholics Underestimate the Risk of Bleeding
 Stephan Mertens
Gastrointestinal bleeding can be fatal - something which is not known to many alcoholics. This was the conclusion reached by the Leipzig gastroenterologist Niels Teich and his colleagues.
Legal Drug Craze is New Killer
 Elizabeth Day
Once it was cocaine, speed or heroin, but now the fashion is for legal pills, washed down by spirits. Last week's news that actor Heath Ledger died from an overdose of prescription tablets shed light on a startling new trend - misuse of over-the-counter pills now kills more Americans than illegal drugs.
Marijuana Withdrawal as Bad as Withdrawal From Cigarettes
 Eric Vohr
Research by a group of scientists studying the effects of heavy marijuana use suggests that withdrawal from the use of marijuana is similar to what is experienced by people when they quit smoking cigarettes.
Opium Fields Spread Across Iraq
 The Independent
The cultivation of opium poppies whose product is turned into heroin is spreading rapidly across Iraq as farmers find they can no longer make a living through growing traditional crops.
Recreational Drugs Less Likely to Kill You than Prescribed Drugs
 Christopher Kent, D.C., J.D
Recreational drugs, including cocaine and heroin, are responsible for an estimated 10,000-20,000 American deaths per year [1,2]. While this represents a serious public health problem, it is a "smokescreen" for America's real drug problem.
Rise Seen in Trafficking of Enhanced Ecstasy
 Jane Gross
Methamphetamine-laced Ecstasy is flowing across the Canadian border into the United States, according to a warning last week from the federal government to public health and local law enforcement officials.
Researchers Work On Cocaine Vaccine
 Associated Press
Two Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston are working on a cocaine vaccine they hope will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug.
Challenges 2007-2008: Mexico Fails Anti-Drug Test
 Diego Cevallos
A decade of efforts by Mexico to eliminate, or at least significantly curb, drug trafficking and consumption has led to nothing but failure.
Mexican Marijuana is Still Plentiful — and Cheap
 Dane Schiller
A car, a home, a gallon of milk — most everything costs more now than a generation ago. Except a baggie of Mexican marijuana.
Tobacco Marketers Targeting Teens Near Schools
 HEALTH-BYLINE
A new Canadian study reports that tobacco marketers have found a way around tobacco advertising restrictions, reaching teens by marketing in retail shops located near high schools. The findings, published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, suggest the strategy is working.
Ex Crackhead Cop Says God Can Heal Addicts
 Diego Cevallos
Miguel Fernández was a police officer in the Mexican capital who used and sold cocaine and crack for 18 years in collusion with his superiors and colleagues. Now he runs a small rehabilitation centre for addicts, where the Bible and God’s healing power are the treatment of choice.
U.S. Debut of Gira Sin Drogas Drug Prevention Event in Phoenix a Huge Success
 PRNewswire
Fundacion Azteca America and Una Vez Mas station Azteca America KPDF in Phoenix successfully held the U.S. debut of the Gira Vive Sin Drogas drug prevention tour last weekend at ASU Gammage.
In Florida, Addicts Find an Oasis of Sobriety
 Jane Gross
Whitney Tower, 56, a scion of the Whitney, Vanderbilt and Drexel fortunes, squandered his trust fund and sold family treasures to support a $1,000-a-day heroin habit before landing in a tough-love facility near here seven years ago and never leaving.
Alcoholics Anonymous 6th Annual English Speaking Convention in Puerto Vallarta
 Bob Cohen
The local English speaking Alcoholics Anonymous Serenity Group will be hosting their 6th annual "Sobriety Under the Sun" AA convention at the NH Krystal Resort on January 25-27, 2008.
Cocaine Now the Drug of Choice
 Lisa Hoffman
Cocaine has edged out methamphetamine as the principal drug threat to the United States. That's the conclusion of the latest National Drug Threat Survey, which polled state and local law enforcement agencies for their assessment of the drug problem in their areas.
Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Mexican Anti-Drugs Operations
 Ethan Nadelmann
U.S. leaders continue to blame another country for our failure to reduce substance misuse here at home. That country escalates its war against drugs, but asks the United States to pick up part of the tab. Aid is given, but it ends up having no impact on the availability of drugs in the United States. U.S. leaders again point fingers, and the cycle continues.
National Methamphetamine Awareness Day is Nov. 30
 PRWeb
In light of Methamphetamine Awareness Day, efforts to shut down domestic meth labs cause massive surge in International drug trafficking.
Why it is Impossible for Some to ‘Just Say No’
 Michael Inzlicht
Drug abuse, crime and obesity are but a few of the problems our nation faces, but they all have one thing in common - people’s failure to control their behavior in the face of temptation.
And Then Comes Withdrawl
 Tara Brite
Millions of Americans have taken illegal drugs, and thousands will face the arduous process of withdrawal. ASU students are among those who have faced this trial.
Border Barter: This Bud's For You
 Angela Brandt
Just as cocaine originates only in South America, the potent marijuana known as “B.C. bud” is grown only in British Columbia. Demand for the two illicit drugs creates a steady crossover at the U.S.-Canadian border.
US, Mexican Attorneys General Focus on Meth
 Associated Press
State attorneys general from Mexico and the Western United States agreed Friday to work together against methamphetamine smuggling. Attorneys generals from the states of Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and North Dakota attended the two-day meeting where the methamphetamine trade dominated conversation.
Meth Imports Soar as Labs Making Drug Wane in U.S.
 Jane Norman
Despite the enactment of a federal law limiting the sales of ingredients for methamphetamine, the illegal and highly addictive drug remains more available than ever via imports by Mexican drug trafficking rings, law enforcement officials say.
Narcotics Traffic Feeling Squeeze?
 Anna Cearley
The price of certain illegal drugs has soared as law enforcement on both sides of the border target traffickers and Mexican drug cartels fight each other for control of the trade.
Mexico's Peyote Endangered by 'Drug Tourists'
 Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
Though peyote has been used for hundreds of years by Mexican Indians, it only became popular outside of indigenous communities after Carlos Castaneda wrote The Teachings of Don Juan in the 1970s. All of a sudden, Americans, Europeans and other foreigners began making pilgrimages to Mexico to hunt for peyote and consume it recreationally.
Afghan Opium Crop Hits Record
 David Rohde
Afghanistan produced record levels of opium in 2007 for the second straight year, led by a staggering 45 percent increase in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand Province, according to a UN survey.
Intravenous Drug Use Feeds HIV Pandemic
 Lynette Lee Corporal
The steep rise in HIV cases in recent years in Central Asia - at a pace faster than in other regions of the world - has set alarm bells ringing among government and non-government groups in the former Soviet republics.
Seized Drug Money Will Build Treatment Centers For Addicts
 Anna Cearley
Part of the millions of dollars confiscated by Mexican authorities in a high-profile drug case this year will be used to build treatment centers for drug addicts in Baja California, according to state authorities.
US Lawmakers Want to Ban Legal Herb
 Janet Craigmiles
A legal herb that packs a powerful high is growing popular in central Wisconsin as lawmakers move to ban its sale. Salvia divinorum is a perennial herb of the mint family and is native to the Sierra Mazateca region of Oaxaca, Mexico. The plant has been used for centuries by the Mazatec Indians for spiritual rituals.
Mexico to Use Huge Drug Cash Haul for Addict Rehab
 Reuters
Mexico will use $206 million confiscated in what officials call the world's biggest drug cash seizure to fund programs for addicts and strengthen the justice system, the government said on Thursday.
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