Drugs News

Now that the 2013 session of the Vermont legislature has been over for almost a month and the last of the bills have been signed into law, one thing has become clear for those Vermonters who smoke marijuana or use drugs--2013 was a good year.

Destin - A group of fishermen working a couple of miles off of a Florida coastline recently snagged a large amount of cocaine. Officials estimate the catch is worth about $2.5 million.

Chicago - Shermain Miles, 51, lived in Uptown and was a fixture and menace in Edgewater, another north side neighborhood. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday that Miles has finally been ordered to a mental health and substance abuse treatment program.

A new report indicates that one in ten teenagers in the U.S. are using "study drugs" (stimulant medicines). Many of these drugs are not designed or approved for keeping someone alert or even awake.

On Thursday, January 6th, Oregon Governor, John Kitzhaber, signed SB 384 A into law. The bill requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish rules for training programs that will instruct individuals on "lifesaving treatments for opiate overdose."

A compound that targets a particular opioid receptor in the brain appears to reduce the formation of PTSD-like systems in mice subjected to severe trauma. It is hoped this could become a drug target site for people suffering with PTSD.

The U.S. FDA is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Tennessee Board of Pharmacy to investigate reports of seven adverse events associated with steroid injections compounded by Main Street Family Pharmacy.

It seems the chickens may be coming home to roost with regard the Ford family. On the heels of the Toronto Star story on Mayor Rob Ford's alleged crack cocaine usage, The Globe and Mail has published a story on his brother Coun. Doug Ford's drug days.

Austin - Republican-backed legislation that requires unemployment applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits awaits Governor Rick Perry's signature; the Texas House approved the measure Wednesday in a 104-42 vote.

Scientists have concluded that drug side effects are probably impossible to avoid. This relates to the way that proteins function in the body and due to the close similarity between proteins.