Category: News

2C-I: A new, illegal drug available online

Monica Robins  WKYC-TV (Cleveland) May 19, 2006 If you think drug dealers are hanging out on street corners or near schools targeting children, it’s time for a wake-up call. Thousands of them are now reaching out through the internet. That’s the case with a relatively new drug that’s dangerous but for sale online. Packages filled…

Marijuana use affects fertility treatment outcomes

By Will Boggs, MD, March 31, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The likelihood of a good outcome of fertility treatment is reduced if either the man or the woman uses marijuana, compared with couples that don’t use it, the results of a new study suggest. If these study findings are confirmed by additional research,…

More boomers face meth addiction

By Ryan Lenz Associated Press March 20, 2006 BLOOMFIELD – Mike Walls never envisioned his golden years as a fight with drug addiction when a friend gave him a plastic bag of white crystal powder and a promise of youth nearly two decades ago. A cross-country truck driver, he was almost 40 and feeling fatigued…

The Kingpins of Drug Legalization: Investigating Their Role in the Culture War

Who are the voices crying out for the de-criminalization of illegal narcotics, and what are their real objectives? The answers may surprise you. by Michael J. Ard, CultureWars.com As a preschooler in his native New Orleans, he watched in horror as a neighborhood man jabbed a heroin needle in his arm. And as he grew…

Adolescence: When Young People Use, Parents Seldom Know

New York Times, October 3, 2006 Parents consistently and substantially underestimate their children’s use of alcohol and other drugs, a new study has found. Researchers interviewed 591 adolescents ages 12 to 17 about their drug and alcohol use and then questioned at least one parent of each about what he or she thought the children…

Ottawa harm reduction program increasing crack smoking; Up to 80% of drug users engage in “unprotected” sex

Two new harm reduction articles: Crack program cut disease: study:  But free paraphernalia also increased drug use, AIDS conference told By Chris Cobb, The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa Citizen ( Canada ), August 18, 2006 TORONTO – The City of Ottawa ‘s controversial distribution of free drug paraphernalia to crack smokers is improving drug users’ dangerous…

Drug Free America Foundation Awarded Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

DFAF Press Release, July 24, 2006 (St. Petersburg, FL) Drug Free America Foundation was recently awarded Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.  Drug Free America Foundation may now designate official representatives to the United Nations – to the United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations…

MEDICATED! Society’s Dependence on Prescription Drugs

What are the facts regarding this alarming trend, and why are so many turning to prescription drugs? By Kevin D. Denee and Louis F. Maschio, The Real Truth, July – August, 2006 It’s a miracle drug.” “I can’t believe how much it helped.” “You can’t live without it.” “It changed my life.” Such are the…

Growers converting suburban houses to marijuana farms

SACRAMENTO BEE May 21, 2006 Sacramento Police found at least 10 homes used exclusively for pot cultivation in the last year SACRAMENTO — The lawn is patchy and pocked with weeds. Overgrown rose bushes and shaded windows suggest neglect. But inside the house in suburban Sacramento, a professional gardener’s touch abounds. Sophisticated lighting and perfect…

Texas schools battle ‘starter heroin’

By Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY A new heroin-laced powder known as “cheese” is popping up in middle and high schools in Texas, where dozens of youths have been caught with the drug, federal and local officials say. So far the problem has been focused on schools in Dallas, where police first reported kids snorting the…

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