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Showing posts with label meth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meth. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

'Staggering increase' in opioid-fentanyl deaths, study finds

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Graph from University of Illinois research paper ; for a larger version, click on it. The recent surge in deaths from opioid overdoses has ...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

DEA issues public warning about deadly black-market pain medications laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine

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"The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public warning Monday that a growing number of pain medications bought on the black mark...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

Meth-overdose deaths tripled in 2015-19; still most prevalent by far among Native populations, but soared among Blacks

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Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses increased 180 percent from 2015 to 2019, and "Researchers found Native Americans and Alaska Nativ...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Meth OD deaths and opioids in pregnancy spiked in past decade; study points to possible meth-addiction treatment

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Two new studies illustrate the impact of drug addiction in rural America over the past decade.  The first study, published in the Journal o...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Meth from Mexican drug cartels is on the rise in Appalachia, fueled partly by officials' efforts to cut off opioid access

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Central Appalachia has been long known as a hotbed of opioid addiction, but, aided by Mexican drug cartels, methamphetamine abuse has been ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

South Dakota anti-meth ad campaign widely mocked, but governor says it's doing its job by getting people's attention

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Part of the ad campaign South Dakota is getting a lot of attention for a new ad campaign to raise awareness of the state's methamph...
Thursday, November 07, 2019

Tomorrow is deadline to register for Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery journalism workshop in Ashland, Ky.

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Tomorrow, Nov. 8, is the deadline to register for Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery: A Workshop for Journalists, to be held in Ashlan...
Sunday, September 01, 2019

Save the date: Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery, a workshop for journalists, will be held in Ashland, Ky., Nov. 15

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UPDATE, Oct. 1: Registration for the workshop has opened; click here for information and registration. Covering Substance Abuse and R...
Friday, August 23, 2019

DEA, state and local agents seize over 800 pounds of meth in three states, arrest 375 in seven-month investigation

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DEA map shows location of agents and amounts of methamphetamine and arrests in each state. If you were looking for proof that methamphe...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Fentanyl, an added ingredient, drives increases in deaths from cocaine and methamphetamine overdoses

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The same drug that is driving opioid-overdose deaths is also causing a surge in deaths from cocaine and overdoses of psychostimulants such ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Fewer U.S. workers are using prescription opioids, but more are using cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana

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Fewer U.S. workers are using prescription opioids, but more are using methamphetamines, cocaine, and marijuana, according to data released ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Study of Ky. meth-lab busts boosts case that drug use is less prevalent where alcohol sales are legal

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Meth use is more prevalent in counties where the sale of alcohol is illegal, say researchers at the  University of Louisville . They look...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Drug-overdose deaths spike in rural Colorado

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Drug overdose rates in Colorado have hit record levels, increasing 68 percent from 2002-2014, with numbers especially high in rural Souther...
Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Rural meth users in South Carolina more likely to be poor white women, says UCLA study

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Rural meth users in South Carolina are more likely to be poor white women, said a study by researchers at UCLA presented last week at the...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

Bill introduced in Maine would make possession of meth-making ingredients a felony

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Maine Sen. Kimberley Rosen (R-Bucksport) introduced legislation, backed by the attorney general's office, to help curb the state's m...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Company makes a living cleaning up meth cook sites in West Virginia

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As of Nov. 30, 2014, West Virginia state police had busted 290 meth labs , down from 531 in 2013, but an increase from 2012 (284 busts), 201...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Montana, West Virginia among states considering laws to fight methamphetamine production

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State lawmakers in Montana will consider a bill to create a database for purchases of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine—ingredients used to make...
Thursday, July 03, 2014

Tennessee sets stricter limits on pseudoephedrine

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Tennessee has made it tougher to purchase over-the-counter drugs used to make methamphetamine. This week a new law went into effect putting...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Michigan governor signs bills making it harder to purchase meth-making ingredients

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday signed into law three bills intended to curb the practice of "smurfing," which refers to peo...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Michigan House passes bill making it harder to purchase ingredients to manufacture meth

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Michigan lawmakers are taking steps to make it more difficult for illegal drug manufacturers to purchase over-the-counter drugs used to mak...