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With Eye on Spring Break, Florida Bans Bath Salts

Spring breakers will need to find another cheap, dangerous high

(Newser) - On the heels of reports that bath salts are as bad as meth, Florida's not messing around: The Sunshine State has joined Louisiana in banning the sale of little white packets of crystals that people around the Southeast are smoking or snorting, because, "For lack of a better term,...

Meth Tracking Backfires, Creates Black Market

Tracking creates new market in drug production

(Newser) - Desperate to stanch the flow of meth, several states instituted electronic tracking of the over-the-counter cold medicine used in meth production—but the plan backfired, an AP analysis finds. Tracking was supposed to prevent people from buying more than the legal limit of pseudoephedrine, but it's actually created a black...

Meth Lab Found in Georgetown Dorm Room

 Drug Lab Found in 
 Georgetown Dorm Room 
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Oct 23, 2010 3:04 PM CDT

Drug Lab Found in Georgetown Dorm Room

Two freshmen have been detained for questioning

(Newser) - We're guessing "narcotics maker" wasn't listed under extracurricular activities on these students' applications: Police found a drug lab inside a dorm room in a Georgetown University freshman residence hall this morning. Though they initially believed it was a meth lab, the Hoya reports it was used to create the...

CVS Fined $75M for Selling Meth Ingredient

Pharmacy chain punished for role in California drug 'spike'

(Newser) - The nation's largest retail pharmacy chain, CVS , is in trouble with the law for allowing customers to buy large amounts of cold medicine containing a key ingredient used in the manufacture of methamphetamine How much trouble? About $75 million worth. Federal authorities ruled that the chain didn't do enough to...

Drug Use Hits 8-Year High
 Drug Use Hits 8-Year High 
Sep 16, 2010 1:19 AM CDT

Drug Use Hits 8-Year High

Marijuana, meth, ecstasy use up, cocaine down

(Newser) - Illegal drug abuse in America has soared to its highest rate in almost a decade, according to a government report which finds marijuana, methamphetamine, and ecstasy use surging, but cocaine declining. Some 21.8 million Americans used illegal drugs last year, a 9% increase from the year before and the...

Rehabbing LiLo Tired But OK
 Rehabbing LiLo Tired But OK 
Aug 2, 2010 5:10 PM CDT

Rehabbing LiLo Tired But OK

Actress just glad to be out of jail

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is tired but well after her late-night transfer from a Lynwood, Calif., jail to a rehab clinic at the UCLA medical center. “She is in good spirits, but she is extremely tired," a source tells Radar . "Lindsay is just relieved to be out of jail....

Bipolar Lindsay Lohan's Hooked on Meth

Jailbird starlet will enter rehab for addiction

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan will undergo treatment for addiction to methamphetamine and bipolar disorder when she enters rehab after she's released from jail, TMZ reports . Meth and opiates are Lohan's "drugs of choice," a source says. The troubled actress, who's proving to be a high-maintenance inmate as she serves 90...

Parents Busted Trying to Sell Baby for $25

Meth Dad offered daughter to Wal-Mart shoppers

(Newser) - A California couple have been arrested for allegedly trying to sell their baby to Wal-Mart shoppers for the bargain price of $25. Police say Patrick Fousek, 38, offered his 6-month-old daughter to two women outside the Salinas store, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The women called authorities when they...

New Site for Meth Labs: Inside Cars
New Site for Meth Labs: Inside Cars
Apr 15, 2010 2:58 PM CDT

New Site for Meth Labs: Inside Cars

Cops find evidence of drug trend along roadsides

(Newser) - Police are discovering that it’s a lot harder to bust a meth lab when it’s in someone’s backseat. Meth users and dealers have discovered a new way of making the drug that requires just one pot rather than a big setup, meaning it can be done in...

300 Arrested in Drug Raids Across US

Feds crack down on violent Mexican cartel specializing in meth

(Newser) - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the US, federal officials today announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel. La Familia has earned a reputation for dominating the methamphetamine trade and for using...

Veiled Women Nabbed in $12.5M Jakarta Drug Bust

Iranians arrested in record airport drug haul

(Newser) - Eight veiled women were among a group of 10 Iranians arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling at Indonesia's main airport today. The $12.5 million haul of methamphetamines found in their hand baggage is the biggest drug bust in the airport's history, authorities say. Indonesian authorities have never seen veiled...

Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession

(Newser) - Mexico has enacted a controversial law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. The law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities will no longer...

Ex-Olympic Skater Bobek Busted in Meth Ring

1998 Olympian pleads not guilty

(Newser) - Former US Olympic figure skater Nicole Bobek has a new career, allegedly: drug dealer. Bobek, 31, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, the AP reports. A New Jersey prosecutor tells Fox affiliate WNYW-TV that the 1995 US champion “was actively involved in the...

Fawcett's Son Busted for Drugs

Redmond nabbed at jail checkpoint as mom is in critical condition in LA hospital

(Newser) - As actress Farrah Fawcett lay in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital yesterday, her 24-year-old son was busted for drugs at a jail where he was visiting a friend, authorities said. It was Redmond O'Neal's second drug bust in seven months, reports Entertainment Weekly. Police didn't say what drugs...

Vegas Kidnap Case Turns to Mexican Drug Probe

6-year-old safe after abduction linked to theft from cartel

(Newser) - Investigators intensified their search yesterday for the drug-cartel kidnappers of a 6-year-old Las Vegas boy who was found safe on a city street. Detectives have distributed flyers of suspects they believe are linked to Mexican drug kingpins who likely ordered young Cole Puffenburger kidnapped to get even with his grandfather...

O'Neal 'Upset' at Meth Charge
 O'Neal 'Upset' at Meth Charge 
Oct 16, 2008 6:00 AM CDT

O'Neal 'Upset' at Meth Charge

Actor, son charged with felony possession in Sept. bust

(Newser) - The attorney for Ryan O’Neal says the actor “found it extremely frustrating and upsetting” that he and 23-year-old son Redmond were charged yesterday with felony possession of methamphetamine following a Sept. 17 bust in Malibu, Calif. “He's not a drug user and he doesn't want to be...

Ryan O'Neal, Son Busted for Meth
Ryan O'Neal, Son Busted
for Meth
Sep 17, 2008 4:12 PM CDT

Ryan O'Neal, Son Busted for Meth

Malibu cops' probation check on Redmond, 23, bags 67-year-old dad

(Newser) - Actor Ryan O'Neal received a rude awakening this morning as he and son Redmond were booked for allegedly having drugs in their Malibu, Calif., home, People reports. Police found "a vial of drugs" believed to be methamphetamines in Ryan's bedroom during a probation check on the younger O'Neal, who,...

8 Meds Docs Won't Take
 8 Meds Docs Won't Take 
Jun 23, 2008 7:55 PM CDT

8 Meds Docs Won't Take

If trained professionals won't use them, why would you?

(Newser) - Some drugs have such serious drawbacks that even doctors won’t take them, Men’s Health reports. The big eight:
  • Advair: Can actually increase the severity of asthma attacks
  • Avandia: Diabetes drug carries risk of heart attack

Cities' Sewage Serves as Giant Drug Test

Analyzing waste for illicit substances sheds light on use

(Newser) - Across the world, raw sewage is being analyzed for clues to illegal drug use. Environmental scientists are testing waste from US and European cities to gather data, which reveals everything from what's popular to which days see the greatest use of which substances. "Every sample has one illicit drug...

7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

Latest victims in Mexico's spiraling drug violence

(Newser) - A gun battle in Mexico's drug capital of Culiacan ended with seven federal police officers and a civilian lying dead, and four officers wounded. Drug dealers opened fire and hurled a grenade as police raided a drug house in the city, where 1,000 people have died in drug-related violence...

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