No questions asked during prescription drug take back

Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the country. That's why several local law enforcement agencies are now joining a national effort to get excess medications off the streets.

Fighting prescription drug abuse

Authorities offer chance to dispose of old medicationA rise in prescription medication abuse, especially among youths, has caused the federal Drug Enforcement Agency to create a drop-off program for dangerous or expired medications.In Del Norte, city and county authorities are planning “an open day where people can bring in and dispose of their outdated prescription medications,” said sheriff’s ...

Cardinal battling abuse of Rx drugs

The statistics are grim: Prescription-drug abuse has surpassed auto accidents as the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio. More than 6 million people in the U.S. have abused prescription medications in the past month.

Sobering overdose statistics spur drug take-back effort

Last year, 179 people died of drug overdoses in Maine -- and 92 percent of those cases involved prescription drugs. By comparison, 155 people died in highway crashes.

Cocaine use on the rise in Australia

The number of cocaine abuse related arrests has risen in Sydney's CBD and an increasing number of users of the drug are being treated in hospitals. According to the latest NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures arrests for possession and use of the drug have risen by 76.6 per cent in the past two years.

Over-representation of violent crime statistics to bipolar disorder patients shows concurrent substance abuse: Study

A new study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder or manic-depressive disorder does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse.

Substance abuse group gets $330,000 grant

The local fight against alcohol and drug abuse in Gillette is about to get a lot more visible, thanks to a $66,000-a-year federal grant awarded to the Substance Abuse Advisory Council for the next five years.

Sharp rise in NSW cocaine offences

Crime statistics showing a sharp rise in cocaine drug offences in the state have been attributed to the hard work of police by the state government.

Substance abuse, not mental illness, causes violent crime

Study finds people with drink or drug addictions have similar rates of violent crimes whether or not they have a mental illness Illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are not the reason why violent crimes are committed by mental health patients, a study showed today. An exhaustive study which tracked more than 8,000 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and another 3,700 identified ...

Increased cocaine offences 'due to police'

CRIME statistics showing a sharp rise in NSW cocaine offences is down to more arrests, the state government says.