Published May 30, 2011

HOUSTON– While motor vehicle traffic accidents continue to be the leading cause of unintentional deaths in the United States, drug overdose deaths have been rapidly increasing.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 27,658 unintentional drug overdose deaths in 2007, more than double the 11,155 deaths in 1999. Drug overdose deaths now account for 24% of all unintentional deaths and surpass falls as the second leading cause of unintentional deaths. Unintentional drug overdoses include those resulting from illegal, prescription, and over-the-counter drug misuse, abuse, taking too much for medical reasons and accidental ingestion. (more…)

By DEA

Published March 8, 2011

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. O n Saturday, April 30 th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will hold their second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at sites nationwide. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

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By Felisa Cardona

Published February 28, 2011

By Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer

Published February 28, 2011

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — In the grand experiment known as the American democratic system, jury selections are designed to bring together a wide cross-section of any community.

As Scioto County Prosecutor Mark Kuhn kicked off the process of selecting a jury for a drug-related murder trial last year, he asked those selected randomly to raise their hands if someone in their family or in a friend’s family had a drug problem.

One by one, all 31 potential jurors stuck their hands in the air.

Even for a seasoned prosecutor who has seen thousands of drug cases come through the Scioto County system in his six years on the job, it was a stunning verdict about the depth of the drug problem in the county.

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By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel

Published February 28, 2011

By Keith Moon

 Published February 28, 2011

ARDMORE, OK – New statistics from the State of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics show a rise in drug deaths across the state, but the culprits aren’t what you might think.

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