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Withdrawal in jail

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 8:21pm
By Jeff Labine, tbnewswatch.com
 
Kyle Maki, 25, says he is dependent on methadone.
 
Maki said methadone is not a street drug and he has a right to take it as a prescription medication. However, when Thunder Bay Police Service officers placed him in custody, he said he didn’t know when the next time he would receive the next dose of the highly addictive narcotic.
 
"It is really up in the air if you are going to get it," Maki said. "It is something they can play with. At most, I was in (the Balmoral holding cell) for two days without getting (a methadone dose) and by the time I got to the jail, it takes another day to get it."
 

Prescription drug abuse overtakes street drugs

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 11:10pm
Posted By KELLY MCSHANE, SPECIAL TO THE PACKET AND TIMES
 
A crackdown on street drugs may be the catalyst for a rise in the abuse of prescription medications, police say.
 
"The availability of street drugs has declined, which is good, but now people are switching over to prescription drugs, which are more difficult for us to control," said Insp. Don Goard, who heads up Orillia's OPP detachment.
 
Goard said the switch in drug sources was expected.

Specifically, Goard said there has been an increase in the use of OxyContin, a medication generally prescribed for the relief of severe pain.

U.N. narcotics board warns of prescription drug abuse

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 6:25pm
By Kate Kelland, Reuters   LONDON – Abuse of prescription drugs is growing rapidly around the world, with more people abusing legal narcotics than heroin, cocaine and ecstasy combined, the United Nations global drugs watchdog said on Wednesday.   The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) also pointed to a rise in the use of so-called "date rape drugs," as sexual abusers try to get around more rigorous controls with substances not banned by international drugs laws.   The INCB said several high-profile celebrity deaths, such as pop star Michael Jackson last year, had focused attention on prescriptio
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