Drug gangs smuggling cocaine in submarines says Royal Navy - mirror.co.uk

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Drug gangs smuggling cocaine in submarines says Royal Navy - mirror.co.uk: "midget subs to transport drugs and it is possible they can carry several tonnes inside the craft.' He explained the billion-aire drug lords may be buying the underwater craft to avoid spotter planes, radar and Royal Navy warships which are trying to thwart their drugs trafficking operations.
Most of the cocaine is smuggled out of Colombia and other parts of South America in what the Navy dubs 'go fasts' - high-performance speed boats - and planes.
Admiral Anderson was speaking as UK warship HMS Manchester sets off for the Caribbean, partly to help counter narcotics operations.
The Navy works closely with the British Serious Organised Crime Agency, the US Joint Intelligence Task Force and the US Coast Guard in trying to catch drug runners."

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UK Legal News | Prisons keeping inmates dependent on drugs, says new report

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UK Legal News | Prisons keeping inmates dependent on drugs, says new report: "30,000 prisoners are being kept dependent on drugs by the prison service rather than being put through detox programmes, according to a new report.
Methadone, along with similar drugs, is being prescribed too easily thanks to risk-averse clinical guidelines and inexperienced prescribers, concludes the Policy Exchange report, to be released on Monday.
“Perversely, the massive increase in opiate substitute medication has created a new kind of trade for drugs in prisons, as methadone and buprenorphine are readily traded among inmates,” said Max Chambers, author of the report, Coming Clean, Combating Drug Misuse in Prisons.
The report criticises clinical guidelines for not taking into account the length of sentence a prisoner is serving when prescribing treatment for drug addiction.
“Maintenance treatment, which is when a stable dose is prescribed often continued indefinitely, should only be given to prisoners serving 13 weeks or less and who don’t have time to complete a detoxification programme,” said Chamber.
Under current practices, however, every prisoner who has been receiving methadone in the community will have their drug habit maintained in prison, regardless of the length of their sentence."

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The Associated Press: Saudi company studies US addiction aid for Muslims

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The Associated Press: Saudi company studies US addiction aid for Muslims: "Mohammed Al-Turaiki left his traditional Saudi Arabian headdress behind in favor of a blazer and sweater as he made the rounds at one of the United States' oldest addiction treatment centers.
He had traveled 7,000 miles to Michigan in hope of finding answers to a problem so taboo in the conservative Muslim kingdom that no official statistics exist: alcohol and drug addiction.
Alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia, where a strict interpretation of Islam forbids everything from liquor to allowing women to drive. For those who suffer from alcohol and drug abuse, treatment is scarce and the stigma so great that most never talk about their addiction, even to close family members.
Al-Turaiki, the chief executive of the Riyadh-based Saudi Care for Rehabilitation and Health Care, is trying to change the negative image of addiction by creating a network of treatment facilities in the oil-rich kingdom. He came to Brighton Hospital earlier this year to check out the facility and its treatment programs that have long have included the Detroit region's large Arab and Muslim population.
'When I made the rounds in the hospital, patients who saw me tossed out a few words in Arabic to see if I would respond,' Al-Turaiki said. 'I felt at home.'"

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New Way To Make Meth Is More Dangerous - 11Alive.com | WXIA | Atlanta, GA

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New Way To Make Meth Is More Dangerous - 11Alive.com | WXIA | Atlanta, GA: "'Shake and Bake'. It's a new way to cook and make methamphetamine. The drugs users have figured out a new and easy way to make meth, but it might be the most dangerous way to make it.
Paulding County Sheriff investigators say they are just starting to see the new method after making a stop of a rolling meth lab in Dallas Wednesday afternoon.
The stop was made on Polk Avenue when a deputy saw a green Ford Explorer with an equipment violation. When the officer approached the vehicle, he saw what appeared to be materials used for making meth.
'When the officer encountered the containers there was a smoke-like substance coming from the container,' said Corporal Brandon Gurley. 'That caught his attention and caused him to clear the vehicle.'
Three men in the SUV were arrested. Matthew Williamson, 34 of Acworth, Taylor Cole, 32 of Temple and Dallas Britton, 34 of Powder Springs were charged with criminal attempt to manufacture methamphetamine.
The vehicle was stopped a block away from Herschel Jones Middle School in Dallas. Buses and parents picking up their children were routed around the scene as several streets were closed. 'The school was not affected at all from this incident,' said Cpl. Gurley."

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Rise in prescriptions for alcohol addiction | News

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Rise in prescriptions for alcohol addiction | News: "Record numbers of drinkers are being prescribed pills to help them beat alcohol addiction.
New figures show hundreds of thousands of people are forced to use medication to fight their dependency. The findings raise concerns that campaigns for sensible drinking are failing.
The campaigns — which have cost the taxpayer millions — include advice on safe daily limits and warnings to women about the impact of excessive drinking on their health.
It also comes only weeks before the World Cup which experts fear could become a focus for alcohol-related disorder. A report has already warned that excessive drinking during the World Cup could have a huge impact on business with hungover employees failing to turn up to work.
The findings on the use of anti-drink abuse pills are based on a report from the NHS Information Centre. It shows that GPs issued more than 150,000 prescriptions last year for anti-alcohol drugs — a 12 per cent rise in a year."

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Drug use fuels world's fastest-growing HIV epidemic | Society | guardian.co.uk

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Drug use fuels world's fastest-growing HIV epidemic | Society | guardian.co.uk: "Injecting drug use is driving the fastest-growing Aids epidemic in the world. It's happening in eastern Europe. The number of HIV-infected people in Russia, for instance, has grown tenfold over the past decade from around 100,000 to one million, most of whom are under the age of 30.
The International Harm Reduction conference, celebrating its 21st anniversary in Liverpool this year, where the movement began, heard today that tackling the spread of HIV through injecting drug users is being hampered by a massive funding gap. A new report, co-authored by Gerry Stimson, its outgoing executive director, found that the equivalent of 3 cents a day per injector is being spent on HIV-related harm reduction - such as clean needle exchanges and substituting methadone for heroin.
In 2007, approximately $160 million was invested in HIV-related harm reduction in low and middle income countries, of which US$136 million (90 per cent) came from international donors, the report says. UNAIDS estimated that the resources needed for harm reduction were US$2.13 billion in 2009 and US$3.2 billion in 2010."

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The Associated Press: Argentina: Colombian model arrested on drug charge

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The Associated Press: Argentina: Colombian model arrested on drug charge: "Argentina's media quickly dubbed Sanclemente the 'Narco Queen,' but two officials involved in the case told The Associated Press that her specific role in the smuggling organization has not been established.
'When they organized the trafficking of cocaine to Mexico, she participated in the meetings,' said one of the sources, both of whom agreed to discuss the case on condition they not be identified because the investigation was still open.
Police were able to determine Sanclemente's identity because she had made quite an impression upon her arrival in Argentina, flying first class with a Pomeranian dog, the other official said.
The 30-year-old model, her dark hair dyed blonde, was captured Wednesday in a hostel for foreigners in the fashionable Palermo neighborhood, airport police spokesman Maximiliano Lencina said."

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Big cocaine bust shakes Bergen : Views and News from Norway

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Big cocaine bust shakes Bergen : Views and News from Norway: "Police in Bergen started their long holiday weekend by announcing the city’s biggest cocaine bust ever. In addition to seizing relatively large quantities of the drug, they arrested around 40 people including parents of small children, a day care worker and even an employee of the state child protective services (barnevernet).
“Several of those we have arrested have professional roles in the community that make it even worse for them to be caught with cocaine,” Tom Throndsen of the Bergen police told bt.no. “Many of them we have nabbed are really shaken now.”
Throndsen has been leading the investigation and subsequent raids that led to the arrests of persons entirely different from those normally caught in drug busts."

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Canadian businessmen charged with drug smuggling

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Canadian businessmen charged with drug smuggling: "Two B.C. entrepreneurs are facing drug-smuggling charges after U.S. authorities found two people hiding in the woods of a Washington park with marijuana-stuffed backpacks stashed nearby.
Christopher Andrew Neary is a former director of marketing for Telus and helped create the successful animal adverts it uses. He also owns Frank Communications, a Vancouver advertising agency, dates a celebrity fitness instructor and, according to letters of support filed in U.S. District Court, volunteers teaching art to Grade 6 students.
Daryl Paul Fontana, 37, is a married father of three, a successful triathlete and owner of a popular fitness business, Playground Fitness, in his home town of Duncan, B.C. His wife, Candace, his partner in the gym, is president of the Cowichan-Duncan Chamber of Commerce.
Both have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to import marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
They have pleaded not guilty, and have been released before facing trial by jury starting July 6. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years.
The pair were arrested alongside another man found in the woods nearby, and the driver of an SUV which arrived in the area during the police search. A fifth man was later arrested at a Washington hotel."

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The Canadian Press: US pro boxer convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy in NY, acquitted of money laundering

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The Canadian Press: US pro boxer convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy in NY, acquitted of money laundering: "pro boxer from Boston has been convicted of joining in a drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. and sent millions of dollars to Canadian suppliers.
A federal jury convicted 25-year-old Andrey Nevsky of the trafficking count but acquitted him of money laundering and smuggling charges. The verdict late Wednesday came after a three-day trial with testimony from smugglers and couriers.
He could face 10 years in prison at sentencing Sept. 15 and was sent back to the Albany County Jail, where he has spent the past year awaiting trial"

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‘Medium’ Star Jake Weber was Rolling Stones Drug Mule | Showbiz411

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‘Medium’ Star Jake Weber was Rolling Stones Drug Mule | Showbiz411: "Jake Weber, who plays Patricia Arquette’s much put upon husband in “Medium,” is featured in a Cannes film.
When Weber was about 7, he spent the summer with the Rolling Stones in the south of France. His father was their drug dealer. Weber, as it’s noted in the new film, “Stones in Exile,” spent the summer rolling joints for Mick, Keith, and friends.
In other interviews, Weber has said that he was a “drug mule” at Mick and Bianca Jagger’s wedding.
The British actor also went to to school at Summerhill, the famous experimental school about which many books have been written. Who knew? Most TV actors don’t have such an exciting resume.
Jagger laughed at Wednesday’s Q&A following the first screening of “Stones in Exile.” He brought up “the little boy in the movie.” who few in the British and French audience realized was a TV star now.
“It’s not an occupation I’d recommend for an eight year old,” Jagger said of Weber’s joint rolling days. There’s no mention of who Weber’s dad was, or how he knew Keith Richards."

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Panorama - Cocaine: Alex James in Colombia 1/3

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Panorama - Cocaine: Alex James in Colombia 1/3

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Robert Munsch admits to cocaine, alcohol abuse - Need to know - Macleans.ca

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Robert Munsch admits to cocaine, alcohol abuse - Need to know - Macleans.ca: "Robert Munsch, the Canadian author of children’s classics like the Paper Bag Princess and Angela’s Airplane, has admitted to a history of drug and alcohol abuse—dependencies he said stem from bipolar disorder. In an interview with Global television, the Guelph, Ont.-based writer said he’s attending Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous and has been clean for four months. The 64-year-old said he started on cocaine only about five years ago, as he struggled with a mental illness that created the manic persona children loved to watch during readings. “My public person was so crazy and my private person was so depressed and unhappy,” he told Global."

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Eight year olds starting to use heroin | Irish Examiner

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Eight year olds starting to use heroin | Irish Examiner: "CHILDREN as young as eight years are starting to use drugs as experts warn of a dangerous trend of younger addicts showing signs of increasingly more violent behaviour.
The Matt Talbot Adolescent Service in Cork said trends showed the onset of drug use for young people had dramatically lowered – from the age of 12 in 2006 to the age of eight this year"

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Police force to hand out 'DIY drug kits' to addicts - with advice on how to find the best veins | Mail Online

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Police force to hand out 'DIY drug kits' to addicts - with advice on how to find the best veins | Mail Online: "police force is to hand addicts 'DIY drug kits' with clean needles and advice showing how to find the best veins.The new scheme launching at Parkside station in Cambridge next month is the first in the country to provide such packs to intravenous drug users at a police custody suite.Each 'Harm Reduction Kit' contains three clean needles, a sharps box for safe disposal of dirty needles and a user manual with health advice on injecting heroin."

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Chennai cops bust drug-smuggling attempt at airport | Sindh Today News

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Chennai cops bust drug-smuggling attempt at airport | Sindh Today News: "apprehended an unemployed Indian man trying to smuggle the contraband in an ice-cream vending machine at Chennai airport. He was heading to Malaysia.
The alert Chennai police followed a tip-off that led to his apprehension. They got suspicious after they saw the man heaving a bulky package at the Chennai airport.
Authorities stopped the Malaysia bound man on Wednesday night. During interrogation, he confessed he was carrying narcotics."

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Cocaine is footy's 'drug of choice' | Herald Sun

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Cocaine is footy's 'drug of choice' | Herald Sun: "14 players tested positive to illicit drugs in 2009, including cocaine, ice and ecstasy.
Two recorded second strikes - but all identities have been protected. The AFL said a record 1568 tests were conducted last year, producing the 14 positive results - up from 12 in 2008.Chief AFL medico Dr Peter Harcourt said it was clear cocaine was the dominant drug of choice.
'The emerging drug over the past two years has been cocaine,' Harcourt said.
'The trend has been to stimulants - cocaine, ecstasy and ice. Marijuana and cannabinoids have actually dropped off quite dramatically since the start of the program.'"

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Heroin About to Get a Whole Lot More Expensive - Afghanistan - Gawker

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Heroin About to Get a Whole Lot More Expensive - Afghanistan - Gawker: "mysterious fungus is wreaking havoc on Afghanistan's opium poppies, which account for 92% of the world's supply. Local farmers blame the US military and NATO after a white substance appeared on their crops. The United Nations blames nature.
The head of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, told the BBC that the price of opium has shot up by 50% in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, where US and NATO forces are prepping for a major offensive against the Taliban, who depend on the drug trade for a large amount of funding. But as for a western conspiracy? Costa says no, because this happens from time to time. 'Nature really played in favour of the opium economy; this year, we see the opposite situation.'"

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Noemie Lenoir is the last of a string of models to have committed suicide or attempted to commit suicide in the past year. Is the Swiss millionnaire, Carl Fleischmann to blame?

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Noemie Lenoir is the last of a string of models to have committed suicide or attempted to commit suicide in the past year. Is the Swiss millionnaire, Carl Fleischmann to blame?: "successful French model, Noemi Lenoir, fronted campaigns for The Gap, Next, Victoria’s Secret and L’Oreal, but it was as the GBP1 million-a-year face and body of Marks & Spencer, that she found true fame.
Together with Twiggy, Laura Bailey and Mylene Klass, her image has been credited with helping to revive M&S’s womenswear’s fortunes, and that image is plastered over magazines, billboards and TV advertisements, throughout the UK.
She has a beautiful son, Keylan, with the ex-Chelsea footballer, Claude Makalele and had just re-signed her contract with M&S.
But yesterday, this golden, beautiful woman, was discovered, unconscious, on a path in a forest, in the suburb of La-Selle St Cloud, Paris, with a vast amount of drugs and alcohol in her bloodstream."

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Drug smuggling in North Africa - Africa Aviation / Afrika Lugvaart

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Drug smuggling in North Africa - Africa Aviation / Afrika Lugvaart: "Traces of cocaine found amid the burnt-out wreckage of a Boeing 727 recently discovered in the Sahara desert have pointed officials to the worrying scale of a new drug trade stretching across the African sands"

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Anthrax warning repeated for heroin users | Scotland | STV News

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| Scotland | STV News: "42 confirmed cases of anthrax in heroin users in the UK since the first case was reported in Glasgow in December 2009,
The contaminated drugs have been blamed for a total of 14 deaths. Twelve of these have been in Scotland, across eight NHS board areas, and there have been two deaths in England. No cases have yet been reported from Wales or Northern Ireland.
An HPS spokesman said: 'Cases continue to be diagnosed in Scotland, suggesting that contaminated heroin is still in circulation.
'Clinicians and microbiologists are encouraged to remain alert to the possibility of anthrax in heroin users with appropriate signs and symptoms.'"

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Two more cannabis seizures as Gardai clamp down on drug smuggling | Cork Student News

Two more cannabis seizures as Gardai clamp down on drug smuggling | Cork Student News: "Cannabis with an estimated street value of over €240,000 was seized by the police in the Castleconnel area of Limerick this morning. The man charged has been brought to Henry Street Garda Station where he is being held under the Drug Trafficking Act.
The arrest follows closely on yesterday’s arrest in Dublin of a man charged with a similar offence involving €1,000,000 worth of the drug."

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Iran hangs six drug traffickers - media | World | Reuters

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Iran hangs six drug traffickers - media | World | Reuters: "Iran hanged six convicted drug traffickers in a prison west of Tehran on Saturday, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.Murder, adultery, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and apostasy are all punishable by death under Iranian Sharia law practised since the 1979 Islamic revolution."

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Inmate at Scots prison had fellow cons queue for cocaine outside his cell - The Daily Record

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Inmate at Scots prison had fellow cons queue for cocaine outside his cell - The Daily Record: "inmate at a maximum security jail smuggled in so much cocaine that other lags queued outside his cell to buy some.
Michael Elder was caught red-handed with a package of cocaine worth more than £1500 in Perth prison.
Several other prisoners were with him when guards raided his cell at 8.30am.
Elder, 23, was yesterday jailed for an extra 26 months after admitting supplying the drug on June 7 last year.
Alan Kempton, prosecuting, said: 'The prison value of the cocaine was in the region of £1660."

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2 figures in heroin ring get prison - JSOnline

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2 figures in heroin ring get prison - JSOnline: "Jason Lund and Luke Bandkowski were linked to two heroin deaths each in Waukesha County and were convicted in federal court of conspiracy to distribute heroin resulting in death. They were arrested as a result of an investigation and sting dubbed 'Operation Lake Effect' that started in early 2007.
In back-to-back sentencing hearings in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee, Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Lund to 14 years and 7 months in prison and Bandkowski to 13 years and 4 months. Bandkowski received a lower sentence in part because his prior criminal record was less than Lund's.
In both cases, the sentences Stadtmueller meted out were less than the prison terms handed down in Waukesha County Circuit Court that Lund and Bandkowski received after being convicted of first-degree reckless homicide.
And Stadtmueller's sentences won't add any more time behind bars for the two men because the judge ordered the federal prison terms to be served at the same time as the state's."

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Bali Nine member's final appeal today | Herald Sun

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Bali Nine member's final appeal today | Herald Sun: "BALI Nine drug mule Martin Stephens' final appeal against his life sentence will go before an Indonesian court today. Stephens was arrested at Bali airport on April 17, 2005 with 2.9kg of heroin strapped to his legs and stomach.
He was sentenced to life in prison in 2006, a sentence later upheld by a higher court and Indonesia's Supreme Court.
But lawyers for the 33-year-old Wollongong man last month lodged a request for a final appeal - known as a judicial review - which will be heard by the Denpasar District Court this morning.
The appeal cites new evidence in the form of a letter from former Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty.
In the letter, dated April 2009 and addressed to defence lawyer Wirawan Adnan, Mr Keelty describes Stephens' role in the failed heroin smuggling plot as 'minor'.
Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.'There is no indication that Martin was an organiser or aware of the details relating to the suspected importation,' the letter reads."

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Alleged Heroin Dealer Shot Twice By Police - cbs2.com

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Alleged Heroin Dealer Shot Twice By Police - cbs2.com: "Police in Glendale shot a suspected heroin dealer twice Tuesday.The extent of the suspect's injuries is not known. Police did say, however, that the suspect is expected to survive. Sgt. Tom Lorentz of the Glendale Police Department said oneofficer sustained minor injuries and was treated by paramedics at the scene. The confrontation occurred near San Fernando Road and Desmond Street in
Pacoima at 2:55 p.m., said Lorentz.Narcotics officers had reportedly just completed purchasing heroin from the
suspect and tried to take him into custody when he backed up his vehicle and tried to run over the officers, Lorentz said."

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Antigo man to be sentenced today in Merrill heroin death case | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald

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Antigo man to be sentenced today in Merrill heroin death case | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald: "32-year-old Antigo man will be sentenced this morning on a homicide charge in connection with a woman who died from a heroin overdose last year at a Merrill domestic abuse shelter.Kevin Krugel pleaded guilty in February to a felony charge of first-degree reckless homicide. He faces up to a 40-year prison sentence.
Nicole Hedges, 29, of Tomahawk, was found dead May 2, 2009 at HAVEN in Merrill. Toxicology tests conducted on her blood showed she died of an acute overdose of heroin, according to a criminal complaint.
At a court hearing last June, Dominic Becerra, 32, of Antigo testified that he and Krugel drove from Antigo to Wausau to buy heroin. Becerra and Krugel then went to Merrill and met Hedges at Streeter Square Park, across the street from HAVEN, where Krugel and Hedges ingested the heroin, Becerra testified in June."

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The Associated Press: `Deadliest Catch' employee facing drug charges

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The Associated Press: `Deadliest Catch' employee facing drug charges: "Police in the Alaska fishing town of Unalaska say a production manager for the hit cable TV show 'Deadliest Catch' who bragged about his ability to deliver large amounts of cocaine is facing felony drug charges.
Police say 22-year-old Matthew Schneider delivered about $300 worth of cocaine to an undercover officer on March 20.
Court documents say Schneider talked about large amounts of cocaine from California being distributed at 'Deadliest Catch' parties in Unalaska.
He is one of 18 people charged in the investigation, and the only one connected to the show.
Schneider is not in custody and police don't know his whereabouts."

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Ex-Olympic snowboarder jailed for cocaine trafficking

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Ex-Olympic snowboarder jailed for cocaine trafficking: "former Olympic snowboarder who missed the 2010 Games in his hometown this year will also miss the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, after the now-convicted cocaine smuggler was handed a four-year prison term in San Diego on Thursday.
Ryan Wedding of Coquitlam, B.C., was convicted last December of conspiring to distribute 24 kilograms of cocaine.
Wedding has already been held in custody for two years. U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey T. Miller sentenced Wedding to 48 months in custody as well as a three-year supervised release."

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Translation error in Keelty letter delays appeal of Bali Nine mule Martin Stephens | The Australian

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Translation error in Keelty letter delays appeal of Bali Nine mule Martin Stephens | The Australian: "SIMPLE translation error has stymied drug mule Martin Stephens' attempt to get out of jail early, with an Indonesian court ordering the Australian's lawyers correct a reference from former AFP boss Mick Keelty before his appeal can be heard. Stephens' life sentence, delivered after he was found guilty of trying to import 2.9kg of heroin to Australia in 2005 as part of the so-called Bali Nine gang, is being contested on the basis of the reference, written by Mr Keelty last year."

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Bali Nine Stephens to make final appeal

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Bali Nine Stephens to make final appeal: "Bali Nine drug mule Martin Stephens' final appeal against his life sentence will go before an Indonesian court on Friday.
Stephens was arrested at Bali airport on April 17, 2005 with 2.9kg of heroin strapped to his legs and stomach.
He was sentenced to life in prison in 2006, a sentence later upheld by a higher court and Indonesia's Supreme Court.
But lawyers for the 33-year-old Wollongong man last month lodged a request for a final appeal - known as a judicial review - which will be heard by the Denpasar District Court on Friday morning.
The appeal cites new evidence in the form of a letter from former Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty.
In the letter, dated April 2009 and addressed to defence lawyer Wirawan Adnan, Mr Keelty describes Stephens' role in the failed heroin smuggling plot as 'minor'."

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FOXNews.com - Number of Soldiers Seeking Opiate Abuse Treatment Skyrockets

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FOXNews.com - Number of Soldiers Seeking Opiate Abuse Treatment Skyrockets: "number of American soldiers seeking treatment for opiate abuse has skyrocketed over the past five years, at a time when the U.S. military has been surging forces into the heart of the world's leading opium producer.
Pentagon statistics obtained by FoxNews.com show that the number of Army soldiers enrolled in Substance Abuse Program counseling for opiates has soared nearly 500 percent -- from 89 in 2004 to 529 last year. The number showed a steady increase almost every year in that time frame -- but it leaped 50 percent last year when the U.S. began surging troops into Afghanistan. Army troop levels in Afghanistan went from 14,000 as of the end of 2004 to 46,400 as of the end of 2009.
Based on the statistics provided, one in every 88 soldiers sought treatment last year."

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BBC News - Two 'overdoses' in Bracknell spark heroin warning

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BBC News - Two 'overdoses' in Bracknell spark heroin warning: "Police believe a dangerous batch of heroin is circulating in Berkshire which left two men in intensive care.
The drug users, aged 26 and 29, were taken to hospital after the emergency services were called to an address in Harmans Water, Bracknell, on Friday.
They are thought to have suffered overdoses due to a 'bad' batch of the Class A drug circulating in the area.
The two men were treated at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and later released. Officers have appealed for information."

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Hudson County sheriff's son is charged with cocaine possession, officials say | - NJ.com

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Hudson County sheriff's son is charged with cocaine possession, officials say | - NJ.com: "24-year-old son of Hudson County Sheriff Juan Perez was arrested tonight on possession of cocaine charges in Jersey City, officials said.Arian Perez, of Bayonne, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (cocaine) and smoking at about 5:30 p.m. at the Danforth Avenue Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station, said NJ Transit spokeswoman Penny Bassett Hackett.
'It is a personal family circumstance. The young person is an adult. He doesn't reside with the sheriff,' Hudson County Sheriff's Office spokesman Robert Knapp said tonight. 'The sheriff will of course stand beside his son in regard to these allegations and will assist him as a family member in any way possible.'"

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Former Lee County sheriff's brother says Melvin was forced to resign | SCNow

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Former Lee County sheriff's brother says Melvin was forced to resign | SCNow: "brother of former Lee County sheriff Edgar Jerome “E.J.” Melvin said he was forced to resign his position Saturday.
Melvin, who had served as sheriff since 2001, and eight others were arrested Saturday and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of powder cocaine and 50 grams or more of crack cocaine since 2006."

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Kristin Cavallari Spotted Snorting Cocaine | Gather

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Kristin Cavallari Spotted Snorting Cocaine | Gather: "Hills starlet Kristin Cavallari was spotted snorting a line of cocaine. It’s been common knowledge for awhile now that Kristin Cavallari enjoys a little of the ye-yo with her bikinis and beer, but her PR team tried crazy hard earlier this year to squash the rumors and say it was all hogwash. Kristin Cavallari? Cocaine?"

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SFGate: Daily Dish : Robert Downey Jr. recalls moment that led to sobriety

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SFGate: Daily Dish : Robert Downey Jr. recalls moment that led to sobriety: "speeding ticket, a DUI, a weapons possession charge and a lost bag of cocaine led to Robert Downey Jr.'s salvation after years of drug abuse and legal woes.
In a candid new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the actor opens up about the two weeks in 1996 that eventually led to him getting help and getting clean.
It all began with a traffic cop pulling him over for speeding and discovering a firearm in his Ford F-150, and led to 'many felonies,' a brief spell behind bars and some left over drugs back home. And it ended with the Iron Man star realizing enough was enough - and he needed help."

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