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Welcome to May 2010 'News of
Hope'
Our May issue is a celebration of
Spring - renewal and creative
abundance.
It is also about renewed awareness,
naming the "pink elephant"
in the middle of society -
Prescription Drug Abuse on the rise at
in both youth and adults, across
gender.
We hope you''ll avail yourself of
current information and use it to
create impactful programming in
prevention and awareness in the coming
months and 2010-2011 school year.
Contents -- May, 2010 ''News of Hope''
• Colleges Confront Misuse of
Prescription Drugs
• Awash in Synthetic Drugs
• Poisoning by Prescription Drugs on
the Rise
• NIH Podcast Shines Light on
Prescription Drug Abuse in Women
Pictures Above:
From MY GARDEN - May, 2010.
Pic 1 - Cactus Bloom - 7" across,
lasting 2-3 days each.
Pic 2 - Bloom Detail, inspired by
Georgia O''Keefe!
Pic 3 - Iris in California - bloomed
and done for the season.
Nothing is so uplifting than to see
Mother Nature renew herself in all her
splendor and glory! Wishing you much
re-creation this spring and an
infusion of hope through nature''s
joyful expression.
Index
to past Legacy Newsletters by topic.
Colleges
Confront Misuse of Prescription Drugs
From Join Together
March 9, 2010
News Summary
Misuse of prescription drugs is a
growing problem on college campuses,
where the drugs are used
recreationally as well as to aid in
studying, the San Diego Union-Tribune
reported Feb. 15.
College prevention programs used to
dealing with alcohol and illicit drugs
are devoting more attention to drugs
like Ritalin and Adderral, but with
limited success. Richard Clark,
director of medical toxicology at the
University of California at San Diego,
said that the drugs are being used as
mood-lifters and appetite suppressants
as well as to improve concentration.
Students say these drugs are easy to
obtain on campus for a few dollars and
that there is no stigma attached to
their use.
"I think it's far more widespread
than studies suggest today because the
drugs work and because it's so easy
for people to get the drugs in this
country," said Clark.
The drugs are virtually undetectable,
unlike alcohol or marijuana, and are
obtained from friends, not drug
dealers.
"A good chunk of college
drug-prevention programs don't
actually do any good," said James
Lange, director of drug and alcohol
programs at San Diego State
University. Ironically, what has
helped reduce misuse of prescription
drugs at SDSU has been the
economically driven decision to stop
the campus health center from
diagnosing attention-deficit disorders
and prescribing drugs to treat the
condition, said Lange; a campaign to
address alcohol problems also may have
helped because many prescription-drug
users also are heavy drinkers.
To
read comments on this article, go to
Join Together
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From
Join
Together
April 27,
2010
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2010/europe-awash-in-synthetic.html
News
Summary
Synthetic
drugs like
the
marijuana
analogue
Spice and
mephedrone
-- similar
to the
banned
khat --
have
become
prominent
drugs of
abuse (in
Europe)
within the
last year,
and
experts
say that
similar
"legal
high"
drugs are
coming
down the
pike, the
BBC
reported
April 23.
The
European
Monitoring
Centre for
Drugs and
Drug
Addiction
(EMCDDA)
said that
new
synthetics
are being
developed
with
"unprecedented
speed";
the drugs
closely
mimic
currently
illegal
substances
but have
often
avoided
government
regulation,
although
the U.K.
has
recently
banned
Spice and
mephedrone.
EMCDDA
said it
identified
24 new
substances
last year,
up from 13
in 2008.
"The
appearance
of a large
number of
new
unregulated
synthetic
compounds
marketed
on the
Internet
as 'legal
highs' or
'not for
human
consumption'
and
specifically
designed
to
circumvent
drug
controls
presents a
growing
challenge
to current
approaches
to
monitoring,
responding
to and
controlling
the use of
new
psychoactive
substances,"
said the
EMCDDA in
its annual
report.
"It
can be
anticipated
that the
concept of
'designer
drugs' …
will
continue
to change
at an
unprecedented
speed.
With rapid
technological
developments,
for
example
cheap
organic
synthesis
coupled
with the
increased
use of the
Internet
for
marketing
and
selling
new of
drugs, it
may be
expected
that
synthetic
analogues
of other
major drug
groups
will
appear."
COMMENTS
ON THIS
ARTICLE:
Posted by
Bruce
Talbot on
30 Apr 10
06:39 PM
EDT
"These
new
synthetic
cannabinoids
are NOT
currently
detectable
in
standard
urine
tests
which is
one of the
reasons
they are
becoming
popular.
The danger
is these
chemicals
have not
been
tested on
humans so
we don't
know what
the long
term
effects
will be at
the dose
needed for
an
intoxicating
experence.
So far we
have
doccumented
over 30
hospitalizations
from
Spice/K-2/Zohia/Red
Dragon
Smoke/SPACE/et
al. One
14-year
old went
into
seizures,
stopped
breathing,
and was in
a coma in
I.C.U. for
5-hours!
Illinois
has
legialation
pending to
stop the
sale of
these
drugs."
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Poisoning by Prescription
Drugs on the Rise
Just in from HAZELDEN
- one of the premiere treatment
and research facilities in the
US
May 11, 2010
Poisoning is now the second
leading cause of unintentional
injury death in the U.S. While
several recent high-profile
Hollywood celebrity cases have
brought the problem to public
attention, the rates of
unintentional poisoning deaths
have been on the rise for more
than 15 years.
Poisoning has surpassed motor
vehicle crashes as the leading
cause of unintentional injury
death among people 35 - 54 years
of age.
In a study published in the May
issue of the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine, researchers
found that hospitalizations for
poisoning by prescription
opioids, sedatives and
tranquilizers in the U.S. have
increased by 65 percent from
1999 to 2006.
For
Treatment Center
recommendations, check out
Resources on the LEGACY website
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NIH
Podcast Shines Light on
Prescription Drug Abuse in
Women
 From
CADCA - Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America
May 06, 2010
http://www.cadca.org/resources/detail/nih-podcast-shines-light-prescription-drug-abuse-women
A new podcast developed by
the National Institutes of
Health’s Office of Research
on Women’s Health explores
the effects of prescription
drug abuse among women.
The NIH's Office of Research
on Women’s Health podcast,
"Pinn Point on Women’s
Health," provides updates
on women’s health research,
and is hosted by Vivian W.
Pinn, M.D., director of
NIH’s Office of Research on
Women’s Health. This month,
Dr. Pinn interviewed Nora
Volkow, M.D., director of the
National Institute on Drug
Abuse (NIDA).
Dr. Volkow notes that it is
important to understand the
sex and gender-based
differences regarding drug
abuse in order to better
target prevention and
treatment approaches.
"In general, males tend
to take more drugs than
females. The exception is the
period of time between 12 and
17 years of age. There, we see
a higher rate of abuse of most
drugs, including
psychotherapeutics, among
girls than among boys,"
Dr. Volkow said.
Drugs of abuse also include
pain medications that contain
opiates, such as Vicodin or
OxyContin, as well as
stimulant medications, which
are used to treat attention
deficit hyperactivity
disorder. Dr. Volkow noted
that adolescent girls have
almost 60 to 70 percent higher
rates of abuse of these
substances than adolescent
boys.
"Adolescents and young
adults take stimulant
medications to improve
cognitive performance, to
study for an exam, or to
prepare for something that
requires a deadline involving
intense work," Dr. Volkow
said. In addition, girls take
stimulants in order to lose
weight. Stimulant medications
are anorexigenic; meaning,
they reduce feelings of
hunger.
To hear Dr. Pinn’s podcasts,
visit the Office of Research
on Women's Health website and
click on "Prescription
Drug Abuse" under
Podcasts.
Full
article and links to podcasts
here
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