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drdĒv€
06-21-2005, 05:50 AM
Generation RX: Teen Drug Abuse from the Family Medicine Cabinet
By Darla Sitton
CBN News Producer

CBN.com – (CBN News) - There is an alarming new trend among American teens -- kids abusing prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

The numbers are disturbing. A new study finds that more than 4 million teens have taken prescription painkillers like Vicodin without a doctor's approval. About 2.3 million have abused Oxycontin and Ritalin. And more than 2 million teens have abused common cold medicines.

Some teens are getting high on Coricidin HBP, an over-the-counter cold medicine for people with high blood pressure.

Kids say it is easy to fool parents with drugs from the family medicine cabinet. One girl said, "It tastes like candy. And your parents won't know if you get high, 'cause your eyes won't be red."

Valentino Maroulis is a former user who is seven months into rehab now. She said, "I started using drugs because of problems at home, going out with my friends. We all got into it and got hooked on it."

Valentino is doing better, but Maureen Barrett's family was not so fortunate -- her son died after taking drugs that were not prescribed to him.

Maureen said, "You can try to control your children, you can set a good example. But ultimately, young adults are going to do what they want to do. You can't be with them 24-7."

So how can parents tell if their child is involved? Doctors from the study advise parents to pay attention to warning signs -- like excessive sleepiness, mood changes, sudden changes in school grades, or a change in friends.

Also, doctors warn parents to take stock of the drugs in the family medicine cabinet.

Michael Maves, M.D., from Partnership for a Drug-Free America, said, "Securing the medications, knowing if they've been pilfered or whether the particular number of pills in a particular bottle has been going down, are very important parts of the parental role in this."

Doctors say teens use over-the-counter drugs or prescriptions from home rather than street drugs because they think they are safer. But teens who have gotten hurt from abusing these medicines will tell you that is not true.

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/050425f.asp

n__u
06-21-2005, 12:53 PM
Kids say it is easy to fool parents with drugs from the family medicine cabinet. One girl said, "It tastes like candy. And your parents won't know if you get high, 'cause your eyes won't be red."

My god, are kids really that fucking stupid nowadays? CCC's make you look more fucked up than weed ever could.

libel
06-21-2005, 02:38 PM
This sounds like its encouraging use. And yea, dxm is the substance that makes me look the most fucked up. That girl is corotarded

Unnamed
06-21-2005, 05:48 PM
Originally posted by drdĒv€@Jun 21 2005, 04:50 AM
Maureen said, "You can try to control your children, you can set a good example. But ultimately, young adults are going to do what they want to do. You can't be with them 24-7."
So true, but lets lock em down anyway just to be safe. And lets not of course try and educate them on drug use(which admittedly they will try no matter what if they want to), lets try and scare them with propaganda and lies(making them a "forbidden fruit" and probably making them want to try them even more if they didn't want to in the first place) so that when they do try it they take the wonderful "candy" tasting ccc's so we can have another parent warning all of us about the dangers of DXM abuse!