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06-22-2005, 03:58 AM
Teen warns of cough medicine danger
Jun 21, 2005, 2:01 PM
CHEROKEE BALLARD REPORTING
EDMOND, Okla -- An Oklahoma mom has a warning for other parents about cold medicines sold right over the counter. Her daughter almost overdosed on Coricidin. That is the typical name of the medication, but teenagers are calling it Dex, which is short for the strong ingredient in it. They also call it “red devil” or poor man’s PCP.
”I could have died,” says Emily Stewart.
14-year-old Emily Stewart and her mom realize the are lucky to both be sitting there. That is why they want to warn other parents and teenagers about what happened to Emily a week ago. She and two of her friends ended up lost at Hafer Park. It was the middle of the night and they were all arrested.
”I was with two friends. They both took 32 and I took 24 pills of Coricidin. We didn’t know our names, our phone numbers or anything,” explains Stewart.
For weeks the girls walked into two Edmond grocery stores; the Albertsons on Broadway and Crest Foods. They walked out with boxes of Coricidin and now Emily’s mom is furious.
”There is, you know, two and three girls going in there at a time and they are each buying two and three packs at a time. I mean to me that should be a big red flag as to what s going on. To not I.D. them and to not bat an eye at it, makes me furious,” says Emily’s mom, Angie Stewart.
The tiny red pill, according to Emily, makes people happy and is all the rage.
”I wanted to do it to drown out everyone and everything. I just felt like it kind of, I don t know, like, got my problems off of me. I didn’t really want to worry about anything,” says Emily Stewart.
It made her incredibly depressed and she became addicted almost immediately.
”I don’t think parents realize what something so simple and so available can do to their kids. Kids do not realize how fatal it can be or what permanent damage it can do to them,” Emily says.
NewsChannel 4 went to both stores. We could not find it on the stores of Crest Foods. That is because after we called they removed the pills. A manager we spoke with said it was an oversight. The pills usually are not on the shelves there. They are now behind the service center and employees have to I.D. people who look under age. We did find a box at Albertsons on Broadway.
http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=3502170
Jun 21, 2005, 2:01 PM
CHEROKEE BALLARD REPORTING
EDMOND, Okla -- An Oklahoma mom has a warning for other parents about cold medicines sold right over the counter. Her daughter almost overdosed on Coricidin. That is the typical name of the medication, but teenagers are calling it Dex, which is short for the strong ingredient in it. They also call it “red devil” or poor man’s PCP.
”I could have died,” says Emily Stewart.
14-year-old Emily Stewart and her mom realize the are lucky to both be sitting there. That is why they want to warn other parents and teenagers about what happened to Emily a week ago. She and two of her friends ended up lost at Hafer Park. It was the middle of the night and they were all arrested.
”I was with two friends. They both took 32 and I took 24 pills of Coricidin. We didn’t know our names, our phone numbers or anything,” explains Stewart.
For weeks the girls walked into two Edmond grocery stores; the Albertsons on Broadway and Crest Foods. They walked out with boxes of Coricidin and now Emily’s mom is furious.
”There is, you know, two and three girls going in there at a time and they are each buying two and three packs at a time. I mean to me that should be a big red flag as to what s going on. To not I.D. them and to not bat an eye at it, makes me furious,” says Emily’s mom, Angie Stewart.
The tiny red pill, according to Emily, makes people happy and is all the rage.
”I wanted to do it to drown out everyone and everything. I just felt like it kind of, I don t know, like, got my problems off of me. I didn’t really want to worry about anything,” says Emily Stewart.
It made her incredibly depressed and she became addicted almost immediately.
”I don’t think parents realize what something so simple and so available can do to their kids. Kids do not realize how fatal it can be or what permanent damage it can do to them,” Emily says.
NewsChannel 4 went to both stores. We could not find it on the stores of Crest Foods. That is because after we called they removed the pills. A manager we spoke with said it was an oversight. The pills usually are not on the shelves there. They are now behind the service center and employees have to I.D. people who look under age. We did find a box at Albertsons on Broadway.
http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=3502170