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More Teens Are Using Medicines to Get High
The medicine cabinet may seem like a strange place to look for a way to get high. But a growing number of teenagers are doing just that, raiding their parents' pill bottles or buying prescription drugs illegally through Internet pharmacies and dealers.

Medicines that can help patients can also be misused to produce a high feeling. And they can hook teens into addiction just as easily as other illicit drugs.

Each of these drugs affects the brain in different ways, but teens use them to try to achieve a high feeling that can range from euphoria or intoxication to super-calm. Their chemical formulas are often related to those of "hard" drugs, which means their effects can be just as bad, says Maher Karam-Hage, M.D., who is a clinical assistant professor in the University of Michigan Medical School Department of Psychiatry.

Opioids: OxyContin and Vicodin, as well as their generic cousins oxycodone and hydrocodone, are from the same family of drugs as heroin. Used correctly, they ease the pain of people recovering from surgery or coping with terrible back pain. But crushed and snorted or swallowed, they become powerfully addictive drugs that users need more and more of to get high. Before long, many users live for their next pill and will do anything to get it — just like heroin addicts. And if painkiller abusers are also drinking alcohol or taking allergy medications, they can wind up shutting down their lungs. A recent U.S. General Accounting Office report showed that it was relatively easy to get Vicodin and hydrocodone without a prescription from Internet pharmacies, many of them located overseas.

Stimulants: Ritalin, Dexedrine and other stimulants help children with attention deficit disorder, and people with asthma or narcolepsy. When used correctly, they're safe and non-addictive. But when abused, especially in large doses or after crushing the pills, these substances can produce a similar high — and cause the same harm — as methamphetamine and other illegal drugs. In addition to becoming addictive, they can make the heart beat erratically, drive body temperatures dangerously high, or even cause lethal seizures. People on antidepressants or decongestants when they take high doses of Ritalin have an especially high risk of heart problems.

Depressants: Barbiturates and tranquilizers/sedatives calm the nerves of millions of people with anxiety disorders and are used for short-term use by people with insomnia problems — but they also attract high-seeking teens, says Karam-Hage. These drugs, which slow down the brain's activity, together are called central nervous system depressants, and include benzodiazepines (Valium, Klonopin, Xanax, etc.), barbiturates (phenobarbital, Mebaral, Fiorinal, etc.) and sedatives/hypnotics (Halcion, Ambien, ProSom, etc.). They can also become addictive, or slow down the heart and lungs to dangerously low levels. If someone stops taking them suddenly after abusing them, he or she can go into withdrawal, including seizures. Also abusable and unsafe when taken in large doses is diphenhydramine, commonly found in drugstore remedies such as over-the-counter allergy medicines (Benadryl, etc.) and over-the-counter sleep aids (Sominex, Unisom).

Cough medicine/DXM: Nearly all of the drugs listed above require a prescription, but even some over-the-counter medications available at any drugstore can endanger a teen if abused. "Dextromethorphan, which is an active ingredient in most cough remedies and is often called DXM, can be a dangerous thing," says Karam-Hage. "Because it's over-the-counter, teenagers or even adults think they can use as much as they want without any problem. But that can be very, very dangerous and can become a major addiction by itself." Teens can also order DXM in powder form on the Internet, and follow "recipes" from Internet sites to get high with it. And if they abuse it, they can set themselves up for problems with thinking and decision-making, and physical effects too

Link: http://alcoholism.about.com/od/prescriptio.../a/aa040704.htm
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Teens can also order DXM in powder form on the Internet, and follow "recipes" from Internet sites to get high with it. And if they abuse it, they can set themselves up for problems with thinking and decision-making, and physical effects too
Wow this person did tons of research.




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follow "recipes" from Internet sites to get high with it.
mmm... i love those recipes.

step one) own product
step two) use product

thats all i know
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. Their chemical formulas are often related to those of "hard" drugs, which means their effects can be just as bad


This is akin to saying GHB is poisonous because it is made with floor stripper and drain cleaner. (And table salt is dangerous because it is made with explosive sodium metal and toxic chlorine gas)

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Default 01-10-2005, 07:26 PM

they said dxm was dangerous but they never said how


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Default 01-10-2005, 09:15 PM

Although this article was quite thorough, I doubt most readers (the targeted audience) want to read (or can even understand) the advanced nueropharmocology of DXM. Good read though, it covers pretty much every common drug (or close analogue thereof) that is commonly used. Interesting read.

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Cough medicine/DXM: Nearly all of the drugs listed above require a prescription, but even some over-the-counter medications available at any drugstore can endanger a teen if abused.
Who's to say what "abuse" of dextromethorphan really is?
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Default 01-12-2005, 06:07 PM

Stop abusing the poor DXM! What ever did it do to you?

Have no fear! super-calm is here!
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Each of these drugs affects the brain in different ways, but teens use them to try to achieve a high feeling that can range from euphoria or intoxication to super-calm.
So one effect of an intoxicating drug is intoxication? Learn something new everyday.

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Their chemical formulas are often related to those of "hard" drugs, which means their effects can be just as bad
I think he meant to say, "their effects can be just as good". Just my interpretation.


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Originally posted by jersey_emt@Jan 9 2005, 10:25 PM
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Teens can also order DXM in powder form on the Internet, and follow "recipes" from Internet sites to get high with it. And if they abuse it, they can set themselves up for problems with thinking and decision-making, and physical effects too
Wow this person did tons of research.
No shit. I am thinking of going into journalism if I can get the $$$/time/lifestyle that supports being a student thing set up. I have strong verbal/linguistic skills. If this is an example of acceptable journalism and research than I should have an easy life ahead of me. LOL...


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