Teens and Cough Medicine Abuse

These days many students use the cough syrup as a drug usage .over dosage of these  cough syrup may lead to serious health issues . Which the young youths wont understand . They use it for  fun where they don’t know the serious issues in it .There are many cough syrup sold illegally in many medical shops in Chennai and Many places . without checking the prescription of the doctors they give the cough syrups .After the alcohol,joint,...etc teens find a new way




People start using drugs for many different reasons. Some experiment with recreational drugs out of curiosity, to have a good time, because friends are doing it, or to ease problems such as stress, anxiety, or depression. However, it’s not just illegal drugs, such as cocaine or heroin, that can lead to abuse and addiction. Prescription medications such as painkillers, sleeping pills, and tranquilizers can cause similar problems. In fact, next to marijuana, prescription painkillers are the most abused drugs in the U.S. and more people die from overdosing powerful opioid painkillers each day than from traffic accidents and gun deaths combined. 

 People often try drugs for the first time in social situations with friends and acquaintances. A strong desire to fit in to the group can make it feel like doing the drugs with them is the only option

As your drug use gradually increases over time. Smoking a joint with friends over the weekend, or taking ecstasy at a rave, or painkillers when your back aches, for example, can change from using drugs a couple of days a week to using them every day. Gradually, getting and using the drug becomes more and more important to you.

Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a common ingredient found in many cough and cold remedies. It helps stop a cough. Used as directed, DXM products are safe and effective. But DXM has become popular among teens who want a cheap,.Cold medicines with DXM also have other ingredients that can be harmful in large amounts. These include acetaminophen or decongestants. Combining high doses of DXM with alcohol is very unsafe, too. It can lead to death

Cough syrup abuse has been a problem for decades. But the concern in the past had been about the alcohol and codeine in cough and cold products. Because of that, the alcohol has been removed from most OTC cough and cold remedies. But today, teens have options to drinking the syrup. DXM is available in powder, capsule, and pill forms. You can find it online. These forms can be swallowed or snorted


Slang terms for DXM include the following:

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  1. ·         Black beauties
  2. ·         Brownies
  3. ·         Dexies
  4. ·         Dextro
  5. ·         Drix
  6. ·         Gel
  7. ·         Groove
  8. ·         Mega-perls
  9. ·         Poor man's ecstasy
  10. ·         Red devils
  11. ·         Robo or Robo-tripping
  12. ·         Rojo
  13. ·         Rome
  14. ·         Skittles or skittling
  15. ·         Sizzurp or syrup
  16. ·         Sky
  17. ·         Triple C (Coricidin Cough and Cold)
  18. ·         Tussin
  19. ·         Velvet
  20. ·         Eskuf



                                                              _ Meghna sunil  kumar

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