Legal Drugs Abused by Resident Coll... Jul 15, 2009
Young people that avoid illegal drugs may not think twice about abusing tablets, gel caps, lozenges, and cough syrup containing (DXM). Taken in large doses, one can get high on medications that include DM on the label. (Suite101.com)
Teens' abuse of cough medications soaring Jul 5, 2009
The ingredient sought by youthful drug abusers is dextromethorphan, or DXM, which comes in a wide variety of over-the-counter pills and syrups that researchers say are promoted by Web sites telling users how to take them recreationally. In the teenage subculture of DXM abuse, the most common drug of choice is Coricidin HBP Cough tablets, which was implicated in two-thirds of the 1,382 calls to the California Poison Control System reviewed in the study ... The overdoses of DXM required to produce... (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
5 Drugs Kids Steal Most Often From Parents May 8, 2009
Cough meds: Contain DXM, which acts in way that is similar to morphine. They can cause respiratory depression, brain hemorrhage, nausea, and vomiting, and prompt thousands of emergency room visits each year. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Bipartisan bill to ban bulk sale of DXM will save kids' lives Mar 5, 2009
Tuesday re-introduced bipartisan legislation to crack down on the bulk sale of dextromethorphan (DXM), an ingredient of cough syrup that kids are abusing to get high. The Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 will help prevent the abuse of the drug by making it illegal to distribute unfinished DXM to a person or company not previously registered with the FDA or approved under federal or state law ... "In 2005, two teenagers in my district died after overdosing on unfinished DXM they bought... (Dowagiac News, MI)
