Friday, February 20, 2015

Teens Getting High On Easy To Get Drugs

There is a new and dangerous way teens are getting high.

It's called DXM or Triple C, and you won't believe how easy it is for your kids to get their hands on this highly addictive drug.

That's because it comes from cold medicines that can be found everywhere from the corner store to your medicine cabinet.

Taken in large doses, they mimic the hallucinogenic high of PCP. It's the newest drug captivating kids, that's been linked to some very dangerous and illicit behavior.

YouTube videos show kids chugging bottles of Robitussin and cough aides containing Dextromethorphan - otherwise known as DXM. It's a risky trend called Robo-tripping.

Others are downing dozens of pills of Coricidin, containing the same component, known to teens by the street name "Triple C." The videos show them acting wasted and sometimes violent.
Entire article at
http://6abc.com/525260/

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