http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/03/18/percentage-of-teens-and-young-adults-who-use-cough-syrup-to-get-high/ Drug rehab blog from Gatehouse Academy. Gatehouse is a long term drug rehab and alcohol rehab and extended care treatment center for young adults offer the opportunity for young adults age 17-25 to recover from their dependencies. Sun, 18 May 2008 01:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/03/18/percentage-of-teens-and-young-adults-who-use-cough-syrup-to-get-high/#comment-328 Dave Hopkins Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:10:13 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/03/18/percentage-of-teens-and-young-adults-who-use-cough-syrup-to-get-high/#comment-328 I used to abuse DXM. I found out at a young age that I could drink a whole bottle of cough syrup and get similar results as using other halucigens. Using DXM was cheap legal to buy and readily available. Over the course of a summer I found myself using DXM to escape reality and get high. While using DXM I rapidly excelled in my addiction and began to be more and more depressed. All the while getting more psychotic in my thinking. Using over the counter drugs to get high are very dangerous and can cause permanent brain and body damage. Having an awareness of these potentially harmful OTC drugs can greatly reduce the abuse of these drugs in youth in the future. I used to abuse DXM. I found out at a young age that I could drink a whole bottle of cough syrup and get similar results as using other halucigens. Using DXM was cheap legal to buy and readily available. Over the course of a summer I found myself using DXM to escape reality and get high. While using DXM I rapidly excelled in my addiction and began to be more and more depressed. All the while getting more psychotic in my thinking. Using over the counter drugs to get high are very dangerous and can cause permanent brain and body damage. Having an awareness of these potentially harmful OTC drugs can greatly reduce the abuse of these drugs in youth in the future.

]]> http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/03/18/percentage-of-teens-and-young-adults-who-use-cough-syrup-to-get-high/#comment-311 Josh Monga Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:13:45 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/03/18/percentage-of-teens-and-young-adults-who-use-cough-syrup-to-get-high/#comment-311 When I was on probation and informal house arrest, my favorite thing to do was manipulate my Mom into taking me with her to the grocery store so I could steal bottles of cough syrup to get high on when I went home. One thing that should have stuck out to me about how sick I was is that I was drinking 2 bottles of cough syrup to get high! There are a lot of the products that you can get over the counter to get high with, Nodoze, any type of extract bought in a grocery store, etc. There are a lot of them out there that have begun to be used in an irresponsible way. I dont know if any of those products will ever be put behind a counter, or put in a more regulated part of the store, but hopefully people will be educated about how dangerous those products are if used in excess. I was risking brain damage everytime I ever drank over two bottles of cough syrup, as well as the danger of being alone while doing it. I was able to maintain a caffeine overdose from the pills but if I had overshot just once I could have seriously damaged myself. No matter what the form a drug comes in it's dangerous, it's a bummer to know that kids can find such an easy way to get high in the grocery store. When I was on probation and informal house arrest, my favorite thing to do was manipulate my Mom into taking me with her to the grocery store so I could steal bottles of cough syrup to get high on when I went home. One thing that should have stuck out to me about how sick I was is that I was drinking 2 bottles of cough syrup to get high! There are a lot of the products that you can get over the counter to get high with, Nodoze, any type of extract bought in a grocery store, etc. There are a lot of them out there that have begun to be used in an irresponsible way. I dont know if any of those products will ever be put behind a counter, or put in a more regulated part of the store, but hopefully people will be educated about how dangerous those products are if used in excess. I was risking brain damage everytime I ever drank over two bottles of cough syrup, as well as the danger of being alone while doing it. I was able to maintain a caffeine overdose from the pills but if I had overshot just once I could have seriously damaged myself. No matter what the form a drug comes in it’s dangerous, it’s a bummer to know that kids can find such an easy way to get high in the grocery store.

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