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As the problem of prescription drug abuse among young people continues to grow, parents need to be aware of pharm parties and what they can do to fight this evil.
Young people don’t have to buy drugs on the streets anymore to get high. They can find them in their own homes. The abuse of prescription drugs among teens and young adults continues to be a national health crisis as the statistics are climbing. Except for marijuana, teens are abusing prescription drugs more than any illicit drug. According to a report from The Partnership For a Drug Free American, twenty percent of teens have abused a prescription pain medications, as well as and prescription stimulants and tranquilizer. One of ten teens has abused cough medication. Pharm PartiesWhen you hear about a pharm party, it’s not attended by cows and pigs. Pharm parties are pill-popping teen gatherings where young people get high on pharmacy drugs. Rather than bringing presents, kids, as young as preteens, bring in prescription drugs they’ve stolen from their parents’ medicine cabinets. Pouring the drugs into punch bowls, they grab handfuls of pills to consume. Even worse, sometimes alcohol is combined with the drugs for an even more deadly mixture. Types of Drugs Teens Are AbusingBasically, there are four categories of prescription medications that the National Survey of Drug Abuse recognizes. Besides swallowing these pills, teen also crush them and/or snort for an increased high.
Drug LingoBesides using the lingo “pharm”, this underground movement uses has other jargon. If you overhear or read any emails with these terms on your teen’s computer then you need to be concerned….
Using the internet, kids are able to not only network with other teen prescription drug abusers but also find information for lethal drug combinations.
If your child has sudden mood swings and becomes uninterested in activities that used to engage him, suspect there’s a problem. Other red lights may include obsessive computer use, irregular eating and sleep problems. What Parents Can Do
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