Every other year or so this story pops up. What I find so amusing about it is that they seem to think of it as some new thing. I remember kids joking about drinking too much cough syrup long long ago (Stripes anyone?). So now it seems that Teens are abusing cough and cold remedies.
At least 20 students in Brookline and Newton have been treated for what officials fear is a disturbing craze creeping into local high schools: getting high on name-brand, over-the-counter cough and cold medications.
After years of looking out for students who abuse alcohol or illegal drugs, educators in some schools are now confronting teens who misuse substances sitting on store shelves - specifically, the cough syrup Robitussin and the cough and cold pills Coricidin HBP.
Yup, kids are still drinking Robitussin to get high. I wonder if they'll ever stop. Or if it will be the next big health threat... again.
Oh yeah, teenagers get drunk too. In case you didn't know.
