Some kids are 'tripping' on cough medicine

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Kids as young as age 10 have discovered that gulping down cough medicine can give them a high similar to PCP or heroin, inducing intoxication, visions, and hallucinations.

It's the dextromethorphan (DXM) in cough suppressants that does it. Medicines with DXM include Robitussin, Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold, and Contac. At the recommended dosage, DXM is perfectly safe. At 10 times the recommended dosage, it is very dangerous.

Overdoses can cause confusion, dizziness, the inability to move limbs or to talk, slowed breathing, and even death. Most children who died from an overdose acted intoxicated before death.

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