If you hear your teens talking about Roxies they are talking about Roxicodone. Similar to oxycodone it is used to treat moderate to severe pain. It may be used before surgery to sedate the patient and reduce fear. Roxicodone is a narcotic pain reliever. It works by dulling the pain perception center in the brain. It may also affect other body systems (eg, respiratory and circulatory systems) at higher doses.

Teens are crushing up the drug and snorting it for a quicker release. This is a highly addictive opiod. Continued use of the drug can lead to serious withdrawal symptoms.

Teens raid their friends parents medicine cabinets to obtain such drugs. Teens can get it easily off the street, including the bus lot at school. I know of one teen who was so desperate for a fix, he went to the emergency room making up a sory that he was ...

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I have a friend who has an adult son that is an addict. We will call him Kirby. He has talked his doctor into his "need" for a prescription of Klonopins. Also referred to as Clonazepam it is typically prescribed for short-term relief of symptoms of anxiety. Xanax (Alprazolam) is often used for anxiety as well, but apparently more difficult to get off of. Klonopin is more mood lifting while Xanax is more of a knock out drug.

Both of these drugs have become a popular mix (sometimes referred to as a cocktail) for teens to help them "chill". What often happens is that teens are taking either and/or both and experiencing black out events. This parent can have a conversation with Kirby and then have the same conversation an hour or so later and the teen doesnt remember either conversation. Kirby talks slowly, careful to enunciate his words ...

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If you haven't heard by now, children are taking ADHD meds and using them non-prescribed to get a high. Things like Adderall and Ritalin have been used for speed like highs and often used as a dieuretic in an attempt at weight loss.

The most recent drug that has seems to have come along in this category is Vyvanse. Vyvanse is a stimulant. Misuse of stimulants may cause sudden death and serious heart problems. Vyvanse has a risk of abuse or dependence. 

Selling or sharing Vyvanse or any non prescribed prescription drug may harm others and is illegal. 

Basically, a neighborhood kid will show up at your home and raid your medicine cabinet. It is usually someone you know, but never in a million years would you think he would be stealing your family's prescriptions.

Please make sure ALL prescription drugs are put up so that this doesn ...

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Kernersville, North Carolina, decided to take a peek at its teenage drug problem. Nestled in the heart of three large cities, this community was certain that its problem was not nearly as bad as the rest of the nation. Many adults believed that 10% of the high school students abused drugs. However, when the hometown newspaper—the Kernersville News—surveyed 1,706 local teenagers, it was shocked to report that 92% of the respondents believed that “most of the students in my school use drugs.”  PattyJo Sawvel tackles this tough issue through a ten year book project  which is telling for every  community in America. Thank you Patty Jo for your commitment to teenagers in America.

Teens experiment and become addicted to all types of drugs. Different teens have different favorites based on the type of high they are trying to achieve as well as the accessibility of the drug to them.

Most common is marijuana which many say is a gateway drug. Easy to get at school or from friends, marijuana is a popular drug for a high. A major problem with marijuana (and all substances used/abused by youth and adults) is the delay in cognitive development and emotional maturation which result from drugging one's brain repeatedly.

Research demonstrated years ago that regular use of pot stunts normal brain and even physical growth in teens and particularly so for regular users.