Five Common Drugs Teens Steal From Parents

Kids and teens get addicted to prescription drugs mostly at the home. They try the steal drugs used by their parents and get addicted.

• Narcotic pain relievers: Over dosage of these drugs can cause respiratory depression and sometimes even coma and death. Mild use can lead to constipation, depression, and problems of concentrating. They are mostly abused by teens.
• Stimulants: Ritalin can cause nervousness, insomnia, and toxic psychosis. They are abused by both adults and teens in order to have better concentration
• Sedatives/tranquilizers: Valium can cause defective coordination, drowsiness and depression.
• Sleep Aids: Like Ambien, have high possibility for abuse, and generally teens use them for recreational purpose in order to induce the sleepy feeling and to have visual illusions.
• Cough medicines: They consist of DXM, which has similar action as that of morphine. They cause respiratory depression, brain hemorrhage, nausea, and vomiting.

Parents can keep away their children from taking these drugs by, throwing them when they are no longer needed, and storing them in hidden place under lock and key. Parents not only should take care of children about prescription medicine at home, but also at counter.

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