http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2009/05/15/detecting-prescription-drug-abuse/ Tips and Tools for Successfully Parenting your Teen Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2009/05/15/detecting-prescription-drug-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Sue Blaney Thu, 21 May 2009 18:12:07 +0000 http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2009/05/15/detecting-prescription-drug-abuse/#comment-1720 Geri - scary stuff, isn't it. Thanks for sharing...people need to know this is all around them. Geri – scary stuff, isn’t it. Thanks for sharing…people need to know this is all around them.

]]> http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2009/05/15/detecting-prescription-drug-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 Geri Thu, 21 May 2009 17:32:29 +0000 http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2009/05/15/detecting-prescription-drug-abuse/#comment-1719 Recently had my high school daughter in the emergency room for taking Adderall. This is a drug for ADHD. It seems it is prevelant in colleges, too. The teens have the mistaken belief that it will help them focus on their studies and get better grades. College kids use it for all nighters. It is an amphetamine. Teens who take it for their own ADHD or if they have brothers and sisters taking it are selling it for about $5 to $8 a pill. Side effects in my daughter included paranoia, numbness on the left side of the face and body, lashing out, and heart palipations. Good advice to those who have such prescriptions is to keep count! Recently had my high school daughter in the emergency room for taking Adderall. This is a drug for ADHD. It seems it is prevelant in colleges, too. The teens have the mistaken belief that it will help them focus on their studies and get better grades. College kids use it for all nighters. It is an amphetamine. Teens who take it for their own ADHD or if they have brothers and sisters taking it are selling it for about $5 to $8 a pill. Side effects in my daughter included paranoia, numbness on the left side of the face and body, lashing out, and heart palipations. Good advice to those who have such prescriptions is to keep count!

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