2006-08-01 08:02:38 · 4 answers · asked by pattamus 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
they don't drink it to get high they drink it to get drunk
2006-08-01 08:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by southernbunny06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most children's cough syrup, there is a very low, if any, content of alcohol. The ingredient that makes people trip when overdosed on is DXM but I forget what it stands for. Dextrahydromorphinol maybe. Anyway, don't mess with that stuff. In order to get high from it, you have to overdose on it. Overdosing can kill you, or just give you such severe brain damage that you basically never come out of a trip. Not worth it.
And yes, it IS getting high actually, not drunk. Over the counter children's cough medicine will NOT contain narcotics (like codeine, morphine, vicodin, etc.), and again, most children's medicine has very little, if any, alcohol in it.
2006-08-01 15:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by HotelBed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The deal is that their parent(s), if they have parent(s), are not doing their parenting job adequately. All kids, (parents or no parents), probably do it because they are very unhappy, so they turn to substance abuse as a crutch.
2006-08-01 15:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by lepooche 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
alcohol or codeine, and they're not getting high. they're getting drunk
2006-08-01 15:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋