Rising Online Purchase of Illicit Smart Drugs in Teens could have Grave Health Outcomes
March 15, 2010 – 2:59 am | No Comment
Intent on putting their best foot forward and getting the highest possible grades, presently there has been a worrisome surge in the use of smart drugs. Even fifteen year old students are self-medicating themselves with smart drugs, the otherwise dubbed cognitive improvement medications, partaking in prohibited medication trafficking on the net and swapping messages about the finest tablet combos to  [...]

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Opioids Addiction – A risky teen habit
August 7, 2009 – 6:03 am | No Comment
Opioids Addiction – A risky teen habit
Many teenagers especially in the U.S. are totally into the use of prescription medicines, opioids like Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet and codeine with no doctor’s instructions. This risqué behaviour is catching significant momentum with nearly twelve percent of high school going senior students going full throttle in their consumption just for the purpose of alleviating stress and getting a high rather than for the actual purpose of pain relief that these medications are actually meant for. The abuse of these narcotics is widely used by teenagers just to get a sense of well-being. Opiates are innate derivatives of the opium poppy. Opiates comprise the set of drugs called as opioids or narcotics that are largely prescribed by doctors to mitigate pain in chronic ailments like cancer, kidney stones, bone fractures, eye grazes and other severe medical conditions in dosages just enough to decrease the consciousness of the pain. Most teens cited varied reasons for consuming opioids. Some  [...]