Where are teens finding information about cough medicine abuse?
There is little in current teen culture music, movies, fashion, and entertainment that promotes or even mentions cough medicine abuse. The one exception is the Internet. A number of disreputable websites promote the abuse of cough medicines containing dextromethorphan. The information on these sites includes recommendations on how much to take, suggestions for other drugs to combine with dextromethorphan, instructions on how to extract dextromethorphan from cough medicines, and promote drug abuse in general.
