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[quote=Anonymous]My kids don't go to a private, but many of their friends on their travel sports teams do, and several have attended rehab over the last few years.  Or had siblings that attended rehab for Oxy or heroin addictions.

However, I know it's not just at privates.  A few teens at my kid's public school have been busted for selling or using and gone to rehab.

What I found interesting in several cases of their sports team friends is that they got addicted after being prescribed Oxy or some other Opiate when rehabbing from an injury.  My kid just had her wisdom teeth out two weeks ago and I kept her pain pills in my possession.  It was always in the back of my mind how several friends got addicted from misusing them and I just felt more comfortable that way.  I trust my kid, but I'm pretty sure those parents trusted their kids as well, you know?

A good friend of our family accidentally OD'd on Excedrin Migraine recently.  He found them in his mom's medicine cabinet and took 3 without reading the dosage instructions, thinking it was like taking Tylenol or Motrin.  He took a nap and when he woke up 4 hours later, he took 3 more without realizing that 2 capsules is all you should have in a whole day.  His heart started racing and he got very dizzy.  He called his mom to let her know he wasn't feeling well and when she found out what he'd taken, she had a co-worker call 911 and she rushed home.  The EMTs had found him passed out and tachycardic.  He got his stomach pumped and had to be admitted to the hospital, plus undergo a psych eval even though it was an accidental OD.  I mean, we think that 16 and 17 year olds should know better and READ before taking drugs, but at the end of the day, they're still just teens who often act before all else.        [/quote]

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