A woman's stepson and his friends bought DXM via computer. They also were hospitalized. Mary Ellen Mellor kept it quiet. As long as no one knew, she and the rest of the family hoped the problem would go away. But it didn't. Now, Mellor's 16-year-old stepson is undergoing drug rehabilitation, and the incident that first signaled his later drug problems has come rushing back. Mellor's stepson overdosed on dextromethorphan, or DXM, in October 1997, when he was 15. "He bought it from the computer. [continues 839 words]
TREDYFFRIN -- Four Conestoga High School students were sickened yesterday after taking a white powdery substance given to them by two fellow students who bought the apparently legal drug through the Internet, township police said. Complaining of shortness of breath and a racing heart, four female sophomores were taken to Paoli Memorial Hospital shortly after lunch. They had been released by last night. The two male students who gave the girls the drug were questioned but not charged, police said. The two, ages 15 and 16, are from Berwyn. Their names were not released. [continues 575 words]
