Some Children Are Using Easy-To-Get Cold Remedies to Get High. Several Local Stores Have Made It Harder for Certain Brands To Be Bought or Stolen. Coricidin HBP Cough and Cold medication is the one cough and cold medication sold over-the-counter that's safe for people with high blood pressure to use. A few parents are learning, however, that it's also a drug their children are using in large doses to get high. Last month, three Queens Lake Middle School students ended up in the hospital after abusing Coricidin. School officials learned they had taken the drug, often referred to as "Triple C" or "Skittles," because teachers noticed they were acting strange. [continues 794 words]
YORK -- Beginning next year, York County Schools students risk missing out on things like athletics or band practices, the prom and graduation if they violate the school district's drug and alcohol policies. The School Board voted Monday night to add a mandatory penalty to its 2003-04 Student Handbook/Code of Conduct that calls for students found guilty of using drugs or alcohol to lose their extracurricular activities privileges for 60 school days. The penalty would be in addition to any disciplinary action taken against the student such as detention, parent conferences, court referral or suspension. [continues 516 words]
