Tag: cough medicine
group name: fivemoms
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June 03, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
He is a good looking, bright, gifted and friendly twenty -five year old. He is also a cough medicine with DM addict.
When my son was 17 he researched all the ways he could experience being "high" . . .
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September 13, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
“Pharming” is a type of party or gathering that brings teens together to mix different prescription drugs—and often alcohol—to get high. Mixing different medications with each . . .
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November 02, 2009 10:17 AM EST --
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month (NMAAM) has just ended, and it was such a great experience to reconnect with my fellow Five Moms in person again for our day on Capitol Hill in Washington, . . .
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March 24, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
It's not illegal, so my folks shouldn't worry about it.
It seems like this is a rationale among some teens who abuse medicines, either prescription or over-the-counter. But the fact is that . . .
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May 30, 2007 09:14 AM EDT --
Recently, some retailers prohibited children under the age of 18 from purchasing over-the-counter cough medicines that contain dextromethorphan.
While these efforts represent a commitment to address the . . .
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June 06, 2007 01:15 PM EDT --
Last week I was interviewed by the local NBC television station KXAN-TV to discuss cough medicine abuse and the Five Moms Campaign and why it is so important for parents to safeguard their medicine. I . . .
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October 15, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
Most children do not have to go very far to find ways to try to get high. They may have to go no further than the family medicine cabinet.
You always should know what kinds and how much medicine . . .
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January 03, 2008 12:57 PM EST --
I told all of you a few weeks ago about my plans totravel to Washington, D.C., to talk about D.A.R.E.'s efforts to expand itscurriculum to cover cough medicine abuse. Well, I'm back in Kansas . . .
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January 07, 2008 12:48 PM EST --
2008 is going to be a big year! These next few months will be especially exciting out here in Southern California. We have great weather and it's almost time to roll out the red carpet for the award . . .
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January 09, 2008 10:36 AM EST --
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down for an interview with the magazine Selecciones. The magazine is published by Reader's Digest, and discusses Hispanic culture and society in North America. . . .
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January 23, 2008 11:25 AM EST --
Three or four times over the course of a week, the Five Moms continue to post about different aspects of our fight against cough medicine abuse. Whether it is here in our community on Gather or . . .
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March 21, 2008 01:52 PM EDT --
Our message and mission hinge on spreading awareness among parents about ways to prevent cough medicine abuse. It is important to us because it helps bring to light a behavior that can be very dangerous. . . .
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August 07, 2007 06:07 PM EDT --
Before Blaise Brooks joined Five Moms, she'd never heard of cough medicine abuse. "I was not familiar with it before but the more I dove into it, the more I discovered it was more common . . .
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August 22, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
This news is very disappointing.
The 19th Annual Partnership Attitude Tracking Study published by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America shows a 12 percent decline since 2005 in frequent discussions . . .
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October 16, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
A community near Chattanooga, Tenn., reported last week that teenagers were abusing cough medicine at school. The students admitted to taking between five and 15 pills at one time during the school day . . .
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May 06, 2008 09:11 AM EDT --
A few months ago, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) gave high school and middle school students the opportunity to ask questions to a panel of scientists through an online chat. Last week, . . .
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November 06, 2007 02:25 PM EST --
Working as a teacher, I see the peer pressure that kids are often up against. As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to make sure that my influence always trumps that of my children’s peers. . . .
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November 12, 2007 12:14 PM EST --
Thanks to all of you who have left comments on the Five Moms page at Gather . They are always so complimentary and we love to see that people are as concerned as we are about cough medicine abuse. . . .
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November 19, 2007 11:20 AM EST --
…programs in our children’s schools, such as D.A.R.E. I have worked as a D.A.R.E. officer in Reno County, Kansas, for years and the opportunity to talk about substance abuse with children . . .
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July 31, 2008 08:02 AM EDT --
As many of you know , I had the opportunity to represent Five Moms at BlogHer08 in San Francisco. BlogHer is an organization that is dedicated to helping women bloggers connect and learn with each . . .
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