Family Tips

If you have suspicion that your child may be abusing over-the-counter drugs or if your teen often visit raves or dance clubs where he can easily find dextromethorphan, you should think over the fallowing:
Lock your medicine cabinet, or keep those OTC drugs that could potentially be abused in a place with no excess for your child. 
Avoid reserving OTC medicines. Having too many OTC medications at home you could make abusing them more tempting for your teen.
Control how much is in each bottle or container in your medicine cabinet.
Be on the alert out for not only commonl-looking cough and cold remedies in your child’s room, but also strange-looking pills (DXM can be sold on the Internet and at raves in its pure form in various shapes and colors).
Look for possible warning signs of DXM abuse. 
Observe your child’s Internet usage. You may find suspicious websites and emails that seem to be promoting the abuse of DXM or other drugs, both legal and illegal.
But first of all, talk to your children about drug abuse and explain that even though taking of a cough or cold remedies seems harmless, it’s not. When taken in large amounts dextromethorphan is still a drug that can be just as fatal as those sold by drug dealers.