Robotripping refers to taking DXM to experience various psychological and physical effects. While it isn’t illegal, that doesn’t mean it’s safe. In high doses, it can have serious and lasting effects.

Telltale signs of risky behaviors may help parents keep kids safe. Sept. 17, 2010— -- Parents' worries never stop. But sometimes, Mom and Dad need reminders that seemingly innocuous items -- ...

NEW YORK (CBS 2)-- An alarming number of teens are getting high -- not on illegal drugs but on something found in many homes. It's a dangerous addiction that can go unnoticed until it's too late. As ...

CLEVELAND–A young woman from Northeast Ohio is issuing a warning about the abuse of a popular over-the-counter medication. Samantha Hodge, 18, still struggles with the side effects of taking an ...

Dec. 5, 2006 — -- Misty Fetko, a mother of two teenagers, got up early to walk the dog before she roused her boys from bed one summer day in 2003. Her eldest, Carl, a gifted guitar player and ...

Pharmacy Guild of Australia WA Branch President Andrew Ngeow spoke out against the trend this week, explaining how high doses of the easily obtained medicine can end horribly for people unaware of the ...

Teenagers’ use of over-the-counter cold and cough medicines to get a cheap high — a practice known as “robotripping” — is rising 50 percent a year and becoming one of the fastest-growing drug abuse [… ...

There’s a new drug causing problems for kids. And they’re not buying it from shady dealers on scary street corners either. Instead, kids are finding it in pharmacies and in their own medicine cabinet.

A recent spate of publicized cases of abuse of cold medication in the States — especially by young people — has authorities on the alert for potential problems in American military communities across ...

Health officials have posted a disturbing clip to YouTube aimed at highlighting to teenagers the literally sickening effects of drinking cough syrup to get high. Culminating in a gut-wrenching montage ...

MIAMI (CBS4) -- Most parents worry their teens might get involved in illegal drugs. But many don't think about a legal drug kids are using to get high and it could be in your home right now. It's ...