Drugs

 
 
 

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Dear colleagues:

I just came from a staff meeting were it was discussed that students are
creating a mixture of Vicks 44 and Hawaiian punch.  After mixing it they put
it in a refrigerator for a couple of days.  I have been told that this
causes a high for students.  Has any one heard about this and if so can you
tell me anything about it.  This has kind of taken us by surprise and we
would like to find more out about it.

Thanks

Steven P. Taylor
Resident Director
Regents' Hall
Concordia University Wisconsin
262-243-2626
[email removed]
12800 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Mequon, WI 53097
 
 
 

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Hello,
No haven't heard of it thanks for the heads up. How to control anyways, have to see it and see it in use here. Maybe we will yank the vicks from the vending machines.
Will ask around here.
Steve
Student Life Coordinator
Fairview College
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The main ingredient in Vicks is Dextromethorphan, DXM
(dextromethorphan),
a cheap cough suppressant that causes hallucinations in the 130-mg dose
usually found in fake Ectasy (13 times the amount in a dose of
Robitussin).
Because DXM inhibits sweating, it easily causes heatstroke. So, if their
dumping large doses of DXM in punch (which serves no purposes other than
to disguise the taste), their getting "high" on cough medicine.  DXM
also
has some nasty side effects including vomitting.