Club and Prescription Drug Abuse

114 Pages·2014·3.15 MB·English

by  Valerie Bodden

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CLUB AND
PRESCRIPTION

DRUG ABUSE

CLUB AND
PRESCRIPTION

DRUG ABUSE
BY VALERIE BODDEN
CONTENT CONSULTANT
MATTHEW OWEN HOWARD, PHD
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
AT CHAPEL HILL
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Editor: Jenna Gleisner
Series Designer: Becky Daum
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014932561
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bodden, Valerie.
Club and prescription drug abuse / Valerie Bodden.
p. cm. -- (Essential issues)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-62403-419-0
1. Medication abuse--Juvenile literature. 2. Drug abuse--Juvenile literature. 3. Designer
drugs--Juvenile literature. I. Title.
362.29--dc23
2014932561
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
PAYING THE PRICE 6
CHAPTER 2
HISTORY OF DRUG ABUSE 16
CHAPTER 3
YOUNG USERS 28
CHAPTER 4
WHY YOUNG PEOPLE
USE DRUGS 36
CHAPTER 5
CLUB DRUGS
AND INHALANTS 44
CHAPTER 6
PRESCRIPTION
AND OTC DRUGS 56
CHAPTER 7
THE COST OF DRUG USE 66
CHAPTER 8
DRUGS AND THE LAW 76
CHAPTER 9
OTHER
PREVENTION EFFORTS 86
Timeline 96
Essential Facts 100
Glossary 102
Additional Resources 104
Source Notes 106
Index 110
About the Author 112
About the Consultant 112
CHAPTER
ONE
PAYING THE PRICE
J
effrey Russ, a 23-year-old who had recently
graduated from Syracuse University in New York,
loved electronic music and especially loved deejay Avicii.
So he was excited to have tickets for Electric Zoo, an
electronic music festival held in New York City over
Labor Day weekend 2013. He arrived at the three-day
event on Friday, August 30, with a group of friends.
Jeffrey and his friends were among the tens of
thousands of teens and young adults who had come from
across the country to attend the festival. Festivalgoers
danced nonstop as deejays from around the world spun
track after track. Arms raised in the air, they jumped
in unison to the throbbing beats. Some wore elaborate
costumes—masks, wigs, wings, and tutus—while
others settled for bikini tops or T-shirts.
At 5:43 p.m., Jeffrey tweeted a picture of one of
the stages at the event. Only a few hours later, he was
rushed to the hospital. He had developed a high fever
and a rapid heartbeat after taking MDMA—also known
MDMA, also known as Ecstasy or Molly, is popular among young
adults attending music festivals. 7
as Molly or Ecstasy. There
DEEJAY
was nothing doctors could do
KASKADE’S
for him. He died at 3:21 a.m.
MESSAGE
on Saturday.
After two people died at the
Despite Jeffrey’s death, the
2013 Electric Zoo festival,
US deejay Kaskade turned to
festival continued. So did the
Twitter to spread an anti-drug
message, encouraging drug use. On Saturday night,
people to let his music, rather
Olivia Rotondo, a 20-year-old
than drugs, be their source
of euphoria: “Let me do the University of New Hampshire
heavy lifting. That’s my job.
I believe 100% it can be student, took six hits of Molly
life-changing and uplifting
and collapsed. She, too, was
when you are 100% sober.”1
rushed to the hospital, where
she died shortly afterward. The
final day of the concert was canceled in response to
the deaths.
Kyle’s Story
Kyle Williams was a normal 14-year-old boy. But he
had a secret. For roughly one month, he had been
abusing inhalants. A friend had shown him how to use
household chemicals, such as computer dust cleaner, to
get a short-lasting high. Kyle’s parents thought it was
odd he was suddenly angry all the time. And they didn’t
understand why he said his tongue always hurt. But they
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