Readily Available Prescription Drugs Put Teens at Risk

(News-Press Now, April 16) "Pharm" parties are a dangerous trend among teens and young adults, where prescription drugs are randomly ingested at parties. Kids raid their family medicine cabinets and bring them to the parties. They call them "skittles" because the colored drugs look like the candy. While kids may know what drugs they are taking, they are not necessarily aware of the ramifications of mixing medicines, experts say. Not only that, teens have an "invincible" sense of self and don't believe anything can really happen to them. READ MORE.