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Teenage Misuse of Cough Medicines and Promethazine

Teen nonmedical misuse of medications may be more common than we believed. In Psychology Today’s Addiction Outlook column, Dr. Mark Gold discusses that teen nonmedical misuse of medications like dextromethorphan (DXM) and promethazine may be more widespread than previously recognized. Dr. Linda B. Cottler, Director of NDEWS, warns, “Parents…

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In the Media

For media inquiries, please contact us at ndews-cc@ufl.edu. Recent media highlights Ketamine: NDEWS Deputy Director Joseph Palamar Featured in CNN FlashDoc Short on Ketamine’s Science and Stigma January 10, 2025: Special K: The Science & Stigma of…

NDEWS is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the University of Florida (MPI: Cottler (contact), Co-Is: Goldberger, Nixon, Striley), New York University (MPI: Palamar), and Florida Atlantic University (Co-I: Barenholtz).