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Article: Prescription drugs life of the party, for some.(Life-Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 7, 2006
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Byline: LIZ DOUP South Florida Sun-Sentinel
In so many ways it sounds like any other teenage party.
Kids gathered in an abandoned Florida warehouse where strobe lights flashed and liquor flowed. But then from pockets and purses, the pills appeared.
Vicodin. OxyContin. Xanax. All destined for illegal use.
Shannon Johnson, 17, a middle-school dropout, was part of the scene. He popped four or five Xanax, washed them down with vodka and was ready to party.
Not so long ago, kids raided their parents' liquor cabinet. Today, it's the medicine cabinet.
They're stocking up for "pharming parties," where teens barter legal ...