Many parents may not realize it, but an increasingly popular drug that teenagers are using to get high may be sitting in the medicine cabinet: cough medicines. Both in liquid and gel-cap forms, they're highly accessible and cheap and come with little social stigma attached. But, like other over-the-counter drugs, they can be dangerous when abused. For information on what to look for and how to react to cough medicine abuse, parents can tap a new resource: FiveMoms.com.
"I'm sorry," the doctor said to the patient in the hospital bed. "It's my fault you have to stay another couple of days. I didn't monitor you carefully enough after starting you on that new drug, and you had a severe allergic reaction." A doctor said he was sorry? The patient faints.
ABC News is reporting on its website that terrorists are planning a sophisticated attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany, citing both U.S. and German officials, a story that has been quickly parroted on cable news stations.
AP - Worried Congress' support for Iraq is deteriorating rapidly, Baghdad dispatched senior officials to Capitol Hill this week to warn members one-on-one that pulling out U.S. troops would have disastrous consequences.
AP - From an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Vice President Dick Cheney warned Iran on Friday the U.S. and its allies will keep it from restricting sea traffic as well as from developing nuclear weapons.
AP - Republican Mitt Romney is expected to report financial assets between $190 million and $250 million, an amount that would likely make him the wealthiest of the 2008 presidential candidates.
The U.S. military commander in charge of northern Iraqi operations today said more troops are needed to stem rising insurgent violence in Diyala province. "I do not have enough soldiers right now in Diyala province to get that security situation moving," said Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon, commander of the 25th Infantry Division.