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This educational program that teams parents with school nurses to prevent and address teen cough medicine abuse

Multiple national surveys point to the disturbing abuse of prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, like OTC cough medicine, among today's teens. Six percent of high school teens admit to having abused cough medicine containing dextromethorphan, or DXM, to get high in the past year and thirty-three percent of high school teens say they know someone who has abused cough medicine.

The National Association of School Nurses has partnered with the Consumer Healthcare Products Association to provide school nurses and parents with tools to help address teen medicine abuse.

School nurse materials are linked below. Find parent and media materials on the campaigns home page at: StopMedicineAbuse.org/Home-to-Homeroom

School Nurse Materials:

• PowerPoint Presentation: a helpful tool that school nurses can use to educate parents about OTC cough medicine abuse
  PowerPoint File  ||  PDF File

• Template Letter to Parents: alert parents in your school about this growing issue
  Word File  || PDF File  
   
• Home to Homeroom Poster:  post the flyer in a high-traffic area such as the school nurse's office, hallway, or cafeteria
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