Don't forget our pal DXM

All this talk about how PCP is making a comeback obscures the fact that some drugs, like DXM, remain as popular as ever:

About 3.1 million Americans ages 12-25 (5 percent) used cough and cold medicines to get high last year, according to a federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report released Wednesday.

That's about the same number of young people who used LSD and many more than the number who used methamphetamine, said the agency's 2006 report on drug abuse and health.

And why would 3.1 million young Americans get busy with cough and cold medicines (aside from, duh, the fact that they are considerably more legal than meth and easier to find than LSD)?

More than 140 over-the-counter cough and cold medicines contain the cough suppressant DXM that, when taken in large amounts, can cause disorientation, slurred speech, blurred vision and vomiting, the Associated Press reported.

Now that's my idea of a party - rawk!