In last few years, anti-anxiety pills like xanax, zyban, alprazolam and others, has become popular among teenagers, school students and college going young boys and girls. This young generation is prompt to use these anti-anxiety pills even for little depression or stress for which they are not required at all. Few days back, at Houston , a 13 years old middle school student was arrested for bringing Xanax to school and some high school seniors hospitalized for taking xanax overdose.
There are various reasons why today’s young generation is falling for these drugs without any prescription or better saying, without getting a prescription. Few of the reasons are;
Relaxed Feeling After Taking The Dose
| Anti-anxiety pills are reported to give immense relaxed and pleasure feeling. These young students find themselves relieved from stress and depression and enjoy the effect of these anti-anxiety pills. They find them to be an easy solutions for any kind of stress, no matter whether it is little or serious. |
Inexpensive
| Anti-anxiety pills like xanax are easily in reach of these teenagers. These pills are readily accessible with cost as low as $5 for three pills on streets. |
Easy Environmental Availability
| Many of the male teenagers when asked about the barrier to quitting, told about the environmental accessibility of these pills. They said that they just go ahead and ask their sisters or mothers for xanax. |
No Immediate Side-effects
| Anti-anxiety pills don’t leave immediate side effects so the young generation is least bothered or ignore them when get a calm and relaxed feeling after the dose. |
More disturbingly, teenagers whether male or female, are overwhelmingly reported to perceive themselves as addicted from their very first dose. After taking first dose, these young students enjoy the feeling that these medicines create and desire for more. In fact, the youth professed themselves as unable to quit, thus building up their own addiction before they actually had. These pills are normally taken along with orange juice, alcohol or an energy drink to intensify the effect. Tranquilizers with alcohol may prove dangerous causing respiratory suppressions.
Interestingly, these anti-anxiety pills are known by different street names among the students, depending on the shape of the pill, its color and dosage. For example, blue pills are known as footballs and white pills are given the name bars, white girls, handlebars, white boys or at times bicycle parts, yellow pills are called yellow boys or school bus. Particularly girls perceive these pills as safe and “cleaner” than other drugs. Unlike boys, they give least preference to marijuana or cocaine, although both genders are equally fascinated towards these otherwise prescription drugs.
To make our young generation aware of the dangerous effects hidden after pleasure, parents need to learn and show concern as most adults are ignorant that their children are using the prescription drugs illegally. Parents are the first most reliable counselor one can have. They should be diligent to make their children relax and keep away from such illegal and detrimental means of relaxation so that the value and effect of these anti-anxiety pills could be confined to only those who actually require them.