The New Term ?Pharm Party? Refers to a Party Where Prescription Drugs Are Readily Available in a Potentially Deadly Mixture
Canadian, OK (PRWEB) July 20, 2006
Today, when young people talk about a “Pharm Party,” they are not necessarily referring to a keg party in someone’s barn out on the family farm. The new term “Pharm Party” refers to a party where prescription drugs are readily available in a potentially deadly mixture.
The term “Pharm” is short for pharmaceuticals, which includes such drugs as Xanax, a strong tranquilizer and powerful pain killers like Vicodin and Oxycontin. Often times mind altering psychotropic drugs like Zoloft, Prozac, and Wellbutrin, commonly advertised on television, are taken in concert with other powerful pain pills and tranquilizers at these pharmaceutical cocktail parties. Pharm party goers often refer to this potentially lethal concoction as “trail mix”. The “trail mix” is usually served up in large bowls or baggies and handed out to guests in the same fashion as a hostess serves snacks and drinks at a cocktail party.
The DEA reported the arrests of 18 people in September of 2005 that accounted for an estimated 4,600 internet pharmacies. These pharmacies or “pill mills” are selling prescription drugs freely on the Internet. On the heels of the DEA report, results from the 2005 Partnership for a Drug-Free America survey shows that three in five youths have free unmonitored access to prescription pain killers via the family home. Pharming parties are becoming so popular the word “pharming” has become a familiar term used on Internet chat sites when referring to the collection of pills from the family medicine chest or the Internet. Many kids believe these prescription drugs to be less dangerous because they are “prescribed by a doctor”. From the television ad campaigns selling anti-depressant medications, to the Internet and family medicine cabinet the availability of prescription drugs is an epidemic that has the potential to far exceed the devastation society is being faced with already through illegal drug use in the U.S.
According to Gary W. Smith, CEO of Narconon Arrowhead, one of country’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation and education centers, “Effective education and prevention information that is in easily understood terms has already proven to be the best weapon in de-popularizing the use of drugs among youth. The Narconon program offers a series of educational information on drugs and drug abuse to parents, teachers and youth.”
“To prevent our youth from becoming the future drug buying market, effective education and prevention efforts that start at an early age in the home as well as school is one of the most workable solutions we have to curtail this growing problem before it spins out of control. We must teach our kids not just about illegal drugs but educate them on the dangers of abusing these prescription drugs also”, J.T. Daily, Narconon Arrowhead’s Director of Drug Education added.
Narconon Arrowhead works with kids, parents, ministers, counselors, teachers and anyone else in an effort to keep our kids safe and off drugs. The programs offered by Narconon include the successful rehabilitation and education methods researched and developed by American author, researcher and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. One of the primary goals of Narconon is to make available information on all drugs that teach kids the truth about drugs and the dangers of illegal and prescription drugs. “We believe that today’s youth are bright and able to make the right choices if given true and correct information that is understandable with no scare tactics”, Daily added.
Summertime can be adventurous for kids while they are out of school and is also a time when many kids become exposed to drugs for the first time. We encourage all parents to take the time to get educated on the subject of drugs and their abuse and to talk to your children about drugs and alcohol abuse. Do it for the sake of our future generation.
For more information or help, contact Narconon Arrowhead at 1-800-468-6933 or visit www.stopaddiction.com. Free downloadable drug information is also available at www.narconon-drug-education.com. Act now before it’s too late.
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