Darboe M N, Keenan G R, Richards T K
Shepherd College, Lee Hospital, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Adolescence. 1996 Fall;31(123):633-44.
Drug abuse has been a national social problem in the United States for decades and is often complicated by the emergence of new types of abused drugs or new forms of abuse. In the late 1980s, the community of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania began to detect behavior among its teenagers that suggested a new form of drug abuse and thus a new social problem. The drug was dextromethorphan, used in cough syrup-principally Robitussin DM. The form of abuse is often referred to as "roboing" or "robo-copping." This paper presents the results of the first phase of a comprehensive investigation of this phenomenon in the Waynesboro school district. Data from a survey of school personnel indicate that abuse of cough syrup (Robitussin or other brands) has increased over the years and is increasingly perceived as a problem by the community.
几十年来，药物滥用在美国一直是一个全国性的社会问题，而且常常因新型滥用药物的出现或新的滥用形式而变得更加复杂。20世纪80年代末，宾夕法尼亚州韦恩斯伯勒社区开始察觉到其青少年中的一些行为，这些行为暗示了一种新的药物滥用形式，进而成为一个新的社会问题。这种药物是右美沙芬，主要用于止咳糖浆——尤其是罗比妥因止咳糖浆。这种滥用形式通常被称为“嗑罗比妥”或“偷罗比妥”。本文介绍了对韦恩斯伯勒学区这一现象进行全面调查的第一阶段结果。对学校工作人员的一项调查数据表明，多年来止咳糖浆（罗比妥或其他品牌）的滥用情况有所增加，并且社区越来越将其视为一个问题。
