Triple C Drug

Triple C is a drug slang term which refers to cough medicine, derived from Coricidin Cough and Cold – a common over-the-counter antihistamine medication. This medication, like other cough syrup products, can be abused like an illicit drug by taking extremely large doses to get high. The "high" is caused by intake of a large amount of dextromethorphan (DXM), a common active ingredient found in many cough medications. This sort of abuse of “Triple C” can be dangerous.

News Article on Triple C Drug:
The news that nine Oak Creek High School students skipped school one day this month and downed cough and cold tablets to get high is a story too familiar to Cleon Suggs.

A drug and alcohol counselor for adolescents, Suggs estimates that of the 500 youths he visits in a year, usually in juvenile detention, 30% to 40% report experimenting with over-the-counter medication, specifically Coricidin HBP, to get high, he said. He works for the Milwaukee Adolescent Health Program, in collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin and Fighting Back Inc.