Students are drinking Robitussin because of the alcohol content. We experienced a death of a former student on Thanksgiving Day this year. He ingested an unknown amount of Robitussin and 30 Dramamine tablets. Needless to say, it was a tragic event. Our other issue is inhalants.
Inhalant abuse is on the rise across the country, and the age of first use is frighteningly low.
We just last week held a parent meeting to inform our community about these two issues - inhalants being the most frightening and holding the most potential for death. Parents were alarmed but thankful for the information. Even though you say NoDoz is a 2 on a scale of 1-10, I think the bigger part of that is that a child using NoDoz now may likely move into more dangerous and more illegal drug activity. You are fortunate to be knowledgeable of the situation at this point. Hopefully you will receive parent and community support prior to dealing with the death of a student.