Alprazolam, also known under the trade names Xanax and Niravam, is a short-acting drug of the benzodiazepine class used to treat moderate to severe anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and as an adjunctive treatment for anxiety associated with clinical depression. It is also available in an extended release form, Xanax XR. Both forms are now available generically.

The kid lost a notebook and someone drew a swastika on it, so they searched the kid and found some diet pills his mom had bought. The poorly trained police used some lousy field test kit that indicated the pills were amphetamines.

Apparently there are all of these miraculous new ways to lose weight! Let's see...cutting the vagus nerve, the SUGAR diet, popping the "market's best" pills, and oh, let's not forget about TEEN GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY! Uh. I can't say anymore. Just read the post.

A study released by the University of Minnesota's " Project Eat" (eating among teens) shows starting results of 2,500 female teenagers studied over a five-year period. The study found that high school-aged females' use of diet pills nearly doubled to 14.2%from 7.5%. By the ages of 19 and 20, 20% of females surveyed used diet pills.