Teen Misuse Of Prescription Ambien On The Rise

CBS) DALLAS. A health warning about the latest craze on the party scene. People are getting high -- not on an illegal drug or a prescription painkiller -- but on one of the most popular sleeping medications in this country. Ambien is the best-selling prescription sleeping pill in the United States. Doctors wrote more than a quarter million prescriptions for it last year alone. But the government is concerned that some people, including kids, are abusing this little pill. They say it makes them high and even black out."I'd fall over. I had blurred vision, weird hallucinations," said one student. Read the complete story here.