robo-ing

A popular term for the ingestion of Robitussin, an over-the-counter cough medicine, in megadoses, to achieve the ‘high’—euphoria, hallucinations—evoked by the DMX—dextromethorphan, a weak opiate contained in Robitussin
Toxicity Respiratory depression, coma, death

robo-ing

Substance abuse A popular term for the ingesting of Robitussin, an OTC cough medicine, in megadoses, to achieve the 'high'–
euphoria, hallucinations–evoked by the dextromethorphan, a weak opiate contained in Robitussin Toxicity Respiratory depression, coma, death. See Dextromethorphan, Ecstasy, Rave.

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