I Found This Bizarre White Stick in My Son’s Room and Panic Set In—Then I Discovered the Truth

and it certainly wasn’t an illicit drug device. It was a simple, over-the-counter Vicks-style nasal inhaler. The “suspicious” holes I had obsessed over were merely vents designed to allow menthol vapors to circulate through the device during inhalation. The air left my lungs in a long, shaky exhale that felt like it had been held for years. I had continue reading …