Plenty of kids do but it tastes awful. I have trouble just taking a dose of the nasty stuff.
Same here, I have swallowed a full dose cup (about 30 ml) of DM to get to sleep when nothing else works and it always makes me a little nauseous, but then fall asleep. Definitely nothing euphoric for me. I’m sure the kids take far more than that.
Re: cough syrup
I to this day must hold my nose just to down two teaspoonfuls of the stuff...
Blech!!!!