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This Drug Guide is a comprehensive and up-to-date source of drug information, including drug descriptions, slang terms, short term- and long term- effects, images, federal classifications and more. Sources of information include U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA), National Institute on Drug Abiuse (NIDA), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
This guide contains information on 30 commonly abused drugs, including alcohol and tobacco.
NEW DRUG ALERT: "Bath Salts" can induce extreme paranoia that could cause users to harm themselves and others.
U.S. poison centers took 117 calls by January 18 of this year regarding toxic products marketed as “bath salts” this year alone, showing that the product is on the verge of becoming a public health threat. Doctors and clinicians say the products cause increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions.
While the label on the little packets of powdered substance is labeled bath salts that are “not for human consumption,” the products are powerful synthetic stimulants are being touted as cocaine substitutes. They appear to create intense cravings not unlike those methamphetamine users have. The “bath salts” have been sold on the internet, and in some states at gas stations and head shops with names like “Ivory Wave,” Vanilla Sky,” “Blue Silk,” “Boom,” Cloud Nine,” “Ocean Snow,” and “Red Dove.”
The products are believed to contain Methylenedioxpyrovalerone, or MPDV, a chemical that is not approved for medical use in the United States and that has already been banned in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some other countries.
http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/Portals/0/prrel/BathSalts11811.pdf |
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Propofol or Diprivan
What is Propofol or Diprivan?
Diprivan is a powerful sedative given intravenously to induce and maintain anesthesia or sedation during surgery and certain medical tests and procedures. Medical supervision is required to administer and monitoring is required when administering Diprivan. A special procedure is required to administer Diprivan to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination. Contamination causes individuals to experience fever, chills, and body aches.
What does it look like?
Propofol comes in vials and looks like milk.
How is it used?
Propofol is administered intravenously.
What are its short-term effects?
Possible short term effects include hypotension (low-blood pressure), Dystonia (sustained muscle contractions causing repetitive movements), bradycardia (slow heart rate), inflammation of veins, and blood clots. In epileptic patients there is a risk of seizure during the recovery phase.
What are its long-term effects?
Long-term effects of Diprivan use are unknown.
What is its federal classification?
Not Applicable
Source: FDA, DEA |
Opium
What are the street names/slang terms?
Big O, Black stuff, Block.
What is Opium?
An opioid or narcotic, made from the white liquid in the poppy plant.
What does it look like?
A black or brown block of tar like substance.
How is it used?
Smoked.
What are its short-term effects?
Opium can cause euphoria, followed by a sense of well-being and a calm drowsiness or sedation. Breathing slows, potentially to the point of unconsciousness and death with large doses. Other effects can include nausea, confusion and constipation. Use of opium with other substances that depress the central nervous system, such as alcohol, antihistamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, or general anesthetics, increases the risk of life-threatening respiratory depression.
What are its long-term effects?
Long-term use can lead to drug tolerance, meaning the user needs more of the drug to get similar euphoric effects. Opium use can also lead to physical dependence and addiction. Withdrawal symptoms can occur if long term use is reduced or stopped.
What is its federal classification?
Schedule II
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) |
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Steroids
What do they look like?
Steroids come in tablets or liquid form.
How is it used?
Anabolic steroids are taken orally or injected, and athletes and other abusers take them typically in cycles of weeks or months, rather than continuously, in patterns called cycling. Cycling involves taking multiple doses of steroids over a specific period of time, stopping for a period, and starting again. In addition, users frequently combine several different types of steroids to maximize their effectiveness while minimizing negative effects, a process known as stacking.
What are its short-term effects?
Although anabolic androgenic steroids may increase lean muscle mass, strength, and the ability to train longer and harder, the serious side effects of steroids are many and may not be reversible. The minor side effects of steroid use include acne, oily skin, excess hair growth, and deepening of the voice. The major side effects of steroid use include an increased risk of cancer, increased risk of heart and liver disease, jaundice, fluid retention, reduction in HDL-C (“good cholesterol”), high blood pressure, changes in blood coagulation, increased risk of atherosclerosis, swelling of the soft tissues of the extremities (edema), and obstructive sleep apnea.
Side effects specific to men can include testicular atrophy or the shrinking of the testicles, reduced sperm count, infertility, baldness, and the development of breasts. For women, side effects can include enlargement of the clitoris, changes in the body contour growth of facial hair, disruption of the menstrual cycle, deepened voice and infertility.
An increase in androgenic (male) hormones may also lead to aggressive behavior. Research also indicates that steroid users often suffer from paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility..
What are its long-term effects?
Adolescents who abuse steroids are at a significant risk of suffering irreversible side effects, including stunted growth, accelerated puberty changes and abnormal sexual development.
Adolescent girls in particular may suffer from severe acne, excessive body and facial hair, deepened voice, permanent enlargement of the clitoris, disruption of the menstrual cycle, and permanent infertility.
What is its federal classification?
Schedule III
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) |
Ketamine
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic developed in 1963 to replace PCP and currently used in human anesthesia and veterinary medicine. Much of the ketamine sold on the street has been diverted from veterinarians’ offices. Ketamine’s chemical structure and mechanism of action are similar to those of PCP.
What does it look like?
Although it is manufactured as an injectable liquid, in illicit use ketamine is generally evaporated to form a powder.
How is it used?
Snorted or swallowed.
Ketamine is odorless and tasteless, so it can be added to beverages without being detected, and it induces amnesia. Because of these properties, the drug is sometimes given to unsuspecting victims and used in the commission of sexual assaults referred to as “drug rape.
What are its short-term effects?
Ketamine can cause dream-like states and hallucinations. Users report sensations ranging from a pleasant feeling of floating to being separated from their bodies. Some ketamine experiences involve a terrifying feeling of almost complete sensory detachment that is likened to a near-death experience. These experiences, similar to a “bad trip” on LSD, are called the “K-hole.” Low-dose intoxication from ketamine results in impaired attention, learning ability, and memory .In high doses, ketamine can cause delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function, high blood pressure, depression, and potentially fatal respiratory problems.
What is its federal classification?
Schedule III
Source: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) |
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