 Alcohol
Beer, wine, liquor, cooler, booze, malt liquor |
- Alcohol is a depressant.
- It can take affect in as little as 5-10 minutes.
- It affects the brain and central nervous system. Users can feel more relaxed, depressed or aggressive.
- Alcohol lowers inhibitions and impairs judgment.
 Amphetamines
Speed, uppers, ups, hearts, black beauties, pep pills, copilots, bumble bees, footballs, dexedrine, biphetamine, benzedrine |
- Used as a stimulant.
- It is taken in pill form but can also be inhaled or injected.
- Highly addictive and toxic.
- Chronic abuse produces psychosis resembling schizophrenia, paranoia, and/or audible and visual hallucinations.
 Club Drugs
Ecstasy, GHB, Rohypnol®, Ketamine, Methamphetamine, LSD |
- Usually used in clubs, dances or raves.
- When combined with alcohol, they can be even more dangerous.
- Some club drugs are odorless, colorless and tasteless and easy to slip into an alcoholic beverage to sedate others.
 Cocaine
Cocaine: coke, snow, nose candy, snowbirds, flake, blow, white, big C, Crack: rock, freebase, baseball, pebbles, apple jacks, 151, half track, pony |
- Used as a stimulant.
- Extremely addictive.
- It can be taken by snorting, injecting or smoking.
- Smoking is the most dangerous form of taking the drug because more concentrated amounts enter the bloodstream and immediately affect the brain. Injections with needles run the risk of being infected with HIV or the AIDS virus.
- Very easy to overdose and die.
 Crystal Meth
ice, glass, crystal, ice cream, cristy, quartz |
- Pure smokable form of methamphetamine.
- Can cause irritability, aggression, anxiety, convulsions, insomnia and increase blood pressure.
 DXM; Coricidin HBP
Dex, DXM, Robo, Tussin, C-C-C, Triple C, Red Devils, Skittles |
- Taken in pill form, often much more than recommended.
- Found in over-the-counter cough suppressants such as Robitussin, Delsym, Pertussin, Drixoral, Vicks formula 44, and several generic brands.
- Causes impaired judgment and mental performance, loss of coordination, dizziness, nausa, disassociation and hallucinations.
- When abusers engage in activities requiring judgment (i.e. swimming, driving), results from the effects induced by DXM can be deadly.
 Ecstasy
MDMA, Adam, Bean, E, M, Roll, X, XTC |
- Club drug.
- Ecstasy is a man-made drug.
- Easily breaks down trust barriers between people. Known to cause brain damage.
 GHB
Gamma hydroxybutyic acid, goop, Grievous Bodily Harm, Georgia Home Boy, somatomax, liquid ecstasy, scoop |
- GHB used to be used as steroids for body builders. Today, it is used as a "designer" drug usually in combination with Ecstasy.
- Anyone who possesses, manufactures or distributes GHB could face a prison term of up to 20 years.
- GHB has reportedly been used in cases of date rape. Because GHB is odorless and tasteless, it can be slipped into a drink without detection.
 Heroin
Smack, mud, dope, horse, junk, brown sugar, big H, black tar |
- Heroin is smoked or snorted.
- Highly addictive and can be fatal with just one dose.
 Inhalants
Nitrous oxide, whippets, laughing gas |
- Inhaled products usually from the home. Very toxic.
- They can cause death with just one use because of overdose.
- About one in five children report having used inhalants by the eighth grade. They sniff or "huff" ordinary household products like nail polish remover, cleaning fluid, gasoline, or spray paint.
 Ketamine
"Special K" (90's-today's term), vitamin K (80's term), Others: new ecstasy, super-K, breakfast cereal, Ketalar, Ketaject, psychedelic heroin |
- Used as an hallucinogen.
- Powder form, and usually used in combination with other club drugs.
- Can result in severe physical and mental problems including delirium, amnesia, and fatal respiratory problems.
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 LSD
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, acid, microdot, tabs, doses, trips, hits, sugar cubes |
- Used as an hallucinogen.
- "Trips" are long, up to 12 hours and very unpredictable.
- Effects usually depend on individual person's mood, environment, amount taken, expectations.
- Some users experience severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair.
- In some cases, fatal accidents have occurred during states of intoxication
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 Marijuana
Weed, pot, reefer, grass, dope, 420, ganja, Mary Jane, sinsemilla, herb, Aunt Mary, skunk, boom, kif, chronic, gangster, widow, hash |
- Depressant.
- Usually smoked as a cigarette or "joint," or in a pipe or bong.
- Short term affects cause memory loss, loss of coordination, anxiety, panic attacks, and distorted perceptions.
- Marijuana smoke contains 50-70% more carcinogens than tobacco smoke. Smokers also tend to have more respiratory illnesses than non-smokers.
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 Methamphetamine
Meth, speed, crank, crystal, ice, fire, croak, crypto, white cross, glass, chalk |
- Used as a stimulant.
- Crystal Meth is the smokable form of Methamphetamine.
- Causes increased heart rates and permanent damage to blood vessels in the brain sometimes resulting in strokes.
- Can result in heart failure and death.
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 Mushrooms
Caps, magic mushrooms, shrooms, psilocybin, psilocin |
- Used as an hallucinogen.
- Usually brewed in tea, may be eaten.
- Causes intoxication, increased blood pressure, nausea, distorted perceptions, paranoia.
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 Steroids
Juice, rhoids |
- Usually taken in cycles for a period of weeks or months at a time.
- Short term affects include: liver tumors, jaundice, fluid retention, high blood pressure, shrinking of testicles, reduced sperm count, infertility, baldness, development of breasts (in men), growth of facial hair, changes in or cessation of menstrual cycle, deepened voice (in women), paranoid jealousy, delusions, impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility, depression, mood swings, extreme irritability, acne.
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For more information visit:
Parents. The Anti-Drug
http://www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/drug_info_alcohol.asp
DrugFree AZ. Com
http://www.drugfreeaz.com/index2.html
Sources: Office of National Drug Policy National Media Campaign, Parents. The Anti-Drug., Partnership for a Drug-Free America (Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine), the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, and the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
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