

MDMA: - methlenedioxymethamphetamine
- Ecstasy, X, XTC, Adam, Clarity, Peace,
Lover's Speed, Eve
Similar to the stimulant methamphetamine
and the hallucinogen mescaline, MDMA is
usually taken orally as a tablet. It
causes increased heart rate and blood
pressure, and
may lead to an elevation
of body temperature that causes kidney
and cardiovascular failure. When
combined with alcohol, MDMA can be
extremely dangerous, sometimes fatal.
MDMA may lead to dehydration,
hypertension, heart or kidney failure,
seizures, stroke, memory impairment, and
produce long-lasting neurotoxic effects
in the brain.
GHB: Gamma-Hydroxbutyrate - Liquid
Ecstasy, Georgia Home Boy, G, Grievous
Bodily Harm
A clear odorless liquid, GHB is a
central nervous system depressant and
has been associated with poisonings,
overdoses, and date rape. It can slow
breathing and heart rate to dangerous
levels. GHB overdose can occur rather
quickly and lead rapidly to loss of
consciousness, coma, and death. The
purity and strength of individual doses
of the drug can vary greatly, making
overdoses likely.
Ketamine: K, Special K, Vitamin K,
Cat Valium
Karamine is primarily a veterinary
anesthetic that produces dissociative
dream-like or hallucinatory effects
similar to phencyclidine (PCP). The drug
is used as a liquid applied to marijuana
or tobacco products, or as a white
powder that is snorted like cocaine, or
it can be injected. Ketamine can produce
delirium, amnesia, impaired motor
function, high blood pressure,
depression, and potentially fatal
respiratory effects. It can also result
in impaired attention, learning ability
and memory.
Rohypnol: Flunitrazepam - Roofies,
Rophie, Roche, Forget-me
benzodiazepine sedative similar to
Valium and Xanax, flunitrazepam is not
approved for prescription use in the US.
The drug is taken orally in tablet form,
dissolved in beverage, or ground up and
snorted. Because the drug is odorless
and tasteless and produces profound "anterograde
amnesia," it can be administered to a
person without his or her knowledge and
has been associated with date rape and
other sexual assaults. Other effects
include decreased blood pressure,
drowsiness, visual disturbances,
dizziness, confusion, gastrointestinal
disturbances and urinary retention.
Methamphetamine: Meth, Speed, Ice,
Glass, Crystal, Crank, GoFast, Chalk,
Fire
Methamphetamine, an odorless white
crystalline powder, affects many areas
of the central nervous system. It is a
highly addictive stimulant that can be
snorted, smoked, injected, taken orally,
or dissolved in beverages. The drug
produces increased levels of activity,
agitation, excited speech, and decreased
appetite. Methamphetamine is a
neurotoxin associated with serious
long-lasting effects on the dopamine
transporter system as well as with other
dangerous health effects including
aggression, violence, memory loss,
psychotic behavior and cardiac damage.
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide: LSD,
Acid, Blotter, Cubes, Dots, L, Microdot,
Sugar, Yellow Sunshines, Boomers
LSD is a powerful hallucinogen that is
taken orally, usually on squares of
blotter paper, sugar cubes, or pills
that have absorbed the liquid drug. The
drug produces profound and unpredictable
abnormalities in sensory perception,
including distortions of sound and
sight, and emotional effects that create
rapid mood swings ranging from intense
fear to euphoria. Physical effects
include higher body temperature,
increased heart rate and blood pressure,
sweating, loss of appetite,
sleeplessness, dry mouth, tremors,
nausea, numbness and weakness. Long-term
disorders associated with LSD are
persistent psychosis and hallucinogen
persisting perception disorder
("flashbacks").
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