Marijuana
Marijuana, when sold, is a mixture of dried out leaves, stems, flowers and seeds of the hemp plant. It is usually green, brown or gray in color
Cocaine
Cocaine is an addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically, used as an illegal stimulant and sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic.
Heroin
Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is an opioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.
Crystal Meth
crystal methamphetamine (the drug methamphetamine in a powdered crystalline form)
Prescription Drug
Prescription drug abuse is the use of a prescription medication in a way not intended by the prescribing doctor. Prescription drug abuse or problematic use includes everything from taking a friend's prescription painkiller.
What is in Marijuana
There are over 400 chemicals in marijuana and hashish.(1) The chemical that causes intoxication or the “high” in users is called THC (short for tetrahydrocannabinol). THC creates the mind-altering effects that classifies marijuana as a “drug.”
What is Cocaine
Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.* It comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white
Origins of Heroin
Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
Ways of taking Crystal Meth
Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle. Some even take it orally
Secrets of Prescription Drugs
Due to their potential for abuse and addiction, many prescription drugs have been categorized by the US Drug Enforcement Administration in the same category as opium or cocaine. These include Ritalin and Dexedrine (stimulants), and the painkillers OxyContin, Demerol and Roxanol
Ways of Using Marijuana
Marijuana can be smoked as a cigarette (joint), but may also be smoked in a dry pipe or a water pipe known as a “bong.” It can also be mixed with food and eaten or brewed as tea. These are called “edibles”
How Cocaine is used
Cocaine is smoked rather than snorted (taken in through the nose), an abuser can become addicted after his or her first time trying crack
What Heroin looks like
In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder. But more often, it is found to be rose gray, brown or black in color. The coloring comes from additives which have been used to dilute it, which can include sugar, caffeine or other substances.
Where Crystal Meth comes from
Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
Street Names for Prescription Drugs
Candy • Downers • Sleeping pills • Tranks• Barbs • Reds • Red Birds • Phennies • Tooies • Yellows • Yellow Jacket
Different Types of Marijuana
Pot Herb Weed Buds Blaze Grass White Widow Ganja Dry High Astro Yurf Bhang Dagga Dope Hemp Home Grown J Mary Jane Reefer Roach Puff Texas Tea
Street names of Cocaine
24-7 • Apple jacks • Badrock • Ball • Base • Beat • Candy • Chemical • Cloud • Cookies • Crack • Crumbs • Crunch & munch • Devil drug • Dice • Electric kool-aid • Fat bags • French fries • Glo • Gravel • Grit • Hail • Hard ball • Hard rock • Hotcakes • Ice cube • Jelly beans • Kryptonite • Nuggets • Paste • Piece • Prime time • Product • Raw • Rock(s) • Rock star • Rox/Roxanne • Scrabble • Sleet • Snow coke • Sugar block • Topo (Spanish) • Tornado
Street Names of Heroin
Big H • H • Junk • Skag • Horse • Smack • Thunder • Hell Dust • Nose Drops
Street names for Crystal Meth
Beannies • Brown • Chalk • Crank • Chicken feed • Cinnamon • Crink • Crypto • Fast • Getgo • Methlies Quik • Mexican crack • Pervitin (Czech Republic) • Redneck cocaine • Speed • Tick tick • Tweak • Wash • Yaba (Southeast Asia) • Yellow powder CRYSTAL METH • Batu • Blade • Cristy • Crystal • Crystal glass • Glass • Hot ice • Ice • Quartz • Shabu • Shards • Stove top • Tina • Ventana
Short-term effects of depressants
• Slow brain function • Slowed pulse and breathing • Lowered blood pressure • Poor concentration • Confusion • Fatigue* • Dizziness • Slurred speech • Fever • Sluggishness • Visual disturbances • Dilated pupils • Disorientation, lack of coordination • Depression
Long Lasting things of Marijuana
Get into car accidents that can lead you to death or near death. You are going to have to live with the addiction of it. You will do horrible things just to take a hit of it.
Statistics of cocaine
I n US Federal courts in 2007, 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
Statistics of Heroin
An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroi
The deadly effects of Meth
When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go. Thus, drug users can experience a severe “crash” or physical and mental breakdown after the effects of the drugs wear off
Long-Term Affects of prescription drugs
delirium, hallucinations and convulsions can occur. Unlike withdrawal from most drugs, withdrawal from depressants can be life-threatening.