Excessive use of drugs, such as alcohol, pain medications, or illegal drugs.
What is substance abuse or addiction?
What is cocaine/crack?
Rolling papers, bong, pipe, grinder
What is marijuana?
What are q-tips?
A q-tip is used as part of a filtration system when using heroin.
Sense of euphoria or feeling "high", heightened sense of visual, auditory, and taste perception, increased heart rate, red eyes, dry mouth, decreased coordination, difficulty concentrating or remembering, anxiety or paranoid thinking, yellow fingertips, exaggerated cravings for certain foods at unusual times
What is marijuana?
80% of people who use heroin transition from misusing this substance first.
What are prescription opioids?
Herb, grass, Mary Jane
What is marijuana?
Spoon, belt, tin foil, syringe
What is heroin?
What are belts?
Belts are used to tie off the arm in preparation for injection of heroin.
Reduced sense of pain, agitation, drowsiness, slurred speech, problems with attention and memory, constricted pupils, lack of awareness to surrounding people and things, depression, confusion, runny nose or nose sores, needle marks
What are opioids?
What is drug overdose?
The big H, hell dust, horse, smack, dope, boy
What is heroin?
Funnel with long tube attached, bottle caps and tabs, solo cups
What is alcohol?
What are pacifiers and lollipops?
Pacifiers and lollipops are used to prevent teeth grinding and jaw clenching when high on Ecstasy/ MDMA/ Molly.
Drowsiness, slurred speech, lack of coordination, irritability or mood changes, memory problems, slowed breathing, dizziness
What are Benzodiazepines?
(examples include: Xanax, Klonopin, & Valium)
This substance is the most deadly to withdrawal from.
What is alcohol?
Detox can be dehydrating to the body as it uses any means to expel alcohol and its toxins. Alcohol in and of itself is also a dehydrating substance. Combining alcohol’s pre-existing dehydrating qualities with withdrawal-related dehydration can easily induce seizures and may even prove lethal in some cases.
Speed, crystal, chalk, ice, glass, crank, tweak
What is meth?
Pipes, small mirrors, small spoons, short plastic straws, rolled-up paper tubes, razor blades
What is cocaine?
What are straws?
Plastic straws (usually cut short)are used to snort powdered forms of drugs, such as cocaine, meth, or heroin.
Excess confidence, increased alertness, increased energy and restlessness, aggression or behavior changes, rambling speech, dilated pupils, anxiety and paranoia, impaired judgement, insomnia, mouth sores and gum disease
What are stimulants?
(examples include: cocaine, meth, & ADHD meds such as adderall)
The number of people who die every day in the U.S. after overdosing on opioids, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
What is 130?
Tango, China girl
What is fentanyl?
pipes, metal spoons, light bulbs
What is meth?
Light bulbs can be carefully broken creating a heating vessel within where meth can be placed and heated. The vapors are then inhaled through the opening.
What are bags of candy?
Bags of candy are typically used to hide pills in.
Hallucinations, paranoia, dilated pupils, chills and sweating, tremors, behavior changes, muscle cramping and teeth clenching, muscle relaxation, poor coordination or problems moving, reduced inhibitions, heightened or altered sense of sight, sound, taste, poor judgement
What are club drugs?
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)
Ketamine
LSD