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| rapid-acting, powerful, highly addictive stimulant that interrupts normal functioning of the central nervous system |
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| rock, freebase rock; very pure form of another stimulant and reaches the brain seconds after being smoked or injected |
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| used in prescription medicines to reduce fatigue and drowsiness and to suppress the appetite; used illegal to stay awake, improve athletic performance, and to lose weight |
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| stimulant used in treating diseases like Parkinson's disease and obesity |
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| belong to a family of sedative-hypnotic drugs, result in mood changes, sleeping more than normal, and coma |
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| depressants that reduce muscular activity, coordination, and attention span; prescribed to relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, sleeplessness, and nervousness |
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| widely available club drug, ten times as strong as tranquilizers, comes in tablet form and looks like ordinary aspirin |
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| club drug that is available as a clear liquid, a white powder, and in a variety of tablets and capsules; leaves the blood quickly |
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| narcotic prescribed by medical professionals, causes rapid onset of tolerance, addiction |
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| narcotic that is an ingredient in some cough medications |
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| highly addictive narcotic, processed form of morphine that is injected, snorted, or smoked |
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| prescription drug that contains oxycodone, a strong narcotic, helps relieve severe chronic pain |
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| narcotic that causes nausea and constipation |
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| considered one of the most dangerous of all drugs; effects vary greatly from user to user |
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| extremely strong hallucinogen; even a tiny amount can cause hallucinations and severed distorted perceptions of sound and color |
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| anesthetic used for medical purposes, mostly in treating animals, misused as a club drug, often snorted or smoked |
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| most recognized designer drugs, combination of a stimulant and hallucinogen |
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| euphoria then emotional letdown; collapse of nasal septum |
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| causes heart rate and blood pressure to soar; this combined with alcohol increases the risk of death from liver failure |
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| easily developed tolerance causes a user to ingest more of the substance |
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| white, odorless powder that easily dissolves in alcohol or water; produced in makeshift labs, causing it to be readily available, club drug |
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| used illegal to produce a feeling of intoxication and to counteract the effects of stimulants, combining with alcohol can be fatal |
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| causes severe shaking, coma, or even death; when overused, physiological and psychological dependence occurs |
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| dissolves in carbonated beverages and may easily be slipped into a soft drink; harmless appearance has made it a dangerous drug in date-rape crimes |
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| club drug that is also used in date rape crimes...not Rohyphnol! |
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| destrucive behavior; users have died in fires because they became dioriented, flashbacks can occur at any time, causing panic, confusion, and lack of control |
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| affects the brain's emotional center and distorts reality, users experience a range of emotions |
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| Indian hemp plant cannabis, grass, weed, pot; first drug teens experiment with after alcohol |
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| stronger form of marijuana |
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| all forms are mind altering and can damage the user's health, raises leves of a brain chemical called dopamine, producing a pleasurable feeling |
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| the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, stored in body fat, traces of it can be present in the blood for as long as a month |
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| go immediately to the brain, causing damage and actually killing brain cells that will never be replaced |
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| substances that were never designed to be taken into the body, depress the central nervous system |
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| inhaling the fumes from aerosol cans, causes sudden death by increasing heart rate, resulting in cardiac arrest or death by suffocation |
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