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Drug Information
The source of this information is the Above The Influence website.
Alcohol
Street Names: Booze, Suds, Hard Stuff, Hooch, Juice, Sauce
Risks:
- Difficulty walking
- Blurred vision
- Slurred speech
- Slowed reaction times
- Impaired memory and blackouts
- Mental confusion
- Paralysis of the nerves that move the eyes
- Difficulty with muscle coordination
- Persistent learning and memory problems
- Liver disease
- Unintentional injuries
- HIV risk due to impaired judgment.
- Alcohol poisoning, which includes the following:
- Mental confusion
- Stupor
- Coma
- Person cannot be roused
- Vomiting
- Seizures
- Slow breathing (fewer than eight breaths per minute)
- Irregular breathing (10 seconds or more between breaths)
- Hypothermia (low body temperature), bluish skin color, paleness
- Heart beats irregularly or stops
- Hypoglycemia (too little blood sugar), which leads to seizures
- Untreated severe dehydration from vomiting, which can cause seizures, permanent brain damage, or death.
Marijuana
Street Names: Grass, Pot, Weed, Bud, Mary Jane, Dope, Indo, Hydro, Ganga
Risks:
- Impaired judgment and motor coordination
- Shortened attention span and distractibility
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Increased heart rate
- Increased risk of heart attack
- Increased risk for schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals
- Impaired judgment
- Problems with memory and learning
- Lowered motivation
- Decreased alertness and coordination
- Addiction
- Withdrawal symptoms from stopping drug use (in a chronic user):
- Irritability
- Sleeplessness
- Anxiety
- Impaired appetite
- Aggression
Ecstasy
Street Names: MDMA, Ecstasy, XTC, E, X, Beans, Adams, Hug Drug, Disco Biscuit, Go, Adam, Hug, Love Drug
Risks:
- Confusion
- Depression
- Sleep problems
- Severe anxiety
- Muscle tension
- Involuntary teeth clenching
- Nausea
- Blurred vision
- Faintness
- Chills or sweating
- Dependence and withdrawal effects:
- Fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Depressed feelings
- Trouble concentrating
- Some problems can occur while or soon after taking the drug, others come days or weeks after taking Ecstasy.
Methamphetamine
Street Names: Meth, Crystal Meth, Speed, Ice, Crystal, Chalk, Crank, Tweak, Uppers, Black Beauties, Glass, Biker's Coffee, Methlies
Risks:
- Increased respiration, rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, and hyperthermia (when the body overheats)
- Unhealthy weight loss
- Severe dental problems
- Anxiety, confusion, insomnia, mood disturbances, and violent behavior
- Psychotic features, including:
- Paranoia
- Visual and auditory hallucinations
- Delusions (for example, the sensation of insects "Meth Bugs" creeping under the skin)
Inhalants
Street Names: Whippets, Poppers, Snappers, Air Blast, Moon Gas, Oz, Poor Man's Pot, Bolt, Boppers, Bullet Rush
Risks:
- Slurred speech
- Lack of coordination
- Dizziness
- Lightheadedness
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Loss in control
- Lingering headache
- Confusion
- Nausea or vomiting
- Hypoxia (suffocation, asphyxiation) leading to brain or other organ damage
- Muscle spasms and tremors
- Addiction
- Liver, lung, and kidney problems
- Muscle weakness.
Heroin
Street Names: Smack, Thunder, Hell Dust, Big H, Nose Drops, Ska, Junk, Skag
Risks:
- Warm flushing of the skin
- Dry mouth
- Heavy feeling in the extremities
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Severe itching
- Clouded mental functions
- Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis (from injection needles)
- Collapsed veins
- Infection of the heart lining and valves
- Abscesses at the injection location
- Liver or kidney disease.