What is Tobacco?

 

Tobacco is an agricultural crop.

What are the street names/slang terms for Tobacco?

 

Chew, Dip, Fags, Smoke.

What does it look like?

 

Brown cut up leaves.

How is it used?

 

Tobacco is usually smoked. Sometimes tobacco leaves are “dipped” or “chewed” so the nicotine is absorbed via the gums.

What are its short-term effects?

 

When a person smokes a cigarette, the body responds immediately to the chemical nicotine in the smoke. Nicotine causes a short-term increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and the flow of blood from the heart. It also causes the arteries to narrow. Carbon monoxide reduces the amount of oxygen the blood can carry. This, combined with the effects produced by nicotine, creates an imbalance in the demand for oxygen by the cells and the amount of oxygen the blood is able to supply.

What are its long-term effects?

 

It is now well documented that smoking can cause chronic lung disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke, as well as cancer of the lungs, larynx, esophagus, mouth, and bladder. In addition, smoking is known to contribute to cancer of the cervix, pancreas, and kidneys. Researchers have identified more than 40 chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer in humans and animals. Smokeless tobacco and cigars also have deadly consequences, including lung, larynx, esophageal, and oral cancer. The harmful effects of smoking do not end with the smoker. Women who use tobacco during pregnancy are more likely to have adverse birth outcomes, including babies with low birth weight, which is linked with an increased risk of infant death and with a variety of infant health disorders. The health of nonsmokers is adversely affected by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Each year, exposure to ETS causes an estimated 3,000 non-smoking Americans to die of lung cancer and causes up to 300,000 children to suffer from lower

respiratory-tract infections. Evidence also indicates that exposure to ETS increases the risk of coronary heart disease.

What is its federal classification?

 

Schedule I

Source

 

American Heart Association (AHA); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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What is Crystal Meth?

Crystal Meth is a very pure, smokeable form of methamphetamine. It occurs in the form of brilliant blue-white rocks or transparent crystal pieces. It’s a well-liked party drug that is also referred to as “ice” or “glass.”

Users often inhale crystal meth through a tiny glass pipe, but they can also snort, inject, or swallow it. People claim that right after using it, they experience a brief burst of exhilaration. It’s hazardous, though. It can harm your body and result in serious psychological issues.

What are the street names/slang terms for Crystal Meth?

Ice, Tina.

What does it look like?

Clear crystal chunks, like ice.

How is it used?

Usually smoked, sometimes snorted or injected.

What are its short-term effects?

Its effects are similar to those of cocaine but longer lasting. Crystal Meth can cause erratic, violent behavior among its users. Effects include suppressed appetite, interference with sleeping behavior, mood swings and unpredictability, tremors and convulsions, increased blood pressure, irregular heart rate.

What are its long-term effects?

Long-term effects can include coma, stroke or death.

What is its federal classification?

Schedule II

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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What is Opium?

An opioid or narcotic, made from the white liquid in the poppy plant.

What are the street names/slang terms for Opium?

Big O, Black stuff, Block.

What does it look like?

A black or brown block of tar like substance.

How is it used?

Smoked.

What are its short-term effects?

Opium can cause euphoria, followed by a sense of well-being and a calm drowsiness or sedation. Breathing slows, potentially to the point of unconsciousness and death with large doses. Other effects can include nausea, confusion and constipation. Use of opium with other substances that depress the central nervous system, such as alcohol, antihistamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, or general anesthetics, increases the risk of life-threatening respiratory depression.

What are its long-term effects?

Long-term use can lead to drug tolerance, meaning the user needs more of the drug to get similar euphoric effects. Opium use can also lead to physical dependence and addiction. Withdrawal symptoms can occur if long-term use is reduced or stopped.

What is its federal classification?

Schedule II

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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Opium Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

What is LSD?

 

LSD is the most common hallucinogen and is one of the most potent mood-changing chemicals. It is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains.

What are the street names/slang terms for LSD?

 

Acid, Doses, Hits, Microdot, Sugar cubes, Tabs, Trips.

What does it look like?

 

LSD is usually found on “blotter” paper (paper that is perforated into small squares). The squares or “tabs” may be colored or have images printed on them. Liquid LSD is a clear liquid, usually in a small container, tube or flask. LSD can also be found in thin squares of gelatin.

How is it used?

 

LSD is taken orally. Gelatin and liquid can be put in the eyes.

What are its short-term effects?

 

The effects of LSD are unpredictable. They depend on the amount taken, the user’s personality, mood, and expectations, and the surroundings in which the drug is used. The physical effects include dilated pupils, higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors. Sensations and feelings change much more dramatically than the physical signs. The user may feel several different emotions at once or swing rapidly from one emotion to another. If taken in a large enough dose, the drug produces delusions and visual hallucinations. The user’s sense of time and self changes. Sensations may seem to “cross over,” giving the user the feeling of hearing colors and seeing sounds. These changes can be frightening and can cause panic.

What are its long-term effects?

 

Some LSD users experience flashbacks, recurrence of certain aspects of a person’s experience without the user having taken the drug again. A flashback occurs suddenly, often without warning, and may occur within a few days or more than a year after LSD use. Most users of LSD voluntarily decrease or stop its use over time. LSD is not considered to be an addicting drug because it does not produce compulsive drug-seeking behavior like cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, alcohol, or nicotine.

What is its federal classification?

 

Schedule I

Source

 

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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LSD Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

 

For decades, illegal drug use has been regarded as one of the nation’s most serious problems. In fact, smoking, drinking and drug use are leading causes of morbidity and mortality, both during adolescence as well as later in life.Today, substance abuse continues to be a major problem that is rapidly changing and affecting us all. There are so many drugs available and new ones continue to appear. That is why it’s critical that you arm yourself with information about what drugs are available, and how they can hurt you or your children.Learn more about the following:

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What are Prescription Sedatives & Tranquilizers?

Prescription medications that act as central nervous system depressants. Barbiturates are prescription sedatives or “sleeping pills” and benzodiazepines are prescription “tranquilizers.”

What are the street names/slang terms for Prescription Sedatives & Tranquilizers?

Mebaral, Quaaludes, Xanax and Valium (benzodiazepines), Nembutal.

What do they look like?

Multi-colored tablets and capsules; some can be in liquid form.

How are they used?

Medically, barbiturates are prescribed for acute anxiety, tension and sleep disorders. Benzodiazepines are prescribed for anxiety, acute stress reactions, and panic attacks. When abused, they are swallowed or injected.

What are their short-term effects?

Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers can cause euphoria. They also slow normal brain function, which may result in slurred speech, shallow breathing, sluggishness, fatigue, disorientation and lack of coordination or dilated pupils. During the first few days of taking a prescribed sedative or tranquilizer, a person usually feels sleepy and uncoordinated, but as the body becomes accustomed to the effects of the drug, these feelings begin to disappear. Higher doses cause impairment of memory, judgment and coordination, irritability, paranoid and suicidal ideation. Some people experience a paradoxical reaction to these drugs and can become agitated or aggressive. Using prescription sedatives and tranquilizers with other substances – particularly alcohol – can slow breathing, or slow both the heart and respiration, and possibly lead to death.

What are their long-term effects?

Continued use can lead to physical dependence and – when use is reduced or stopped abruptly- withdrawal symptoms may occur. Because all prescription sedatives and tranquilizers work by slowing the brain’s activity, when an individual stops taking them, there can be a rebound effect, possibly leading to seizures and other harmful consequences. Tolerance to the drug’s effects can also occur, meaning that larger doses are needed to achieve similar effects as those experienced initially. This may lead users to take higher doses and risk the occurrence of an overdose. Addiction can also occur, meaning that users continue to take these drugs despite their harmful consequences.

What are their federal classifications?

Schedule I

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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