What is Rohypnol?

Rohypnol is the brand name for a drug called Flunitrazepam, which is a powerful sedative that depresses the central nervous system. Rohypnol is not legally available for prescription in the United States, but is legal in 60 countries worldwide for treatment of insomnia.

What are the street names/slang terms for Rohypnol?

Date rape drug, La roche, R2, Rib, Roach, Roofenol, Roofies, Rope, Rophies, Ruffies, The forget pill.

What does it look like?

A small white tablet with no taste or odor when dissolved in a drink.

How is it used?

Rohypnol is swallowed as a pill, dissolved in a drink, or snorted. Roofies are frequently used in combination with alcohol and other drugs. They are sometimes taken to enhance a heroin high, or to mellow or ease the experience of coming down from a cocaine or crack high. Used with alcohol, roofies produce disinhibition and amnesia.

What are its short-term effects?

The drug creates a sleepy, relaxed, and drunk feeling that lasts 2 to 8 hours. Other effects may include blackouts, with a compete loss of memory, dizziness and disorientation, nausea, difficulty with motor movements and speaking.

What are its long-term effects?

Rohypnol can produce physical and psychological dependence.

What is its federal classification?

Schedule I

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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Rohypnol Fact Sheet (PDF)

What are Steroids?

Anabolic steroids are a group of powerful compounds closely related to the male sex hormone testosterone. Current legitimate medical uses include treatment of certain kinds of anemia. Body builders, long-distance runners, cyclists and various other athletes who claim that steroids give them a competitive advantage and/or improve their physical appearance use these drugs illegally.

What are the street names/slang terms for Steroids?

Gear, Juice, Rhoids.

What do they look like?

Steroids come in tablets or liquid form.

How are they used?

Anabolic steroids are taken orally or injected, and athletes and other abusers take them typically in cycles of weeks or months, rather than continuously, in patterns called cycling. Cycling involves taking multiple doses of steroids over a specific period of time, stopping for a period, and starting again. In addition, users frequently combine several different types of steroids to maximize their effectiveness while minimizing negative effects, a process known as stacking.

What are their short-term effects?

Reports indicate that use of anabolic steroids produces increases in lean muscle mass, strength, and ability to train longer and harder. Many health hazards of short-term effects are reversible. The major effects of anabolic steroid use include liver tumors, jaundice, fluid retention, and high blood pressure. Additional side effects include the following: for men – shrinking of the testicles, reduced sperm count, infertility, baldness, development of breasts; for women – growth of facial hair, changes in or cessation of the menstrual cycle, deepened voice; for adolescents – growth halted prematurely through premature skeletal maturation and accelerated puberty changes. Researchers report that users may suffer from paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility.

What are their long-term effects?

Long-term, high-dose effects of steroid use are largely unknown.

What is their federal classification?

Schedule III

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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Steroids Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

What is Meth?

 

Methamphetamine (Meth) is an addictive stimulant that strongly activates certain systems in the brain.

What are the street names/slang terms for Meth?

 

Chalk, Crank, Croak, Crypto, Crystal, Fire, Glass, Meth, Tweek, White Cross.

What does it look like?

 

Meth is a crystal-like powdered substance that sometimes comes in large rock-like chunks. When the powder flakes off the rock, the shards look like glass, which is another nickname for meth. Meth is usually white or slightly yellow, depending on the purity.

How is it used?

 

Meth can be taken orally, injected, snorted, or smoked.

What are its short-term effects?

 

Immediately after smoking or injection, the user experiences an intense sensation, called a “rush” or “flash,” that lasts only a few minutes and is described as extremely pleasurable. Snorting or swallowing meth produces euphoria – a high, but not a rush. After the initial “rush,” there is typically a state of high agitation that in some individuals can lead to violent behavior. Other possible immediate effects include increased wakefulness and insomnia, decreased appetite, irritability/aggression, anxiety, nervousness, convulsions and heart attack.

What are its long-term effects?

 

Meth is addictive, and users can develop a tolerance quickly, needing larger amounts to get high. In some cases, users forego food and sleep and take more meth every few hours for days, ‘binging’ until they run out of the drug or become too disorganized to continue. Chronic use can cause paranoia, hallucinations, repetitive behavior (such as compulsively cleaning, grooming or disassembling and assembling objects), and delusions of parasites or insects crawling under the skin. Users can obsessively scratch their skin to get rid of these imagined insects. Long-term use, high dosages, or both can bring on full-blown toxic psychosis (often exhibited as violent, aggressive behavior). This violent, aggressive behavior is usually coupled with extreme paranoia. Meth can also cause strokes and death.

What is its federal classification?

 

Schedule II

Source

 

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

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Methamphetamine Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

What is Ketamine?

 

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic developed in 1963 to replace PCP and currently used in human anesthesia and veterinary medicine. Much of the ketamine sold on the street has been diverted from veterinarians’ offices. Ketamine’s chemical structure and mechanism of action are similar to those of PCP.

What are the street names/slang terms for Ketamine?

 

K, Special-K, Vitamin K, New Ecstasy, Super-K, Breakfast Cereal, Ketalar, Psychedelic Heroin, Cat Valium.

What does it look like?

 

Although it is manufactured as an injectable liquid, in illicit use ketamine is generally evaporated to form a powder.

How is it used?

 

Snorted or swallowed.

 

Ketamine is odorless and tasteless, so it can be added to beverages without being detected, and it induces amnesia. Because of these properties, the drug is sometimes given to unsuspecting victims and used in the commission of sexual assaults referred to as “drug rape.”

What are its short-term effects?

 

Ketamine can cause dream-like states and hallucinations. Users report sensations ranging from a pleasant feeling of floating to being separated from their bodies. Some ketamine experiences involve a terrifying feeling of almost complete sensory detachment that is likened to a near-death experience. These experiences, similar to a “bad trip” on LSD, are called the “K-hole.” Low-dose intoxication from ketamine results in impaired attention, learning ability, and memory. In high doses, ketamine can cause delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function, high blood pressure, depression, and potentially fatal respiratory problems.

What are its long-term effects?

 

Unknown.

What is its federal classification?

 

Schedule III

Source

 

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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Ketamine Fact Sheet (PDF)

What is 2C-B/2C-T-7?

These are psychoactive or hallucinogenic compounds similar to mescaline. Chemically, 2C-B is 4-bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyhenethylamine. 2C-T-7 is 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylthiophenethylamine. Because they are produced in clandestine laboratories, they are seldom pure and the amount in a capsule or tablet is likely to vary considerably.

What are the street names/slang terms for 2C-B/2C-T-7?

7th heaven, 7-up, Beautiful, Blue Mystic, Lucky 7, Nexus, Tripstasy.

What does it look like?

Both are sold in powder or in pill form.

How is it used?

Taken orally or snorted. Even in small doses it can be lethal. 2C-T-7 is more lethal when snorted.

What are its short-term effects?

2C-T-7 causes intense hallucinations. The most commonly reported unpleasant effects are gastrointestinal: nausea and vomiting. Also, diarrhea, gas, delirium, muscle tension and spasms, headaches, increased heartbeat, raised blood pressure, confusion or disorientation and inability to concentrate. 2CB has been reported to cause confusion, cardiovascular disturbances, and dehydration.

What are its long-term effects?

Unknown.

What is its federal classification?

Schedule I

Source

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

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2C-B/2C-T-7 Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

What are Anorectic Drugs?

A number of drugs have been developed and marketed to replace amphetamines as appetite suppressants. These anorectic drugs include benzphetamine (Didrex), diethylproprion (Tenuate, Tepanil), fenfluramine (Pondimin), mazindol (Sanorex, Mazanor), phendimetrazine (Bontril, Prelu-2, Plegine) and phentermine (Ionamin, AdipexP).

What do Anorectic Drugs look like?

Anorectic drugs are sold as capsules or tablets.

How are they used?

They are taken orally. These medications, which are frequently referred to as diet pills, were created and promoted to take the role of amphetamines as appetite suppressants. Many of the effects of amphetamines are produced by anorectic medications, which are often less strong. Due to the similarities between their effects and those of amphetamines, all are considered to be restricted substances.

What are their short-term effects?

They produce many of the effects of the amphetamines, but are generally less potent. All are controlled substances because of the similarity of their effects to those of the amphetamines.

What are their long-term effects?

Unknown.

What are their federal classifications?

Schedule III

Source: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

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Anorectic Drugs Fact Sheet (PDF)

What are Mushrooms?

Psilocybin and psilocyn are the hallucinogenic principles contained in certain mushrooms. These mushrooms are generally grown in Mexico and Central America and have been used in native rituals for thousands of years. Psilocybinis structurally similar to serotonin, and produces its effects by disrupting normal functioning of the serotonin system.

What are the street names/slang terms for Mushrooms?

Caps, Magic mushrooms, Mushrooms, Psilocybin & Psilocyn, Shrooms.

What do they look like?

Dried mushrooms.

How are they used?

Mushrooms can be eaten, brewed and consumed as tea.

What are their short-term effects?

Once ingested, mushrooms generally cause feelings of nausea before the desired mental effects appear. The high from using mushrooms is mild and may cause altered feelings and distorted perceptions of touch, sight, sound and taste. Other effects can include nervousness and paranoia. Effects can be different during each use due to varying potency, the amount ingested, and the user’s expectations, mood, surroundings, and frame of mind. On some trips, users experience sensations that are enjoyable. Others can include terrifying thoughts, and anxiety, fears of insanity, death, or losing control.

What are their long-term effects?

Some mushroom users experience “flashbacks”, or hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD), which are reoccurrences of hallucinations long after ingesting the drug. The causes of these effects, which in some users occur after a single experience with the drug, are not known.

What is their federal classification?

Schedule I

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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Mushrooms Fact Sheet (PDF)