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A guide to help you better understand the different types of drug abuse and addiction and their side effects.

AMPHETAMINES:
Uppers, pep pills, bennies, crank, speed, meth, crystals, dexies, whites, blacks, beauties

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  1. Attacks the auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory senses
  2. Hallucinations, delusions of crawling insects, worms, euphoria
  3. Physical and psychological dependence if taken long enough
  4. Swallowed or injected
  5. Appearance is coarse powders, crystals, "chunks", tablets of various sizes and colors
  6. Approximate detection time in urine is 24-48 hours
  7. Clinical Names – Desoxyn, Dexedrine

 

BARBITURATES:
Barbs, downers, goofballs, reds, blue devils, yellow jackets

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  1. Sedative/depressant/hypnotic drug which causes sedation, euphoria, anesthesia effect, anti-anxiety
  2. High to moderate physical and psychological dependence
  3. Swallowed or injected
  4. Tablets, capsules, liquid injectable, white powder
  5. Approximate detection time in urine is 1-21 days depending on which drug is taken
  6. Clinical Names – Phenobarbital, Luminal, Secobarbital, Seconal, Pentobarbital, Nembutal, Amobarbital, Amyta;. Butalbital, Florinal

 

BENZODIAZEPINES:
Tranks, downers, blues, yellows

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  1. Minor tranquilizers, anti-anxiety/sedative
  2. Hypnotic, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant
  3. Low physical and psychological dependence
  4. Swallowed or injected
  5. White or pale yellow, crystalline, powders, tablets, capsules, liquid injectable
  6. Approximate detection time in urine is 3 days depending on dosage
  7. Clinical Names – Chlordiazepoxide, Librium, Diazepam, Valium, Oxazepam, Serax, Lorazepam, Ativan, Flurazepam, Dalmane, Clorazepate, Tranxene

 

CANNABINOIDS:
Grass, pot, joint, weed, ragweed, Thai sticks, Columbian, Sinsemilla, Acapulco Gold, ace, bhang, ganja, reefer, hash, Lebanese blond, Napales Fingers, black Afghan

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  1. Hallucinogen producing hallucinations, euphoria, relaxed inhibitions
  2. Limited physical dependence with moderate psychological dependence
  3. Swallowed or smoked
  4. Dry crushed leaves hand rolled as cigarettes, hard chunks of resin of various colors (hashish) or dark viscous liquid (hashish oil)
  5. Approximate detection time for small doses of 1 or 2 joints can be 2 to 3 days, but chronic use of more than 5 joints per day can be detected up to 14-21 days

 

COCAINE:
Cocaine, coke, snow, nose candy, toot, crack, stardust, flake, White Lady, blow, cola, Bolivian rock, Peruvian flake, mother of pearl

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  1. Stimulant or local anesthetic
  2. Motor and verbal hyperactivity, mood elevation, inflated self-esteem, grandiose delusions
  3. Possible physical and psychological dependence
  4. Sniffed, swallowed, or injected
  5. Odorless white crystalline power with bitter numbing taste
  6. Approximate detection time in urine is 2-4 days

 

METHADONE:
Dolly, meth

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  1. Narcotic, opiod, analgesic producing euphoria or drowsiness
  2. High physical and psychological dependence
  3. Swallowed
  4. White crystalline powder, tablets, or liquid injectable
  5. Approximate detection time in urine is 3 days
  6. Clinical Names – Dolophine, Methadone

 

METHAQUALONE:
Ludes, sopors, quaaludes, stumble cookies

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  1. Sedative, hypnotic
  2. Sedation, hypnosis
  3. High physical and psychological dependence
  4. Swallowed
  5. White crystals, tablets
  6. Approximate detection time in urine is 14 days

 

OPIATES:
M, morph, Miss Emma, smack, junk, horse, H, gum dust, Mexican brown,China white, schoolboy, juice, dillies, D’s, No. 2’s, No. 4’s, percs

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  1. Narcotic, analgesic
  2. Produces euphoria, analgesic, drowsiness, respiratory depression
  3. Morphine, heroin, hydromorphone, Dilaudid, oxycodone, Percodan, have high physical and psychological dependence, while codeine has moderate
  4. Drug is swallowed or injected
  5. White, brown, or black powder, liquid injectable, tablets, capsules or various sizes and colors
  6. Approximate detection time in urine is 2 days
  7. Clinical Names – Morphine, Heroin, Morphine sulphate, Codeine, hydromorphone, Dilaudid, Oxycodone, Percodan

 

PHENCYCLIDINE:
PCP, angel dust, killer weed, supergrass, hog, PeaCe pill

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  1. Hallucinogen, dissociative antesthetic
  2. Psychedelic reaction, hallucinations, catatonia, combativeness
  3. High psychological dependence
  4. Smoked, swallowed, or injected
  5. PCP encountered on streets as pills, capsules, powders of various colors, white crystalline powder
  6. Approximate detection time in urine is 8 days

 

PROPOXYPHENE:

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  1. Narcotic, analgesic, opiod
  2. Analgesia, euphoria, intoxication
  3. Strong physical dependence, but low psychological dependence
  4. Swallowed
  5. Capsules, tablets of various colors, sizes, white powder
  6. Approximate detection time in urine is 6 hours to 2 days
  7. Clinical Name – Darvon

 
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