Name | How it Works | Effects | How to tell if someone has been using |
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Cocaine / Crack Cocaine |
It affects the brain and makes you very energetic and alert. |
Euphoria, insomnia, dry mouth and lips, masks fatigue, loss of appetite, lowers inhibitions, hallucinations, rapid heart and breathing rate. |
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Magic Mushrooms |
They are absorbed by the bloodstream and then travel to the brain where they alter your perception. |
Nausea and vomiting, numbness, exaggerated reflexes, paranoia/confusion, loss of urinary control, increased blood pressure and heart rate. |
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Heroin |
It travels through the bloodstream to the brain, where it’s converted back into morphine. It interacts with your brain and can change the way a person experiences pain. |
Nausea and vomiting, lack of emotion, headaches, reduced appetite, constipation, itching of the skin. |
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Marijuana (Cannabis) |
THC is absorbed into the bloodstream and travels to the brain. In the brain, it binds to cannabinoid receptors, which produces the effects you would feel. |
Dry mouth, increased appetite, calm, relaxed feeling, panic, anxiety, impaired short term memory and coordination, hallucinations, increased heart rate. Cannabis impairment is different for every individual. |
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Acid (LSD) |
It enters all tissues of the body including the brain. The effects of it are felt gradually within 30-60 minutes, peak within 2 to 4 hours and gradually diminish within 10-12 hours. |
Effects can range from a sense of joy/well-being to fear, panic, aggression and severe anxiety. One can also experience “pseudo-hallucinations” (user is aware the hallucination is not real). |
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Ketamine |
It travels through the bloodstream to the brain. There, it affects the neurotransmitter (brain chemical) glutamate, which impairs memory, learning, the perception of pain and responses to the environment. |
Drunken/dizzy feeling, confusion, memory loss, loss of coordination, inability to speak, decreased response to pain, confusion, nausea and vomiting. Some people have “near death” or “out-of-body” experiences, and this is referred to as “going through the k-hole”. |
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Ecstasy (MDMA) |
It is absorbed into the bloodstream and travels to the brain, where it causes the release several neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine) which produce the effects you would feel. |
Euphoria, increased alertness, teeth grinding and jaw pain, anxiety, nausea and vomiting, dehydration, heightening of emotions and sensory perceptions, loss of inhibitions and hallucinations. |
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Meth (Methamphetamine) |
It travels to the brain through the bloodstream. Once in the brain, it causes the release of a chemical that is responsible for “pleasure”, which explains the “high” created by the drug. |
Euphoria, increased alertness of mind, excessively talkative, decreased appetite, dry mouth, teeth grinding, muscle shaking, paranoia, anxiety, hallucinations and difficulty sleeping, increased breathing and heart rate |
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“Spice” |
It is absorbed into the bloodstream and travels to the brain. In the brain, it binds to cannabinoid receptors which produces the effects you would feel. |
Nausea and vomiting, dizziness, extreme anxiety, agitation and panic attacks, euphoria, unrealistic fears, altered sense of time and space, confusion, insomnia, short-term memory loss, convulsions, seizures, suicide, increased heart rate. |
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