DRUGS

Drug Information

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amphematines
depressants
designer drugs
hallucinogens
inhalants
lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
methamphetamines
narcotics
stimulants

Amphetamines:
(Beans, mini bennies, uppers, cross tops, bird eggs, dexies, wake-ups, sky rockets, cartwheels, black beauties.)

Comments
Amphetamines are available in a variety of multicolored pills, capsules, and tablets. They are normally legal prescription drugs often stolen from family medicine cabinets or in pharmacy and residential burglaries. Amphetamines are taken orally or "dropped".

Symptoms
Dilated pupils, bright, shiny eyes, excitation, euphoria, increased pulse rate and blood pressure, insomnia, loss of appetite, confusion, paranoia, sweating.

Dangers
Psychological dependence, psychosis, death.

Depressants:
Barbiturates, (Barbs, downs, blue devils, sleeping pills, yellow jackets, reds, red devils, pinks, blue devils, reds'n blues. : Quaaludes, ludes, rorer, lemmons 714's or 712's, aphrodisiac.)

Comments
Barbiturates are often obtained by theft from medicine cabinets, residential burglaries, or pharmacy burglaries. Counterfeit tablets marked Rorer 714 and Lemmon 714 are circulating with varying amounts of methaqualone.

Symptoms
Bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, drunken behavior without the odor of alcohol, drowsiness, depression, quick temper, quarrelsome disposition.

Dangers
Physical and psychological dependence, convulsions, unconsciousness, coma, death from overdose, death from withdrawal.

Designer Drug
Comments
Designer drugs are produced in clandestine labs by chemists who modify the molecular structure of certain illegal drugs to produce analogs known as "designer drugs". They are "designed" to get around the law. Analogs of heroin, amphetamines, methamphetamines and PCP are common. Analogs usually take the form of white powder. Two of the most common analogs currently in use are "ecstasy, which is MDMA and is an analog of amphetamines, and "china white" which resembles heroin and is an analog of fentanyl.

Symptoms
Varies accordingly to the type of analog used.

Dangers
Analogs can be up to several hundred times stronger than the drugs they imitate. As little as one dose can cause brain damage. There is also a high risk of AIDS contraction through shared needles.

Freebased Cocaine
(Crack, rock, rock cocaine, freebase rocks, hubba)

Comments
Crack is a purer form of cocaine in solid form, usually in brown or beige pellets, and is smoked rather than snorted. It is particularly popular now because it is cheaper than regular cocaine and is easier to use. It's usually smoked in a standard smoking pipe.

Symptoms
Symptoms are similar to those of cocaine, including paranoia, high activity, and vomiting.

Dangers
Addiction can occur in as little as two weeks. Brings on both physiological and psychological dependency. Adverse effects of cocaine are intensified.

Hallucinogens
Phencyclidine (PCP). (PCP, angel dust, wac (pronounced "whack"), Sherman cigarettes, Sherms, Mores, wet, loveboat, lovely, hog, dust, embalming fluid, KJ.)

Comments
PCP comes in the form of a viscous, oily liquid or powder. It is often applied in liquid form to dark colored cigarettes. In its liquid form it is often carried in dark glass bottles like those containing vanilla extract. PCP is smoked, sniffed or taken orally.

Symptoms
Wide staring eyes or rapidly shifting eye movement, illusions and hallucinations, poor perception of time and distance, paranoia, possible drowsiness, hyperactivity, irritability, panic, confusion, anxiety, slurred speech, loss of memory, insensitivity to pain.

Dangers
Psychosis, psychological dependence and death through irrational behavior (leaping out windows, etc). Large doses may produce convulsions and comas, heart and lung failure, or ruptured blood vessels in the brain.

Inhalants:
Paint, gasoline, glue, and correction fluid (white-out), fumes.

Comments
Inhalants are the most instantly damaging of abused substances. Locally, inhalants are abused in the form of spray paint (gold and silver). The paint or glue is sprayed or squeezed into a plastic bag and inhaled. The substance may also be poured into a rag and inhaled.

Symptoms
Wide eyes, dilated pupils, psychosis, paranoia, violent actions, paint on the face, petroleum odor.

Dangers
Instant and generally permanent brain damage, psychosis, death.

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
(Acid, 'cid, cubes, sugar, microdot, blotter acid, blotter, green or red dragon, white lightening, blue heaven, fry, trip.)

Comments
Liquid drops of LSD are applied to slips of absorbent paper which is segmented into dose units with the use of perforations like those in sheets of postage stamps. This type of "blotter" acid may have printed trademarks such as cartoon characters. "Window pane" LSD is the crystalline form, compressed into sheets resembling cellophane. Chips of"window pane" are taken orally. LSD is currently very popular with young people in the military because it is not detectable from a blood or urine test.

Symptoms
Symptoms of LSD use includes dilated pupils, illusions and hallucinations, poor perception of time and distance, panic, depression, anxiety.

Dangers
Psychosis, psychological dependence, and death through irrational behavior (leaping out of windows, etc.)

Methamphetamines
(Crank, speed, rose, water, crystal, meth, bennies, bomido, CR, cranksters, lines, powder, peanut butter.)

Comments
Methamphetamine comes in a clear liquid and in a white, yellow, tan and rose colored powder. Often this substance
has a foul rancid odor. It is taken orally, inhaled or injected.

Paraphernalia
Straws or other inhaling tubes. Syringes and needles. Pocket mirrors and razor blades for preparing "lines" of powder for inhaling.

Symptoms
Symptoms include extreme paranoia, hyperactivity, insomnia, "crashing" or long sleeping binges of 48 hours or more,
loss of appetite, argumentativeness.

Dangers
High physical and psychological dependence, death, high risk of AIDS due to contraction through shared needles.

Narcotics:
Heroin. (Horse, junk, dope, shit, chiva, stuff, "H", smack, Boy, Harry, hardstuff, cotics, tar.)

Comments
Heroin is a white powder in its pure form. The powder may vary in color from white to tan and even dark brown. In solid form, some heroin has a gummy consistency similar to dark brown caramel candy.

Paraphernalia
Syringes, spoons.

Symptoms
Pinpoint pupil constriction, euphoria, drowsiness, nodding head, respiratory depression, apathy, excessive perspiration, reduced vision, nausea.

Dangers
High physical and psychological dependence. Overdose: slow shallow breathing, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, death, high risk or contracting AIDS through shared needles.

Stimulants
Cocaine. (snow, code, leaf, C, Cecil, Cholly, Burese, dynamite, flake, girl, star dust, joy powder, blow, toot, "speed-ball" (when mixed with heroin), nose candy, freeze, bernies, coca-cola, cola, go-power, go-juice.)

Comments
A white crystalline powder, derived from the coca leaf, which is most often sniffed ("snorted") and in some cases, injected. Often distributed in tightly wrapped paper bundles containing two-tenths of a gram.

Paraphernalia
Mirrors, razor blades, inhaling tubs, syringes. Cocaine is commonly organized in thin "lines" on a mirror and inhaled through a drinking straw or other similar tube. The powder is also inhaled from small spoons.

Symptoms
Bright, staring, shiny eyes, excitation, euphoria, increased pulse rate and blood pressure, talkativeness, insomnia, loss of appetite, dramatic mood shifts, runny nose.

Dangers
High psychological dependence, agitation, convulsions, death.