Oxycontin, The Runaway Train
Introduced in 1995 by Purdue Pharma, Oxycontin is a pill that gradually releases steady amounts of narcotics for 12 hrs. Before Oxycontin patients were required to take pills every four hours to achieve significant relief. By crushing oxycontin pills, drug abusers can get the full 12-hour narcotic effect almost immediately. It is [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Here We Go Again, Another Flavored Drug Emerges
Posted in Drug News, tagged Candy Drugs, Candy Flavored Drugs, Cocaine, Cocaine Use in Kids, Coke, Coke Use in Kids, Drugs Targeted at Kids, Flavored Cocaine, Flavored Coke on September 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Flavored Cocaine
Federal drug agents say candy-flavored cocaine is a new and troubling development and are hoping to keep it from spreading to the rest of the country after its recent emergence in California.
Drug rings have occasionally sold cocaine mixed with candy powder, but investigators said the new product was significantly more sophisticated and lucrative. Cocaine [...]
Flavored Crystal Meth Targets Kids
Posted in Drug News, tagged Candy Drugs, Candy Flavored Drugs, Crystal Methamphetamine, Cyrstal Meth, Drugs Targeted at Kids, Flavored Crystal Meth, Flavored Meth, Flavored Methamphetamine, Meth, Meth Labs, Meth Use in Kids, Methamphetamine, Strawberry Quick, Strawberry Quik on September 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Strawberry Quick
A new twist on Crystal Meth production includes adding Nestle Strawberry Quick. The Crystal Meth produced this way is being referred to as “Strawberry Quick” or “Strawberry Quik”. There are other flavors too including chocolate, cola and other sodas. And the DEA says that one agent reported a red methamphetamine that had been marketed [...]
The Dangers of Drug Use During Pregnancy
Posted in Drugs & Pregnancy, tagged Child Birth, Drugs, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and Drugs, prenatal, prenatal drug use on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Pregnancy And Drugs
A Double Whammy of Danger
When a woman becomes pregnant, it is vital for her to have a healthy lifestyle: exercising regularly, eating nourishing food and getting plenty of rest. It is also imperative that she avoid anything that can harm her or her baby to be. It is extremely important to give up [...]
$2 Heroin Thats Deadly
Posted in Drug News, tagged Cheese, Cheese Heroin, Cheese Heroin Treatment, Cheese Heroin Use, Children Communication, Drug Abuse, Drug Awareness, Drug Education, Heroin on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cheese Heroin
A cheap, but highly addictive drug known as “cheese heroin” has killed many teenagers in the Dallas, Texas area over the past couple of years. The number of deaths that cheese was known to be the cause of sits at 40, but it is hard for coroners to tell exactly what specific drug is [...]
DMT Facts
Posted in Drug Facts, tagged DMT, DMT Abuse, DMT Cyrstals, DMT Rehab, DMT Treatment, DMT Use, Drug Abuse, Tripping on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DMT
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
DMT, Dimitri, Divine Moments of Truth, Businessman’s Trip
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Psychedelic Tryptamine
CHEMICAL NAME
N,N-dimethyltryptamine
DESCRIPTION
DMT is a powerful, visual psychedelic which produces short-acting effects when smoked. It is used orally in combination with an MAOI. It is naturally produced in the human brain and by many plants. DMT is a psychoactive chemical in the tryptamine family, [...]
Ketamine Facts
Posted in Drug Facts, tagged Drug Abuse, Date Rape Drug, Ketamine, Ketamine Abuse, Ketamine Use, Ketamine Treatment, Ketamine Rehab, K, Special K, Vitamin K, Super K, K Hole, Cat Tranquilzer on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ketamine
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
K, Special K, Cat Tranquilizer, Blind Squid, Breakfast Cereal, Cat Valium, Date Rape Drug, Green, Keller, Keller’s Day, Ket, Ketaject, Ketalar, Kit Kat, New Ecstasy, Psychedelic Heroin, Purple, Special la coke, Super Acid, Super-C, Super-K, Vitamin K, Vit K, K-Train
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Dissociative Anaesthetic; Psychedelic
CHEMICAL NAME
2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)-cyclohexanone
DESCRIPTION
Ketamine is a dissociative psychedelic used medically as a [...]
GHB Facts
Posted in Drug Facts, tagged Drug Abuse, GHB, GBL, GHB Abuse, GHL Abuse, GHB Treatment, GBL Treatment, GHB Use, GHL Use, GHB Rehab, GHL Rehab, Date Rape Drug, Blue Nitro, Somatomax, Gamma Hydroxybutyrate on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GHB
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
G, Sodium Oxybate, Blue Nitro, Xyrem, GBL, Georgia Home Boy, Goop, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid Ecstasy, Scoop, Somatomax
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Depressant Intoxicant
CHEMICAL NAME
gamma-hydroxybutyrate
DESCRIPTION
GHB is a sedative used as a sleep-aid, a recreational intoxicant or as a supplement by body-builders. It is known for its ability to induce a short (several hours) coma-like sleep at [...]
Oxycodone Facts
Posted in Drug Facts, tagged Drug Abuse, Oxycodone, Oxycontin, Oxycontin Abuse, Oxycontin Rehab, Oxycontin Treatment, Oxycontin Use, Percocet, Percocet Abuse, Percocet Rehab, Percocet Treatment, Percocet Use on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oxycodone
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Percocet (w/acetaminophen), Percodan (w/aspirin), Oxycontin (time-release), Roxicodone
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Analgesic
CHEMICAL NAME
(5a)-4,5-epoxy-14-hydroxy-3-methoxy-17- methylmorphinan-6-one
DESCRIPTION
Oxycodone is an semi-synthetic opioid analgesic, used primarily in the treatment of pain. It saw a significant increase in recreational use when the higher-dose time-release form OxyContin was introduced in 1995. Oxycodone preparations may contain analgesics such as acetaminophen, which can be toxic [...]
MDMA aka Ecstasy Facts
Posted in Drug Facts, tagged Adam, Beans, Drug Abuse, E, Ecstasy, Ecstasy Abuse, Ecstasy Rehab, Ecstasy Treatment, Ecstasy Use, Love Drug, MDMA, MDMA Abuse, MDMA Treatment, MDMA Use, Rave Drug, Rolling, Rolls, X on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MDMA
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Ecstasy, E, X, XTC, Rolls, Beans, Adam, Love Drug
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Euphoric Empathogen; Stimulant; Phenethylamine
CHEMICAL NAME
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
DESCRIPTION
MDMA is one of the most popular recreational psychoactives, most commonly sold in the form of “ecstasy” tablets. It is known for its empathogenic, euphoric, and stimulant effects, and has also been used in psychotherapy. Ecstasy tablets are notoriously [...]
