Ecstasy or MDMA, produces long-term damage to serotonin-containing neurons in the brain. Serotonin is a hormone that regulates emotion, memory, sleep, pain, and higher order cognitive processes. Ecstasy can cause a variety of behavioral and cognitive issues as well as impair memory. It is colorless, tasteless, and odorless, it can be added to beverages by individuals who want to intoxicate or sedate others. It is also called Adam and XTC. It can cause hallucinations, brain damage, psychological difficulties; including confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety, and paranoia during, sometimes even weeks or months after use. Symptoms of Ecstasy use are muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, rapid eye movement, faintness, and chills or sweating, increased heart rate and blood pressure, a special risk for people with circulatory or heart disease. It can cause long-term memory and psychological damage.

Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid or GHB, is synthesized from a chemical used for cleaning, available in clear liquid, white powder, tablet and capsule form, it is odorless and nearly tasteless. It produces a state of relaxation that can be felt within 5 to 20 minutes after ingestion and can last up to four hours. Side effects are vomiting, liver failure, potentially fatal respiratory problems, and tremors and seizures, which can result in comas. It has been used as a date rape drug.

Roofies (Rohypnol® ) is also know as a date rape drug. When mixed with alcohol it can incapacitate anyone completely. In some circumstances it’s been know to be lethal when mixed with alcohol and/or other depressants. Other known names are “rophies,” “roofies,” “roach,” “rope,” and the “date rape” drug. A similar drug is clonazepam, marketed in the U.S. as Klonopin® and in Mexico as Rivotril®. Both are known to produce sedative-hypnotic effects including muscle relaxation and amnesia. Withdrawal seizures among people addicted to both.

Special K or K hole, is Ketamine hydrochloride, a powerful hallucinogen widely used as an animal tranquilizer by veterinarians. The high causes profound hallucinations that include visual distortions and a lost sense of time, sense, and identity.  It also causes physical and mental problems including delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function and potentially fatal respiratory problems.

Methamphetamine is an addictive stimulant drug that strongly activates certain systems in the brain. Also called ice, crystal, and glass. It releases high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which stimulates brain cells, enhancing mood and body movement. It also can have  a neurotoxic effect, damaging brain cells that contain dopamine and serotonin, another neurotransmitter. Over time, it can cause reduced levels of dopamine which cause Parkinsons disease. One of the serious and unpleasant side effects is “meth mouth,” the users’ teeth rot from the inside out.

The effects of LSD, or acid, are unpredictable. They depend on how much is taken; the user’s personality, mood, expectations; and surroundings. The effects can include swinging through several different emotions rapidly, dilated pupils, higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth,tremors, delusions and visual hallucinations. Sometimes the user loses sense of time, and feelings of hearing colors or seeing sound and it causes people to panic. Some users experience severe thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair. LSD can cause flashbacks and can cause long term psychoses or severe depression. Death has occurred with this drug.

Cocaine gives you a powerful high and a feeling of supremacy and it is terribly addictive and it is difficult to predict the amount or extent of control people will have over this addiction. After the first use the addicted person needs to consume more of the drug to obtain the feeling of the original high. Cocaine can cause constricted peripheral blood vessels, dilated pupils, increased body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure restlessness, irritability, and anxiety, even after use it can trigger paranoia, aggression, depression and collapsed mucous membranes, seizures, also cardiac and respiratory arrest. There is an extreme danger when mixing cocaine with alcohol, it causes a complex chemical reaction in the liver and manufactures a third substance called cocaethylene, it intensifies euphoria and can cause sudden death.

Addiction to any drug can occur after one dose. Be sure that you and your loved ones are educated and stay safe. Here are ways to help keep you from being accidentally dosed, addicted or victimized.

• Don’t drink anything that you did no see poured, open yourself or that someone else gave you (other than a waiter), no matter who they are.
• Always watch your drink. If you leave it unattended for ANY amount of time, dump it and get a fresh drink.
• Roofies and GHB may have a bitter taste when dissolved in a drink; be alert for a strange taste.
• When placed in a light-colored drink, the newer Roofies will turn the beverage blue. Dump it immediately and be especially alert.
• Travel in groups.Three or more people is best. Friends should take care of friends and be observant of any strange behavior, such as slurred speech and lack of alertness.
• If you think you have been drugged, ask for help IMMEDIATELY (preferably not from a stranger) and get yourself to a public place if you are not currently in one. You may have only a few minutes of alert behavior.

If you think a friend has been drugged, do not leave them alone. Seek help immediately. Contact authorities in your area and make sure people are alerted to the dangers. Do not be afraid to report a friend of this offense. If they will drug a friend then they will drug a stranger too and you are protecting more than yourself. Be aware of what’s out there.

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Letter A Wikipedia

Abacus a frame with wires along which small beads can be moved, used for counting.

Abalone a marine mollusk with a shell lined with mother of pearl.

Abracadabra an expression that supposedly has magic power, often used by people doing magic tricks.

Abolition abolishing something, the abolishing of slavery.

Abscissa the first of a pair of numbers (x,y), known as the x coordinate, which specifies the distance of a point from the vertical.

Absinthe or Absinth a strong green alcoholic drink flavored with substances such as aniseed and wormwood.

Acne a skin disorder of the face, back and chest, common in adolescence.

Abstention the act of choosing not to do something.

Abstract relating to something that exists only as an idea or a quality.

Acacia a tree with small yellows flowers

Accordion a musical instrument consisting of two boxlike parts joined by a folding middle section which produces sound by forcing air over metal reeds.

Advice suggestions about what should be done in a particular situation.

Amphetamine a potentially addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system.

Anchorwoman a woman who presents a television program and keeps it running smoothly.

Androgen a hormone that controls the male sex organs and male characteristics.

Android a robot that looks, moves, and behaves like a human.

Anecdote a short, entertaining account of an incident.

Anemia or anaemia a condition characterized by a reduced amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.

Anemometer an instrument for measuring and recording wind speed.

Antitoxin an antibody produced by the body in order to neutralize a toxin released by invading bacteria, viruses, etc.

Anesthesia loss of sensation induced by an inhaled gas or injected drug.

Angle the space between two intersecting lines or planes at the place of intersection.

Anhydride a chemical compound formed by removing water from another compound.

Anion a negatively charged ion that moves toward the anode during electrolysis.

Annelid an animal such as a worm or leech.

Anorexia an illness characterized by a refusal to eat because of an obsessive desire to lose weight.

Antacid a substance that relieves the pain and discomfort of excess acidity in the stomach.

Anther the structure at the tip of the stamen that contains the pollen sacs.

Anthrax fatal disease of sheep and cattle that can be transmitted to humans.

Antibiotic a substance that is produced by derived from a microorganism and that can destroy or inhibit bacteria and fungi.

Antigen something that stimulates the body is immune system to produce antibodies.

Antiknock a substance added to gasoline in order to reduce knocking.

Antimatter a substance composes entirely of antiparticles.

Antimony a brittle bluish-white metal that is added to lead alloys to increase their hardness.

Antioxidant a substance that slows down the oxidation of other substances.

Antiparticle an elementary particle that has the same mass and spin as another elementary particle, but opposite electrical and magnetic properties.

Antiperspirant a substance applied to the skin to lessen perspiration.

Antipyretic a drug that reduces fever.

Antiseptic a substance or drug that kills germs.

Anus the opening at the end of the alimentary canal between the buttocks.

Apartheid an official policy of racial segregation as once practiced in South Africa.

Apocrypha books of the Bible excluded from modern protestant Bibles but included in Roman Catholic and Orthodox Bibles.

Apogee the point in the orbit of the moon or an artificial satellite around Earth when it is at is greatest distance from Earth.

Appliqué decoration for clothes in which material is cut into shapes that are sewn on to the clothes, to make patterns and designs.

Arbitrage   purchase of stocks on one market followed by immediate resale on another market, in an attempt to profit on the price discrepancy.

Arithmetic the branch of mathematics that solves problems by the processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Artificial respiration breathing that is stimulated and maintained by a person or machine by forcing air in and out of someone’s lungs when normal spontaneous breathing has stopped.

ASCII the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a standard for representing text characters by binary code in digital computing systems.

Assembly language a programming language that uses small sequences of letters to represent machine code programs in a form that can be easily understood by the user.

Assistant-ship a university academic position given to a student for part-time teaching and research.

Atherosclerosis a form of arteriosclerosis in which cholesterol and other substances are deposited on the inner walls of arteries obstructing the flow of blood.

Atomic bomb a powerful explosive device that derives its force from the sudden release of awesome amounts of energy during nuclear fission.

Auscultation the practice of listening with a stethoscope the sounds produced in the heart and lungs, as a method of diagnosis.

Autosuggestion a form of therapy that involves repeating ideas to oneself in order to change ideas or habits.

Average the result estimated by adding together two or more numbers and dividing the total by the number of numbers added.

Aversion therapy a form of therapy that aims to change an undesirable form of behavior by repeatedly linking it with an unpleasant feeling.

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Activities

Surveys among young people shows that the drug availability among is high. It’s nowadays not that hard for young people to buy drugs. All though police try try their best to stop the distribution the drugs seems to keep growing. The presence of the drug is particularly strong on locations such as:

• Clubs, bars and pubs (preferably toilets)
• Cars arranged (near the clubs, bars and pubs)
• On parties or festivals with strong links to drugs (rave parties, reggae festivals, ans so on)
• In and adjacent to known users homes
• At city squares in larger cities
• Parks (especially in summer)

Drug associated items

A clear sign of drug use is the possession of items typically connected with the drugs (intake and storage of drugs). Some of these items are more likely to be recognised, but some may be items used every day:

• Syringes for intravenous amphetamine, cocaine-and heroin
• Mirror and razor blade for cocaine (or other drugs in powder form)
• Bent spoons for mixing amphetamine or heroin
• Ascorbic acid and citric acid to make heroin base water
• Aluminum foil for smoking heroin or LSD
• Pipes of different types for hashish smoking
• Cigarette wrapping paper for smoking by including marijuana
• Matchboxes for hashish, ecstasy, and so on
• ”Amsterdam envelopes” (folded bill or piece of paper) for storage
• Film cans for storage of various drugs
• Balance for weighing small quantities of drugs.
• Clothing with drug symbols sewn on clothing or jewelry worn around the neck (smiley marks, marijuana leafs, and so on)

Drug-related crimes

Drug use usually requires large amounts money. The income and savings tends to drastically decrease. This can sometimes lead to other ways of getting money, like thefts, robbery, fraud and prostitution. Because the drug addiction sometimes generates aggressiveness which can cause violence, increased risk taking in traffic, impaired perception, and so on.

Learn more about drugs

• Cannabis – Marijuana, Hashish, Hash oil

• Central Depressive Drugs – Benzodiazepines, GHB

• Central Stimulants – Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Khat

• Hallucinogenic Drugs – LSD, Ecstasy, Phenethylamines, Magic Mushrooms, Peyote Cactus

• Inhaled Drugs – Butane Gas, Poppers

• Opiates – Opium, Morphine, Heroin, Methadone, Subutex, Suboxone, Fentanyl

• PCP and Ketamine – Fencyklidin, Ketamine

Xocoatl, pronounced “Choc-o-lat-le” is the ancestral coffee beverage that the ancient Aztecs drank made of chocolate and cocoa beans that their civilization linked closely to their Goddess Xochiquetzal, the Aztec goddess of fertility. It is no wonder that this application and utilization of the effects of caffeine had been pre-disposed to the most highly esteemed and dominant world power of its time: caffeine has temporary drug effects of stimulation of the cardiac system causing an accelerated heart rate and a sense of euphoria. This stimulant is precisely the temporary relief that a country full of overworked, underpaid citizens could use to boost productivity. Most importantly to consider though is whether the temporary effects of this drug will outlast the long term coast of human ingenuity. It doesn’t take a genius to screw in a light bulb, as they say.

For centuries creative thinkers have been using depressants to fuel their creativity and outlandishness; an action that would compliment quite considerably the atmosphere and attitudes of a thousand screaming caffeine addicts relying on external sources of release as they themselves are just wound, too damn tight. Examples of this are Ernest Hemingway a frequent alcoholic, Edgar Allen Poe who was an opium smoking, absinthe drinking psychopath teetering on the edge of sanity and total breakdown, (most notably written in his poem, “Lenore” regarding his recently departed lover) and a host of “modern” singer songwriters such as Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison (though the list could go on and on). What is the reasoning behind our nations’ undying press for stimulants when it seems as though all the adoring public wants is the expression coming from a man or woman on depressants? First guess would be American law.

Marijuana is scheduled as a Class I narcotic by the DEA, which means it has no legitimate medicinal value and that it is extremely dangerous as an ingestible substance: so much so it is on the same tier as heroin and crack-cocaine. Alcohol sales within the United States to people under the age of 21 are punishable by fine and jail time, regardless of whether the individual has enlisted between 18 and 20. Driving while intoxicated is headed towards the classification of felony with the revised, extended jail terms and increased fine amount and suspensions resultant from even one conviction at the blood alcohol level of .08. As our nation tightens its grip of Nazi-Stimulant-ism, our citizens pay the price every time they opt out of this mad rat race and choose a slower ride.