Drug name | Street name | Form | Psychoactive effect | Adverse effects |
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Barbiturate | Barbs, dolls, phennies, red/blue birds, tooties, yellow jackets, yellows | Pill, capsule, liquid | Central nervous system depressant | Drowsiness, slurred speech, poor concentration, confusion, dizziness, problems with movement and memory, lowered blood pressure, slowed breathing |
Cocaine | Blow, bump, coke, crack, dust, flake, nose candy, rock, snow, sneeze, sniff, toot, white rock; with heroin: speedball | Snorted, injected, smoked | Stimulant | Hypertension, tachycardia, anosmia, rhinorrhea, bloody nose, paranoia, stroke, seizures |
DMT | Businessman's special, Dimitri, DMT | Smoked, injected | Hallucinogenic | Intense visual hallucinations, depersonalization, auditory distortions, hypertension, increased heart rate, agitation, seizures, dilated pupils |
Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) | Roofies, rophies, roche, date rape drug, Mexican valium, mind eraser, forget-me pill | Pill (taken orally or ground up and snorted) | Central nervous system depressant | Sedation, amnesia |
GHB | Liquid X, liquid ecstasy, soap, easy lay, Georgia home boy, grievous bodily harm, G, goop | Liquid or powder (often mixed with alcohol and other beverages) | Central nervous system depressant | Sedation, euphoria, loss of consciousness, hallucinations, amnesia |
Inhalants | Aimies, air blast, bullets, laughing gas, moon gas, Oz, poppers, snappers, snotballs, toilet water, Whippet, whiteout | Inhaled | Varies | Confusion, nausea, slurred speech, lack of coordination, euphoria, dizziness, drowsiness, disinhibition, lightheadedness, hallucinations, delusions, headaches Sudden sniffing death: death from asphyxiation, suffocation, convulsions or seizures, coma, choking, or heart failure |
Ketamine | Special K, vitamin K, cat valium | Snorted, intramuscular injection | Dissociative anesthetic | Hallucinations, psychosis, nausea, vomiting, hypertension, tachycardia |
Marijuana (delta-9-THC) | Pot, ganga, weed, grass, reefer, Mary Jane (MJ), bud | Smoked (joints, water pipes, bongs, blunts), edible forms, dabbing (consuming concentrated THC extract) | Cannabinoid | Euphoria, palpitations, impaired cognition, sedation, increased appetite |
MDMA | Ecstasy, E, XTC, X, Adam, hug, beans, clarity, lover's speed, love drug, Molly | Pill, tablet, or capsule, often of different colors and with cartoon-like images | Multiple | Stimulant, hallucinogen, depression, anxiety, sleep problems |
Methamphetamine | Speed, meth, ice, chalk, crystal, glass, crank, fire | Powder (orally, snorted, injected), crystals (heated and smoked) | Stimulant | Palpitations, tachycardia, restlessness, insomnia, anorexia, gastrointestinal upset, seizures, headaches |