Marijuana
What is it?- Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant.
Street names- pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are over 200 street slang names referring to marijuana.
What are the effects?-All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. They change how the brain works. They all contain THC ,THC is the main active chemical in marijuana. They also contain more than 400 other chemicals. The short term effects of marijuana use includes problems with memory and learning; distorted perception; difficulty in thinking and problem-solving; loss of coordination; and increased heart rate, anxiety, and panic attacks.
How is it used?-It is usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in a pipe or bong. Marijuana has appeared in blunts. Some users also mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew tea.
Interesting facts-
~60% of young teenagers that use marijuana, turn to cocaine about 15 years later..
~20% of people between the ages of 12 to 17 and 50% of people between the ages of 18 to 25 used the drug at least once.
~Marijuana use among many high school students.
~Around 48% of high school seniors have tried marijuana at least one time in their life.

Energy Drinks
What is it?- Most energy drinks are carbonated drinks that contain large amounts of caffeine and sugar with additional ingredients, such as B vitamins, amino acids, and herbal stimulants. They are meant to keep you awake and active.
Street names- Red Bull, Venom, joker, amp, monster, Full Throttle, rock star, Spark, and Redline.
What are the effects?- energy drinks can boost your heart rate and blood pressure (sometimes to the point of palpitations), dehydrate the body, and, prevent sleep. Energy drinks can also leave the user severely dehydrated. If energy drinks are combined with alcohol could cause vomiting in your sleep or respiratory depression. With the energy drink monster if you drink it too fast you can go into cardiac arrest.
How is it used?-It is usually just drunken out of a can that is bought from the store, but some people mix energy drinks with alcohol.
Interesting facts-
~Energy drinks are marketed primarily to people between the ages of 18 and 30
~boosts strength, power, and speed, and sexuality
~Energy drinks are not like hot coffee or tea, which is sipped slowly, it's common for most energy drink drinkers are known to drink large amounts quickly. which can cause problems.
~People with heart conditions should avoid large amounts of caffeine, such as energy drinks

Ecstasy
What is it?- Ecstasy is the name for MDMA,I t contains hallucinogenic and mood-improving qualities
Street names- the club/rave drug
What are the effects?- Pills sold as Ecstasy may not be Ecstasy at all. MDMA purchased on the street is frequently laced with other drugs like cocaine, heroine, PCP, or toxic chemicals like atropine, and rat poison. from taking ecstasy you can go through a Heatstroke (also known as hyperthermia). may cause Nausea, Muscle tension, Blurred vision, Faintness, Chills, Sweating, Teeth clenching, and Day-after depression. It also raises your body temperature and heart rate and combined with hot temperatures you can go into a heatstroke. That is the main reason for death when doing ecstasy.
How is it used?-.Ecstasy is almost always swallowed in 60 to 120 mg pills. It is very uncommon to be snorted or taken in a liquid form through injection. The strength and contents of Ecstasy tablets cannot be known. Sometimes these pills are stamped with symbols (like clover leafs, horseshoes, or smiley faces) as underground brand names or identifying markers. They look like a child’s candy or sweet tarts. However, these symbols do not mean that a pill is pure or safe. All Ecstasy available on the street is produced in unregulated black market laboratories.
Interesting facts-
~Ecstasy is illegal and its possession, use, and sale carry heavy prison sentences and fines and disciplinary consequences
~MDMA was developed in Germany in the early 1900s
~It is illegal to manufacture, possess, or sell Ecstasy.
~It is made in other countries and produced illegally in the United States.

Methamphetamine
What is it?- It’s a white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol
Street names- meth, speed, chalk, ice, glass, black beauty, boo, clear, cinnamon, Blue devils, Blue meth, Bling bling, Crystal meth, L.A. glass, and Pink elephants. There are so many more names referring to methamphetamine.
What are the effects?- It can alter judgment and lower inhibitions, and lead users to engage in unsafe behaviors. Because methamphetamine use can increase libido, it has become associated with risky sexual behavior. It’s may lead to problems with movement, similar to those of Parkinson’s disease (muscle rigidity, tremors, and a slowing of physical movement).it may also cause increased wakefulness, decreased appetite, confusion, increased respiration, rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, and hyperthermia (heat stroke).
How is it used?-Methamphetamine can be taken orally, snorted, injected, or smoked. Use of methamphetamine can change by the area you live in and have changed over time. Methamphetamine changes the user’s mood in different ways, depending on how it is taken. If smoked or injected , the user experiences a strong rush that lasts only a few minutes and is described as very pleasurable. Snorting effects within 3 to 5 minutes and oral ingestion effects within 15 to 20 minutes; both make a feeling of the “rush” felt by smoking or injecting.
Interesting facts-
~Destroys the brain’s dopamine receptors and without the drug, the user will fall into a deep depression and have a hard time expressing pleasure.
~For constant users, there is increased risk of hepatitis or HIV infection..
~Users can become addicted very quickly.
~Some of the effects of use have been shown to be reversible after 2 years of being clean but it will never be back to normal.

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