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What is alcohol?
Alcohol is a depressant drug which slows down body reactions and the working of the brain.
What are the effects of alcohol?
There may be health benefits for some people from drink alcohol.
Small amounts usually help people to relax.
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What are Amphetamines?
Amphetamines are stimulant drugs which come as powder (sulphate), tablets or more rarely as paste.
Speed usually only contains about 4% Amphetamine Sulphate.
Speed costs around £10 for a gram.
How are Amphetamines used?
Amphet…
What is Cannabis?
Cannabis comes from the hemp plant.
Cannabis costs £7-£10 for a sixteenth of an ounce.
It is the most commonly used illicit drug in the UK.
How is Cannabis used?
The most common way of taking Cannabis is to smoke it with tobacco i…
What is Cocaine?
Cocaine is a white powder (cocaine hydrochloride) derived from the coca plant.
Crack Cocaine is made by chemically altering cocaine powder to form crystals or 'rocks'.
Cocaine powder costs £25 for half a gram. A 'rock' of Crack can co…
What is Ecstasy?
The chemical name for ecstasy is 3,4 Methylendioxmethylamphetamine, or MDMA.
It is a member of a family of drugs that include amphetamine and mescaline.
It costs £5-£10 for a tablet.
How is Ecstasy used?
It is almost always swallow…
What is GHB?
GHB is a chemical called Gammahydroxybutyrate. It is also known as 'GBH', 'Liquid E', 'Fantasy' and by many other names.
GHB was originally developed as an anaesthetic and to promote sleep before surgery.
GHB can come as a clear liquid or …
What is Heroin?
Heroin is a pain-killing drug made from the Opium Poppy.
Other opiates with a smaller include morphine, codeine, methadone, palfium, diconal and pethadine.
Most street heroin in the UK is in the form of brown powder.
Heroin costs £20-…
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine is an anaesthetic drug, legally produced for use in human and animal medicine.
Ketamine also has psychedelic or hallucinogenic effects. There has been small-scale recreational use of the drug in the UK and other parts of the w…
What is LSD?
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug.
LSD costs £3 - £4 for a 'trip'.
How is LSD used?
LSD is almost always swallowed.
What are the effects of LSD?
The LSD experience is usually described as a 'trip…
What is Psilocybin?
Psilocybin is a psychedelic drug, with effects similar to those of LSD. This is the most commonly found form of Magic Mushrooms.
How are Magic Mushrooms used?
Magic Mushrooms are either eaten raw, mixed with food or made into a brew…
What is Methadone?
Methadone is a chemical that has been manufactured to mimic many of the actions of opiates - drugs that are manufactured from the products of the opium poppy - such as heroin.
What are the effects of Methadone?
All opiates have a wid…
What is Nicotine?
Tobacco contains the stimulant drug nicotine, which increases pulse rate and blood pressure.
What are the effects of smoking?
First time users may simply feel dizzy or sick.
Regular smokers often say it helps them to concentrate, rel…
What are Poppers?
The term Poppers refers to amyl, butyl or isobutyl nitrate.
Amyl nitrate was originally used as a treatment for angina, a heart problem.
The term now usually refers to butyl nitrate, a similar substance, marked as 'liquid incense' or …
What are Sleeping Tablets?
Sleeping Tablets are sedative drugs that are prescribed by doctors to reduce anxiety, to promote sleep or to act as a muscle relaxant.
They are also used illicitly (without prescription) to offset the effects of stimulant drug…
What are solvents?
Solvents are substances that are inhaled to get 'high'.
They include glue, lighter fuel, petrol, aerosols and nail varnish.
The average home contains over 30 sniffable products.
How are Solvents used?
The vapour or gas from a solve…
What are Steroids?
Steroids are drugs which mimic the effects of the natural male hormone testosterone.
They have many different trade names. Commonly used Steroids are Anavar, Sustanon and Dianabol.
What are the effects of Steroids.
The most common r…
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