DRUG ABUSE AT A GLANCE
| DRUG USED |
PHYSICAL SYMPTONS |
LOOK FOR |
DANGERS |
| ALCOHOL,BEER, LIQUOR, WINE |
Slower reaction times, drowsiness, slurred speech, personality changes. |
Hidden bottles, slack facial expression, deliberate movements, lack of coordination, memory losses. |
High risk for accidents, high risk to injure other, medical problems such as ulcers, blood pressure problems. |
| GLUE SNIFFING, INHALANTS |
Violence, drunk appearance, dreamy or blank expression. |
Tubes of glue, glue smears, paper bags, or handkerchiefs. |
Lung/brain/liver damage, death through suffocation, anemia. |
| HEROIN,JUNK MORPHINE, CODEINE, OPIATES |
Stupor/drowsiness, needle marks, watery eyes, blood stain on shirt sleeve, runny nose. |
Needle or hypodermic syringe, cotton tourniquet, string, rope, belt, burnt bottle caps or spoons, glassine bags. |
Death from overdose, mental deterioration, destruction of brain and liver, addictive. |
| COUGH MEDICINE CONTAINING CODEINE AND OPIUM |
Drunk appearance, lack of coordination, confusion, excessive itching. |
Empty bottle of cough medicine. |
Causes addiction |
| MARIJUANA, POT, GRASS, SMOKE, BOO |
Sleepiness, wandering mind, enlarged eye pupils, lack of coordination, craving for sweets, increased appetite, mild hallucinations. |
Red puffiness under eys, strong odor of burnt leaves, small seeds in pocket lining cigarette paper, discolored fingers. |
Anemia, birth defects, inducement to take stronger narcotics. Recent medical finding: Marijuana does injure organs 1 joint = 1 pack cigarettes. |
| LSD, DMT, STP, TRIPS, ACID, BLOTTER, ANGEL DUST, GREEN FLAKES, PCP, TIC, K.W. KILLER WEED |
Severe hallucinations, feeling of detachment, incoherent speech, cold hands and feet, vomiting, laughing and crying, psychotic behavior, hallucinations and drunken state. |
Discolored sugar cubes, strong body odor, small tube of liquid capsules & pills - small squares of paper with design. Parsley in baggie with methanol odor, any color powder in small plastic bag. |
Suicidal tendencies, unpredictable behavior, chronic exposure causes brain damage. Birth defects, prone to accidental death. |
| PEP PILLS, UPS, AMPHETAMINES, CRANK, SPEED, CRYSTAL METH, GO FAST |
Aggressive behavior, giggling, silliness, rapid speech, confused thinking, no appetite, extreme fatigue, dry mouth, shakiness. |
Jars of pills of varying colors, chain smoking, any brown to white powder in small plastic bag. |
Death from overdose, hallucinations, extreme weight loss, brain damage, destruction of vital organs, addictive. |
| SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS, GOOF BALLS, DOWNS, BARBITUATES, 714's & LUDES, REDS, T's |
Drowsiness, stupor, dullness, slurred speech, drunk appearance, vomiting. |
Pills of varying colors, sizes & shapes, 714 stamped on tablet. |
Death from overdose, unconsciousness & addiction never mix with alcohol. |
| COKE, FLAKE, TOOT, COCAINE |
Raised blood pressure, feel no pain, superior attitude, indestructible feeling, hyperactive, masks fatigue. |
White crystaline powder in small plastic bag or tin foil. Redness of mucous membrane on nose. |
Heart Attack, high blood pressue, accidental burning of self or other injury. |
| CRACK |
Short periods of euphoria followed by depression, hyperactivity in early stages, lethargic in later stages when not using. Sinus problems, sniffling. |
Small rock-like pieces sometimes in glass vials or plastic packages, small screens, candles, razor blades. |
Depression, sudden death from heart attack or stroke, continual sinus problems, paranoia, suicide. |
| ICE |
Can cause major disruptions in the user's physical health, but it causes the most deterioration in the user's mental and behavioral health. |
It takes the form of translucent crystals similiar in appearance, size, shape, and consistency to rock candy. |
Paranoia, hallucinations, thought broadcasting delusions, neurological damage, physical deterioration.
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