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Meth - Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine ( USAN ) ( / ˌ m ɛ θ æ m ˈ f ɛ t əm iː n / ), also known as methamfetamine ( INN ), [ 2 ] N-methylamphetamine , methylamphetamine , and desoxyephedrine , is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs . Methamphetamine increases alertness, concentration, energy, and in high doses, can induce euphoria , enhance self-esteem and increase libido . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Methamphetamine has high potential for abuse and addiction , activating the psychological reward system by triggering a cascading release of dopamine in the brain. Methamphetamine is FDA approved for the treatment of ADHD and exogenous obesity .
Nitrous oxide , commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air , [ 1 ] is a chemical compound with the formula N 2 O . It is an oxide of nitrogen . At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas , with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic effects. It is known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational use as a dissociative anesthetic .
N20 - Nitrous oxide
Mescaline
Mescaline or 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class, known for its mind-altering effects similar to those of LSD and Psilocybin . It occurs naturally in the Peyote cactus ( Lophophora williamsii ), [ 1 ] and the Peruvian Torch cactus ( Echinopsis peruviana ), and in a number of other members of the Cactaceae plant family. It is also found in small amounts in certain members of the Fabaceae (bean) family, including Acacia berlandieri . [ 2 ] Mescaline was first isolated and identified in 1897 by the German Arthur Heffter and first synthesized in 1919 by Ernst Späth . Peyote has been used for over 3000 years by Native Americans in Mexico . [ 1 ] Europeans noted use of peyote in Native American religious ceremonies upon early contact, notably by the Huichols in Mexico. Other mescaline-containing cacti such as the San Pedro have a long history of use in South America, from Peru to Ecuador.Psilocin
Psilocin ( 4-HO-DMT ), an aromatic compound, sometimes also (mis)spelled psilocine , psilocyn , or psilotsin , is a psychedelic mushroom alkaloid . It is found in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin . Psilocin is a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances . [ 1 ] The mind-altering effects of psilocin are highly variable and subjective, but resemble those caused by LSD and mescaline . The effects typically last anywhere from three to eight hours depending on certain variables (such as metabolism, food interaction); however the effects can seem to last much longer due to psilocin's ability to distort the perception of time .
Methadone
Methadone (also known as Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadose, Physeptone, Heptadon, Phy and many other names) is a synthetic opioid , used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients with opioid dependency . It was developed in Germany in 1937. Although chemically unlike morphine or heroin , methadone acts on the same opioid receptors as these drugs, and thus has many of the same effects. Methadone is also used in managing severe chronic pain , owing to its long duration of action, extremely powerful effects, and very low cost.
Amphetamine ( USAN , abbreviated from a lpha- m ethyl ph en et hyl amine ) or amfetamine ( INN ) is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class that produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite . Brand names of medications that contain, or metabolize into, amphetamine include Adderall , Dexedrine , Dextrostat , Desoxyn , [ 2 ] ProCentra , and Vyvanse , as well as Benzedrine in the past. The drug is also used recreationally and as a performance enhancer . Recreational users of amphetamine have coined numerous street names for amphetamine, such as "speed".
Amphetamine & Speed
A pile of crack cocaine ‘rocks’ Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock , hard , iron , cavvy , base , or just crack ; it is the most addictive form of cocaine. [ 1 ] Crack rocks offer a short but intense high to smokers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Crack appeared primarily in impoverished inner-city neighborhoods in New York , Los Angeles , and Miami in late 1984 and 1985. [ 4 ] Its rise to popularity can be attributed to the discovery that baking soda ( sodium bicarbonate , NaHCO 3 ) was a low cost and simple replacement for the diethyl ether used in preparation of free base cocaine. The name "crack" refers to the sound generated during its manufacture and when smoked.
Crack - Crack cocaine
Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants , and can therefore produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to total anesthesia . They are also effective as anxiolytics , as hypnotics , and as anticonvulsants . Barbiturates also have analgesic effects, however these effects are somewhat weak, preventing barbiturates from being used in surgery in the absence of other analgesics. They have addiction potential, both physical and psychological.
Barb - Barbiturate
Ketamine
Ketamine is a drug used in human and veterinary medicine . Its hydrochloride salt is sold as Ketanest , Ketaset , and Ketalar . Pharmacologically , ketamine is classified as an NMDA receptor antagonist . [ 2 ] At high, fully anesthetic level doses, ketamine has also been found to bind to opioid μ receptors type 2 in cultured human neuroblastoma cells – however, without agonist activity [ 3 ] – and to sigma receptors in rats. [ 4 ] Also, ketamine interacts with muscarinic receptors, descending monoaminergic pain pathways and voltage-gated calcium channels. [ 5 ] Like other drugs of this class such as tiletamine and phencyclidine (PCP), it induces a state referred to as " dissociative anesthesia " [ 6 ] and is used as a recreational drug .MDMA ( 3,4-methylenedioxy- N -methylamphetamine ; methylenedioxymethamphetamine ) is an entactogenic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes of drugs . In popular culture, MDMA has become widely known as " ecstasy ", usually referring to its street pill form, although this term may also include the presence of possible adulterants . The terms " molly " (allegedly derived from "molecule") and " mandy " (a corruption of "MDMA") colloquially refer to MDMA in crystalline and/or powder form, usually implying purity.