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Amphetamine |
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Speed, whizz,
billy |
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Increases energy,
surpress sleep and appetite. Leaves user feeling fatigued,
depressed and hungry. Regular use can lower the immune system.
Can cause delusion & paranoia. Can damage heart.
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Class B (Class A
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Cannabis |
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Dope, Spliff,
Grass, Herb, Pot, Weed, Blow & Ganga |
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Makes user
relaxed & giggly but can cause some to become anxious with
an increased number of users seeking help for mental health
problems. Large amounts can make you lethargic and forgetful.
Regular users can have short-term memory loss. Risk of
bronchial damage, throat, head and lung cancers.
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Class B |
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Cocaine |
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Coke, charlie,
White lady |
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Makes users fell
strong, confident and alert. Afterwards feel tired, depressed
and hungry. Risk of severe damage to nasal passage through
snorting. Can cause heart problems and psychological
dependency. Regular users can feel restless, nauseous, can't
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Class
A |
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Crack |
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Rock and
wash |
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Intense high
followed by devastating low. Highly addictive. Can cause death
from heart problems, severe harm to lungs and respiratory
system, can die of an overdose. When you hit the low users
feel anxious, panicky, paranoid and aggresive. Can develop
psychosis. |
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Class
A |
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Ecstasy |
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E, Mitsubishis,
XTC, Doves, Adams |
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Makes users feel
alert, calm, mellow, energetic, confident, warm & loving.
Can cause anxiety, paranoia and stiffness in the body,
depression, tiredness, dehydration and heat stroke. Can cause
a reaction which can stop urination which may lead to death or
brain damage. Can cause psychosis, heart disease, kidney &
liver damage. |
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Class
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Heroin |
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Smack, brown,
scag, H |
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Small dose gives
a feeling of well being, larger doses feeling of drowsiness
and relaxation. Heroin is very addictive. Many addicts use the
drug to feel normal. Can cause death through overdose. High
risk of Hepatitis B and C, HIV/AIDS. Physical
withdrawal. |
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Class
A |
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Ketamine |
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K, Special K,
Super K |
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Is an
anaesthetic. Can hallucinate and have 'out of body
experiences'. can cause vomiting, slurring of speech/blurred
vision, numbness and temporary paralysis. People can injure
themselves and not be able to feel the pain. |
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Class
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LSD
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Acid, Trips,
Tabs |
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Will cause
hallucinations lasting 8-12 hours. Objects, colour, sounds,
distance and space can be distorted. Can have good and bad
trips, bad trips can be terrifying. Once a trip starts it
can't be stopped. Can have flashbacks. Can cause mental health
problems. |
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Class
A |
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Magic
Mushrooms |
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Mushies,
Shrooms |
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Similar to LSD
but not as powerful. |
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All magic
mushrooms are now Class A |
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Solvents |
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Glue, Lighter
fuel, petrol, aerosol spray cans |
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Effects similar
to being very drunk. May hallucinate. Can cause instant death.
Risk of suffocation or asphyxiation. Vomiting. Can pass
out. |
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It's illegal to
sell to anyone under 18 if you suspect they will abuse
them. |
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Poppers (Amyl
Nitrite) |
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Liquid gold, TNT,
Ram |
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Intense head
rush, Headache, feeling sick & faint. Regular use can
cause skin problems, if spilt on skin can burn. Heart
problems. |
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Alcohol |
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Reduces
inhibitions can make people aggressive enables people to do
things they may not normally do. Can lead to participation in
unsafe sex, violence, breaking the law or at risk from others.
Alcohol poisoning. Heart and liver damage. Increase risk of
cancer. |
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Illegal to buy or
consume in a public place if under 18 unless 16/17 and eating
a meal in a restaurant  (see
drugs and the law). |
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