Tuesday, March 16, 2010



TYPES OF DRUGS:  

There are many types of drugs people using around the world insufficiently. Scheduled below are some of the most common types of drugs abused.


Cocaine:
Cocaine is one of the most unsafe types of drugs found in nature and mostly used in third world countries. Cocaine comes from Coca plant leaves. People living in the world especially in third world countries inhaled powder cocaine (HCL) through nasal holes and also dissolved it in water and injected into the body via syringe. This syringe method (using same syringes by two or more persons) also causes H.I.V.


Alcohol/Ethanol (C2H5OH):

Alcohol/ Ethanol (C2H5OH) is an organic compound consist of Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen , mostly used in drinking materials such as beer, wine, whiskey, gin, vodka, etc. It affects the human body as well as the brain of the human and sometimes in severe cases it causes mental disability.

 

Heroin:

Heroin, semi-synthetic opium, is resultant as of morphine. Heroin is inhaled, smoked, and injected throughout the abuser.
 

Narcotics:

However usually Narcotics used to refer to all drugs---narcotics are those drugs which are resultant from opium (derivatives). Normally encountered narcotics include: Opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, Demerol, methadone, e.t.c.

Opium:

Opium is produce from unripe seed pods of the Poppy plant. Opium can either be injected or smoked.
 

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