Acknowledgments

13

Introduction

17

Just Say Know (A College Student’s Perspective by Leigh Heather Wilson and Jeremy Foster)

23

Test Your Drug Knowledge

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PART I

Alcohol

33

Liquor, Whiskey, Booze, Hooch, Wine, Beer, Ale, Porter

Caffeine

62

Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks, Energy Drinks, Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers and Stimulants, Some Prescription Medications

Ecstasy

80

MDMA (X, XTC, Adam), MDE (Eve), MDA (Love)

Hallucinogens

90

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD—Acid, Blotter, California Sunshine, Microdot, Trip, Yellow Sunshine, Etc); Mescaline (Peyote, Buttons, Mesc, Mescal, Topi); Psilocybin Mushrooms (Boomers, Magic Mushrooms, Shrooms); Dimethyltryptamine (DMT—Businessman’s Special); Ayahuasca (Caapi, Yage, Vegetal); Belladonna Alkaloids (Atropine, Scopolamine, Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade, Jimsonweed, Stink Weed, Mandrake); Phencyclidine (PCP, Angel Dust, T, Peace Pill); Ketamine (Special K, K); Dextromethorphan (Dex, Robo, Red Devils); Salvia Divinorum (Ska, Maria, La Maria, Ska Pastora)

Herbal Drugs

118

Herbal X-Tacy, Smart Drugs, Ginseng, Melatonin, Etc.

Inhalants

130

Nitrites (Butyl or Amyl—Bolt, Bullets, Climax; Locker Room, Rush, Poppers, Snappers, Aimes); Anesthetics (Nitrous Oxide—Whippets; Gaseous Anesthesia Agents Used for Surgery—Halothane, Ether); Solvents, Paints, Sprays, and Fuels (Toluene, Gasoline, Glues, Canned Spray Paint, Etc.)

Marijuana

142

Marijuana (Reefer, Pot, Herb, Ganja, Grass, Old Man, Blanche, Weed, Sinsemilla, Bhang, Dagga, Smoke); Hashish (Hash, Tar); Hash Oil (Oil, Charas)

Nicotine

172

Tobacco, Nicotine Chewing Gum, Nicotine Skin Patch, Chewing Tobacco, Snuff, Cigarettes, Cigars, Pipe Tobacco

Opiates

185

Opium (Chinese Molasses, Dreams, Gong, O, Skee, Toys, Zero); Heroin (Big H, Dreck, Horse, Mojo, Smack, White Lady, Brown); Heroin and Cocaine (Speedballs); Morphine, Codeine, Hydromorphone (Dilaudid), Oxycodone (Percodan, Oxycontin), Meperidine (Demerol), Diphenoxylate (Lomotil), Hydrocodone (Vicodin), Fentanyl (Sublimaze), Propoxyphene (Darvon)

Sedatives

203

Barbiturates (Phenobarbetal, Pentobarbital [Nembutal], Secobarbital [Seconal], Amobarbital [Amytal]); Chloral Hydrate (Notec, Somnos, Felsules); Glutethimide (Doriden); Equanil, Miltown, Noludar, Placidyl, Valmid, Methaqualone (Quaaludes, Ludes); Benzodiazepines (Such as Rohypnol, Valium, Librium, Ativan, Xanax, Halcion, and Many Others); Drugs Designed Specifically to Induce Sleep (Zolpidem [Ambien], Eszopiclone [Lunesta], and Ramelteon [Rozerem]); Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB)

Steroids

214

Steroids, Roids, Juice

Stimulants

222

Cocaine (Coke, Blow, Candy, Crack, Jack, Jimmy, Rock, Nose Candy, Whitecoat), Amphetamine (Crank, Bennies, Uppers), Methamphetamine (Meth, Crystal, Crystal Meth, Ice), Ephedrine, Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Methcathinone (Cat, Crank, Goob)

PART II

Brain Basics

247

Drug Basics

263

Addiction

274

Legal Issues

285

Further Reading

297

Glossary of Drug-Related Street Terms/Slang Words

309

Index

349