DRUGS. (MDMA,Acid, Roofies..ect.)

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MDMA

Ecstacy, also known as; E, Adam, Hug, Beans, Love drug, and X, is a small white pill usually swallowed. E can also be crushed and snorted through the nose (which really burns for a while). It can cause many psycological problems like confusion, depression, sleeping problems, and severe anxiety. It can also cause physical difficulties such as; faintness,nausea, muscle tension, blured vision, involentary teeth clenching, and chills or sweating. MDMA can affect the body's ability to regulate it's temperature, which can lead to hypothermia. In RARE cases this has resulted to death. Some sideffects of MDMA don't go away when the drug wears off. Depressed feelings can emerge several days after.

GHB

Sometimes called Georgia Home boy, liquid ecstacy, or G. GHB slows the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), causing a sedative effect. It is oderless and colorless and can be easily slipped into ones drink with out them even noticing.

The victom would be disabled by the drug making he/her easily robbed or raped. GHC can cause sleep, coma, vomiting, loss of reflexes, and death. Chronic drug users may have withdrawl symptoms such as; insomnia, tremors, and sweating when they stop using.

Ketamine

Also known as Special K or Vitamine K, Ketamine is an anesthetic intended for use on animals. It is called a dissocitave drug because of the scence of detatchment it produces its users. At high doses, Special K can cause delarium, amnesia, high blood pressure, at potentialy fatal breathing problems.

LSD

Acid is a harmful drug and one of the worst yet. It definatly made me afraid to try it (-wink-wink-). People taking LSD may lose touch with reality, for example, they may see or hear things that aren't there (hallucinations). They may also have bizarre or paranoid thoughts and act on...