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Barbiturates

Barbiturates are synthetic drugs that sedate users and have been used to treat anxiety, depression, and sleep problems, but they are also used as anaesthetics. They were previously popular for their sedative and sleep-inducing effects, as they can dampen the....
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What is Candy Flipping?

Candy flipping is a term used to describe a recreational drug experience that combines the use of LSD and MDMA. It has become popular among certain subcultures and is often sought after for its unique and intense effects. The process....
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Vyvanse and Hypersexuality

One of the common side effects of stimulant medications is that they can increase a person's desire for sexual activity. This can prove to be problematic, especially in a person with addictive tendencies. A person may initially abuse Vyvanse to....
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Spice Drug (K2)

What Is Spice? Spice (K2) is a nickname for the class of drugs formally known as synthetic cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are the chemical substances that form in cannabis and a few other plants. These substances are why cannabis produces psychoactive and....
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Mephedrone

Mephedrone, an artificial stimulant, was first synthesised in 1929 but did not become widely known until it was rediscovered in 1999–2000. At that point, producing and possessing in many countries was legal.  Belonging to a group of drugs closely related....
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Top Ten Most Dangerous Drugs

Certain drugs are considered more dangerous than others. These are substances that regularly lead to addiction and have the potential to be abused. Some of the substances within our top 10 most dangerous drugs may come as no surprise, but....
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Khat Drug Addiction

Khat (Catha edulis) is a flowering evergreen plant that can be used for its stimulant-like effects. The active ingredients in Khat are cathine and cathinone, which have similar effects to amphetamines and are both Class C controlled drugs in the....
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Pregabalin and Alcohol

Mixing Pregabalin and Alcohol In this article, we look at the effects and risks of mixing pregabalin and alcohol. We also look at the dangers of dual dependence and how this can form. Pregabalin is a commonly prescribed gabapentinoid, sold....
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Is Citalopram Addictive?

Citalopram (Cipramil, Celexa) is an antidepressant drug not known for leading to addiction. However, it can cause dependence and be misused. Although it isn’t chemically addictive, this doesn’t stop a person prone to addiction and suffering from low mood or....
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What Are The Most Addictive Drugs?

With drug addiction on the rise, more and more people are asking what are the most addictive drugs. It is well worth knowing which drugs are the most addictive as the answer is surprising. You can also learn how drug....
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Black Mamba Drug Addiction

Black mamba (aka the zombie drug) is a synthetic cannabinoid drug that is highly addictive and extremely dangerous. You may be familiar with the man-made synthetic cannabinoid Spice, well Black Mamba drugs, sometimes known as Mamba, which has similar psychoactive....
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Night Nurse Addiction

Night Nurse Addiction: Signs, Effects and Treatment Night Nurse provides ‘symptom relief and aids restful sleep’ when suffering from a cold or flu, but can it cause addiction? Suffering from a cold or flu virus can make us feel achy....
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Spice Addiction

Spice Addiction - What You Need To Know The idea of synthetic marijuana was popular, serving as a method for people to use cannabis without facing any legal repercussions. The tricky thing was that synthetic marijuana, known under several different....
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GHB (Gamma hydroxybutyric acid)

Usually, our attention is only drawn to this drug, known as Gamma hydroxybutyric acid, when it is related to a sinister sex offence. Yes, it is true that, sadly GHB (also referred to as a “date rape” drug) can be....
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Club Drugs: The Risks, Effects and Dangers 

Club drugs also called rave drugs or party drugs, are a category of recreational drugs associated with enhancing the experience of music and socialising in nightclubs or raves. They enhance the partying experience, whether at a club, rave, music festival....
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Flakka Addiction & Abuse

Flakka is a designer drug with extremely powerful stimulants and psychoactive effects. Flakka addiction and abuse can cause its users to become violent, psychotic and even cannibalistic. Hence its nickname - the “cannibal zombie drug”. Reports of Flakka first hitting....

How Long Does Ketamine Stay in Your System?

If you're planning to use ketamine or have already done so, you might be wondering how long does ketamine stay in your system. If your employer gives out a special k drug test, experience with the substance could cause some....
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Ambien Side Effects

Ambien is a brand name for the popularly prescribed sleeping medication zolpidem tartrate. Classed as a Z-drug, this sedative-hypnotic can assist with rectifying a short-term sleep problem. However, Ambien has many side effects, including depression, memory loss, drug tolerance, sleepwalking....
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Clonidine Addiction

Clonidine is an antihypertensive drug primarily used to treat high blood pressure. However, you may know the drug by one of its brand names, Catapres.  People use the drug to treat Tourette's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well.....
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What Are Psychedelic Drugs?

Psychedelic drugs have been popular since the 1960s, with their usage hitting a peak in the mid-1970s - aptly dubbed the psychedelic era (1) The use of psychedelics during the mid-1960s to mid-1970s evolved out of the social consciousness movement,....

PCP Drug (Phencyclidine)

'PCP', commonly known as 'angel dust', is a powerful hallucinogenic drug with dissociative properties. Taking PCP can lead you to have a 'trip' like experience. Table of contents: What is PCP? What PCP looks like How PCP is administered Effects....

Percocet Addiction

Percocet is a combination medication used to help relieve moderate to severe pain. It contains an opioid pain reliever called 'Oxycodone' and a non-opioid pain reliever named 'Acetaminophen'. Percocets have a risk for abuse and addiction, which can lead to overdose and....
Chemical structure of DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) drawn in chalk on a blackboard, showing molecular formula C12H16N2

What is DMT? Side Effects and Dangers

DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) is a hallucinogenic drug found in thousands of plant species that can be smoked, snorted, injected in its crystal form or combined with ayahuasca. It is a hallucinatory drug that increases serotonin in the human brain, which induces a....
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Rohypnol

What is Rohypnol? Rohypnol is a type of benzodiazepine with similar properties to Valium (aka Diazepam) and Lorazepam, albeit ten times stronger. Due to Its potency, it is only generally used as a premedication in preparation for surgical procedures; it....
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What Is Magic Drug?

Magic dust drug/White Magic, What is it? 'Magic drug' or 'white magic' is a slang term for Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) and a stimulant closely chemically related to amphetamines. People who use mephedrone claim it gives a feeling of invigoration and that....
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Pregabalin Abuse & Addiction Linked To Suicide

British researchers from Oxford University have conducted a study that revealed those taking pregabalin or gabapentin (the two most commonly prescribed gabapentinoids) are at 26% increased risk of suicide. Tolerance and dependence with both of these drugs develop over time....

Is Lyrica Addictive?

Lyrica Addiction and Abuse Here, we will look at answering questions like "What is Lyrica?" and "Is Lyrica addictive?" Let's find out.  One side effect is that it relaxes the patient and produces a sense of euphoria. That dopamine rush....
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Are Gabapentin and Pregabalin opiates?

Gabapentin and pregabalin are not opiate drugs they are man-made synthetic drugs that work on the central nervous system to relieve and block nerve pain. They are however very addictive and extremely dangerous when abused or mixed with alcohol or....
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Ketamine Addiction

Ketamine has the potential to be highly addictive because of its mood-altering properties. The drug is often characterised as a tranquilliser (anaesthetic) with some medical use with humans but is more commonly used in veterinary medicines. In addition, ketamine is....
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How Do I Know If I Am Addicted to Ketamine?

People who become addicted to a drug feel like they are not in control of their ability to stop taking it. If you are addicted to ketamine and cannot stop taking the drug on your own, seek treatment and start....
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Mephedrone Addiction

Making a full recovery from mephedrone addiction is not impossible, as long as you get the right type of help. Mephedrone is a relatively new synthetic stimulant drug that only just received its illegal classification as of 2010.  Mephedrone (also....
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How Long does Mephedrone stay in Your System?

How long mephedrone stays in your system depends on a few things: your size, on how much you have taken, whether you’ve eaten recently and what other drugs you may also have taken. Snorting is likely to be the most....
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Anabolic Steroids

Anabolic steroids are synthetic drugs that imitate the male sex hormone testosterone. Anabolic steroids are used to build muscle faster, enhance athletic abilities, and improve overall fitness but they can be incredibly damaging to the body. Those who abuse steroids....

What is the Effect Known as the K-Hole?

A K-Hole is a term used to describe the state of acute intoxication a person experiences when they take too much ketamine.  Ketamine includes nitrous oxide and phencyclidine (PCP), these drugs separate perception from sensation. When taken in small doses....
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Legal Highs What Are They and Why Are They Banned?

What is are legal highs? New Psychoactive Substances like Spice, which have resulted in scores of users being hospitalised over the UK, were “expected to leave more people needing emergency medical treatment” than any other drug and resulting in legal....
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Legal-Highs Addiction

There has been a disturbing increase in the use over the last ten years of synthetic drugs known as new psychoactive substances, also known as legal highs, due to their uncertain standing in the eyes of the law. At Detox....
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Legal Highs: What Are They and Why Are They Banned?

New Psychoactive Substances like Spice, which have resulted in scores of users being hospitalised over the UK were "expected to leave more people needing emergency medical treatment" than any other drug and resulting in legal highs addiction, the Global Drug....

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