The Most Dangerous Drugs
Drugs have never been absent in our lives, but its type and level of use have varied over time. Legally, drugs are chemical substances used to treat diseases in animals and even man. At present, drugs are chemical substances formulated by mixing known substances and prepared for suitable administration or use. Most common of these drugs are ointments, injections, pills, tablets, creams, eye drops and so on. Drugs are referred to as medicine when taken to prevent or cure diseases.
Illegal drugs also have medical uses. Morphine and heroin when properly used can be excellent analgesics which can be used without causing addiction. Marijuana is currently being tested for its possible usefulness in multiple sclerosis. Cocaine in former times has been used as local anesthesia by dentists. Over time, the use of this drugs became harmful because either they were wrongly prescribed or overprescribed.
Although there have been ten deemed to be most dangerous drugs, here are only three of them believed to be most dangerous.
Top Three Dangerous Drugs 1.Heroin
Heroin is also tagged as smack, skag and junk. Large doses of heroin can be fatal. It can be used as murder weapon in suicides. Heroin has the ability to produce feelings of euphoria, drowsiness, sleepiness, nervousness and relaxation. It can be administered in number of ways like snorting and injection.
2.Cocaine
Cocaine is known from street names coke, blow, C, flake, snow, and toot. It can be dissolved in water or inject but it is most commonly snorted or inhaled. Dentists use it for anesthesia while athletes take it believing it enhances performance. Cocaine makes one feel more alert, less physically tired and more euphoric but other more serious effects include disturbance in muscular coordination, distorts perception of ability, irregularities in heartbeat, high blood pressure, mental seizures and blockage of coronary arteries.
3.Barbiturates
Popular names of barbiturates are yellow jackets, blues, reds, rainbows and Amy's. Prolonged use of this drug results in habituation, agitation, insomnia, seizures and confusional psychosis.
Here are some of the less dangerous drugs:
1.Street Methadone - also known as methadose, amidone, dollies and fizzies 2.Alcohol 3.Ketamine - referred to as special K or bump of K 4.Benzodiazepines - family of antianxiety and tranquilizer drugs 5.Amphetamines - drugs called stimulants and known as greenies 6.Tobacco 7.Buprenorphine - also known by name as subbies or bupe 8.Cannabis - also known as marijuana 9.Solvents 10.4-MTA - is a derivative of amphetamine and has similar effects to ecstasy 11.LSD - Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known as "acid," belongs to a class of drugs known as hallucinogens, which distort perceptions of reality 12.Methylphenidate - central nervous system stimulant, commonly sold as ritalin 13.Anabolic steroids 14.GHB - short for Gamma hydroxybutyrate, a powerful central nervous system depressant, most commonly known as the date rape drug 15.Ecstasy 16.Alkyl Nitrates - group of drugs commonly referred to as poppers 17.Khat - an amphetamine-like stimulant
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