Transcript Hallucinogens - Columbia Community Unit School District 4

Hallucinogens,
Inhalants, and
Club Drugs
Hallucinogens:
a drug that distorts
perception, thought,
and mood
LSD
Street Names for LSD
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Acid
Battery acid
Boomers
Doses
Dots
Golden Dragon
Hippie
Loony toons
• Lucy in the sky with
diamonds
• Microdot
• Pane
• Superman
• Tab
• Window pane
• Yellow sunshine
• Zen
Psilocybin
PCP
Inhalants:
a breathable chemical
vapor that produces
mind-altering affects
Volatile solvents: liquids that
vaporize at room temperature
Aerosols: sprays that contain
propellants and solvents
Gases: found in household or
commercial products and products
used as medical anesthetics
Street Names for Inhalants
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Air blast
Highball
Satan’s secret
Ames
Hippie crack
Shoot the breeze
Amys
Huff
Snappers
Aroma of men
Laughing gas
Snotballs
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Bolt
Locker room
Spray
Boppers
Medusa
Texas shoe
shine
Bullet
Moon gas
Thrust
Bullet bolt
Oz
Rush
snappers
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Toilet water
Buzz bomb
Pearls
Toncho
Discorama
Poor man’s pot
Whippets
Hardware
Poppers
Whiteout
Heart-on
Quicksilver
Hiagra in a
bottle
Short Term Effects
• Slurred speech
• Drunk, dizzy, or
dazed appearance
• Inability to coordinate
movement
• Hallucinations and
delusions
• Hostility
• Impaired judgments
• Severe headaches
• Rashes around the
nose and mouth
• Prolonged sniffing of
these chemicals can
induce irregular and
rapid heart beat and
lead to heart failure
and death within
minutes
• Death from
suffocation
Long Term Effects
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Muscle weakness
Disorientation
Lack of coordination
Irritability
Depression
Serious and
sometimes
irreversible damage
to the heart, liver,
kidneys, lungs and
brain
• Memory impairment,
diminished
intelligence
• Hearing loss
• Bone marrow damage
• Deaths from heart
failure or asphyxiation
(loss of oxygen)
Club
Drugs:
drugs that first gained
popularity at dance
clubs and raves
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Street Names for Ecstasy
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Cadillac
Adam
Beans
California Sunrise
Clarity
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Essence
Elephants
Eve
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Hug
Hug Drug
Scooby snacks
Love pill
Lover’s speed
Roll
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Snowball
XE
XTC
Short Term Effects of Ecstasy
• Impaired judgment
• False sense of
affection
• Confusion
• Depression
• Sleep problems
• Severe anxiety
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Paranoia
Drug cravings
Muscle tension
Faintness and chills
or swelling
• Involuntary teeth
clenching
• Blurred vision
• Nausea
Long Term Effects of Ecstasy
• Long-lasting brain damage affecting thought and
memory
• Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical
functions such as learning, sleep and emotion
• It is as if the brain switchboard was torn apart, then
rewired backwards
• Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings
• Depression, anxiety, memory loss
• Kidney failure
• Hemorrhaging
• Psychosis
• Cardiovascular collapse
• Convulsions
• Death
GHB
Rohypnol
Ketamine