Drug Facts of the Week
This dissociative anesthetic is commercially produced for anesthetics and anti-depressants. It is often stolen from veterinary clinics or smuggled from Mexico.
Two active ingredients, cathine and cathinone, can cause long-term users to experience delusions, increased heart rate, loss of appetite, and more.
Kratom leaves are most often smoked, brewed into tea, or placed into gel capsules. Depending on the dosage, consumption can produce both stimulant and sedative effects.
LSD is most often added to absorbent blotter paper and divided into square dosage units.
German scientists synthesized methadone during World War II because of a shortage of morphine.
Taken as a powder, pill, smoked, snorted, or injected, high doses can cause convulsions, cardiovascular collapse, stroke, or death.
While very effective for pain relief, chronic use of morphine results in tolerance
and physical and psychological dependence.
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