Drug Identification ~ Tranquilizers

Other Names: Valium, Librium, Miltown, Serax, Equanil, Miltown, and Tranxene
What It Looks Like: Tablets or capsules
How it's Administered: It's taken orally.
Effects on Users: Reduces anxiety, drowsiness, may make people lethargic, disruption of the psycho-motor, intellectual, and perceptual functions and convulsions.
Other Info: This drug accumulates in the body tissue after prolonged use, and tolerance can develop quickly so that larger doses are needed to feel the effects. When mixed with alcohol, tranquilizers may cause coma and death.

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Knowledge is Protection

I’m sure you have all heard the saying, “I didn’t know the gun was loaded.” Just the other day I overheard a teen say, I didn’t know all drugs were bad for you. With that statement in mind, there are things everyone should know and understand about drugs, both legal and illegal.

Cigarettes and alcohol are considered drugs. While they are both legal, neither of them is healthy. Light to moderate drinking may be acceptable for adults, but smoking and excessive drinking are not healthy for adults and not only are they not healthy, they are off limits for kids.

While illegal drugs are not good for anyone they are especially bad for teens and pre-teens because their bodies are still developing. Drugs can damage the brain and heart. Other organs can be affected to lesser degrees. Cocaine can cause a heart attack, even in a child.

People who use drugs almost always have a reason why they do it. The thing is, no matter what reason you use to try to escape reality, that reason will still be there after you use the drug. It will not go away, and you need to find a safe way to deal with it. The escape only lasts as long as the effect of the drug. This will not solve the problem and it may even create more.

Addiction is a possibility. Casual drug use often leads to addiction. You take a stimulant drug to get hyped or energized. You take a depressant to slow yourself down. It’s a cycle that some people live with. Hallucinogens change your mood and may make you see, hear or think things that aren’t really there. Inhalants are sniffed or huffed to produce an immediate rush, followed by sleepiness, staggering, dizziness and confusion. Narcotics dull the body’s senses, and relieve pain.

Know the terminology, the drugs and what they do, the symptoms of abuse, and the danger to your mind and body. If you know and understand all of these things there is less of a chance that you will be tempted to try them in the first place. But if you do, and you find yourself in trouble, please know that there is help available to you. A Better Tomorrow knows what you are going through. They understand and they can help. Don’t be afraid to make the call, they are waiting for you.

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Clubs and Their Drugs

Loosely defined, club drugs are a category of recreational drugs that are associated with parties. Over the years these parties have occurred in places called discotheques, dance clubs and, most recently, raves. Club drugs can include, but are not limited to, ecstasy, 2C-B, inhalants like nitrous oxide and amyl nitrite “poppers”, stimulants such as amphetamines and cocaine and hallucinogens such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms. GHB and ketamine are depressants, but are still referred to as club drugs. “Club drugs” vary by country and region. Quaaludes suspend motor coordination and give the sensation of the arms and legs turning to jello. Occasionally, you can find heroin being sold at some clubs.

The parties generally last all night and the dancers use the drugs for their stimulating or psychedelic properties. Poppers is the street name for alkyl nitrites, which is a clear, yellow volatile liquid which is inhaled and has an intoxicating effect. Ketamine produces a dissociative state producing a sense of detachment from the physical body and the external world. Hallucinations and effects include changes in the perception of distances, relative scale, color and durations/time, as well as a slowing of the visual system’s ability to update what the user is seeing. With high doses sounds can be out of sync with what is being seen. Colors can turn into sounds and sounds can turn into colors.

Party pills aka herbal highs, pep pills, dance pills and natural power describe a recreational drug whose main ingredient was originally benzyl-piperazine (BZP) but now could be one of many compounds with a variety of effects. BZP has been banned in some countries, including the USA. Several other derivatives of piperazine are usually mixed with other ingredients such as caffeine, 5-HTP and a range of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and binders to make party pills. Not all of the ingredients are revealed by some manufacturers.

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Drug Identification ~ Methaqualone

Other Names: Quaaludes, Ludes, Sopors
What It Looks Like: Tablets
How it's Administered: It's taken orally.
Effects on Users: Calming, sleep induction and anxiety reduction, slurred speech, clumsiness, unconsciousness
Other Info: Dependence on Methaqualone can develop, and sudden withdrawal from high doses can result in irritability, nervousness, delirium, sleeplessness, fainting, sickness, twitching, fits and death. They're especially dangerous when mixed with alcohol.

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Psychoactive Drugs

A psychoactive drug can also be referred to as a psycho-pharmaceutical or psychotropic substance. No matter how you refer to it, know that it is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system. From there it alters brain function and results in changes to perception, mood, consciousness and behavior.

Recreational use causes changes to consciousness. This type of drug can be used as a tool for studying, or enhancing, the mind. For ritual or spiritual purposes it can be used as an entheogen. Native Americans have used mescaline-containing peyote cacti for religious ceremonies for as long as 5,700 years. It can also be used as a therapeutic medication. Feelings of euphoria or an increased alertness may be experienced. These types of drugs are often abused despite known risks and negative consequences. With prolonged use of some of these substances an individual may develop a physical dependence requiring drug rehabilitation at a facility such as A Better Tomorrow.

This type of drug use is not new. There is archaeological evidence of its use dating back at least 10,000 years. Over the past 5,000 years there is historical evidence of cultural use. It has been suggested that children’s desire for spinning, swinging, or sliding indicates that the drive to alter one’s state of mind is universal. Animals as well as humans experiment with drugs. Several animals will eat psychoactive plants, berries and even fermented fruit causing intoxication. In fact, humans have observed animals using some of these substances and they in turn started experimenting. Consider it a sort of ‘monkey see, monkey do’ mentality.
Nearly all General anesthetics are a type of psychoactive drug, such as Halothane and Ketamine. They block the patient’s pain and other sensations. Most will induce unconsciousness allowing surgical procedures without the patient experiencing pain or emotional trauma. These types of drugs can also be used in lower doses to manage pain. This would include morphine and codeine, both can become addictive with prolonged use.

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Drug Identification ~ Barbiturates

Other Names: Downers, Barbs, Blue Devils, Red Devils, Yellow Jacket, Yellows, Nembutal, Tuinals, Seconal, and Amytal
What It Looks Like: Red, yellow, blue, or red and blue capsules
How it's Administered: It's taken orally.
Effects on User: Calming, sleep induction and anxiety reduction, slurred speech, clumsiness, unconsciousness.
Other Info: Dependence on barbiturates can develop, and sudden withdrawal from high doses can result in irritability, nervousness, delirium, sleeplessness, fainting, sickness, twitching, fits and death. They're especially dangerous when mixed with alcohol.

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Does Legal Make It Safe?

A drug that is legal is not necessarily safe. Legal doesn’t ensure that it’s non-addictive. Just because a drug if freely available doesn’t mean it’s okay to partake. Look at alcohol and nicotine. They are among the drugs most often abused.
Sedatives, tranquilizers, anti-anxiety drugs, painkillers, anti-depressants and stimulants are all available by prescription and for medical purposes, they are considered safe. On the flip side of that coin, they are all highly addictive, even at prescribed dosages. Some of the more popular drugs that fall into these categories and are currently being prescribed include Xanax, OxyContin, Percocet, Valium, Ritalin and Adderall.

If you are taking more than one drug of those types listed, your chances of becoming addicted are much higher. If you are currently taking any of these types of medication, have you ever read the warning statement that by law must be given to you by the pharmacy that fills the prescription? Most people discard it without giving it a second thought, let alone taking the time to read it and consider the content. The warnings of possible addiction are there.

There may also be danger with over the counter pills that are misused. Even non-drugs such as herbal or natural supplements could be a problem for some. There can be drug interactions as well as dangerous side effects especially when combined with prescribed medication. Just because a drug is advertised on TV doesn’t mean it’s safe or even that it’s the norm, which is how it is portrayed. Be wary of doctors who prescribe a new medication for every symptom. Be sure your doctor knows exactly what you are taking and who prescribed it for you; include any over the counter meds you are taking. Review your medication list with your doctor and ask if there are any that you can quit taking.

There is a vast majority of drug addicts are not criminals. They are people just like you, who started taking a drug prescribed by their doctor for a legitimate reason, and became addicted. If you are having trouble with an addiction to a prescription drug there is help available. A Better Tomorrow understands how you got into the predicament, and we know the way to bring you back. Don’t wait, make the call now.

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