Drugs of Abuse
Please click below and you will be linked to a page on the NIDA website (National Institute on Drug Abuse). There you will find information on each drug, what it looks like, how it’s used, and the characteristics of a user under its influence.
- Alcohol (yes, it’s a drug)
- “Bath Salts” — an emerging, amphetamine-like drug
- Club Drugs
- Cocaine
- Ecstasy
- Heroin
- Inhalants
- Krokodil
- LSD
- Marijuana
Click here to view NIDA’s director, Dr. Nora Volkow, fascinating presentation on marijuana.
- Meth
- PCP
- Prescription Drugs (including Oxycontin, Vicodin, Percosec, and others)
- Spice (synthetic marijuana)
- Stimulants, other (Ritalin, Adderall)
- Smiles
- Steroids