| | Substances:
Category and Name | Examples of Commercial
and Street Names | DEA Schedule*/
How Administered** | Intoxication Effects/Potential Health Consequences | | Depressants | reduced pain and anxiety; feeling of well-being; lowered inhibitions; slowed pulse and breathing; lowered blood pressure; poor concentration/confusion, fatigue; impaired coordination, memory, judgment; respiratory depression and arrest, addiction
Also, for barbiturates—sedation, drowsiness/depression, unusual excitement, fever, irritability, poor judgment, slurred speech, dizziness
for benzodiazepines—sedation, drowsiness/dizziness
for flunitrazepam—visual and gastrointestinal disturbances, urinary retention, memory loss for the time under the drug's effects | | barbiturates | Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, Phenobarbital; barbs, reds, red birds, phennies, tooies, yellows, yellow jackets | II, III, V/injected, swallowed | | benzodiazepines (other than flunitrazepam) | Ativan, Halcion, Librium, Valium, Xanax; candy, downers, sleeping pills, tranks | IV/swallowed | | flunitrazepam***+ | Rohypnol; forget-me pill, Mexican Valium, R2, Roche, roofies, roofinol, rope, rophies | IV/swallowed, snorted | | Dissociative Anesthetics | increased heart rate and blood pressure, impaired motor function/memory loss; numbness; nausea/vomiting
Also, for ketamine—at high doses, delirium, depression, respiratorydepression and arrest | | ketamine | Ketalar SV; cat Valium, K, Special K, vitamin K | III/injected, snorted, smoked | | Opioids and Morphine Derivatives | pain relief, euphoria, drowsiness/respiratory depression and arrest, nausea, confusion, constipation, sedation, unconsciousness, coma, tolerance, addiction
Also, for codeine—less analgesia, sedation, and respiratory depression thanmorphine | | codeine | Empirin with Codeine, Fiorinal with Codeine, Robitussin A-C, Tylenol with Codeine; Captain Cody, Cody, schoolboy; (with glutethimide) doors & fours, loads, pancakes and syrup | II, III, IV/injected, swallowed | | fentanyl | Actiq, Duragesic, Sublimaze; Apache, China girl, China white, dance fever, friend, goodfella, jackpot, murder 8, TNT, Tango and Cash | II/injected, smoked, snorted | | morphine | Roxanol, Duramorph; M, Miss Emma, monkey, white stuff | II, III/injected, swallowed, smoked | | opium | laudanum, paregoric; big O, black stuff, block, gum, hop | II, III, V/swallowed, smoked | | other opioid pain relievers (oxycodone, meperidine, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, propoxyphene) | Tylox, OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet; oxy 80s, oxycotton, oxycet, hillbilly heroin, percs
Demerol, meperidine hydrochloride; demmies, pain killer
Dilaudid; juice, dillies
Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet; Darvon, Darvocet | II, III, IV/swallowed, injected, suppositories, chewed, crushed, snorted | | Stimulants | increased heart rate, blood pressure, metabolism; feelings of exhilaration, energy, increased mental alertness/rapid or irregular heart beat; reduced appetite, weight loss, heart failure
Also, for amphetamines—rapid breathing; hallucinations/tremor, loss ofcoordination; irritability, anxiousness, restlessness, delirium, panic, paranoia, impulsive behavior, aggressiveness, tolerance, addiction
for cocaine—increased temperature/chest pain, respiratory failure, nausea,abdominal pain, strokes, seizures, headaches, malnutrition
for methamphetamine—aggression, violence, psychotic behavior/memoryloss, cardiac and neurological damage; impaired memory and learning,tolerance, addiction
for methylphenidate—increase or decrease in blood pressure, psychoticepisodes/digestive problems, loss of appetite, weight loss | | amphetamines | Biphetamine, Dexedrine; bennies, black beauties, crosses, hearts, LA turnaround, speed, truck drivers, uppers | II/injected, swallowed, smoked, snorted | | cocaine | Cocaine hydrochloride; blow, bump, C, candy, Charlie, coke, crack, flake, rock, snow, toot | II/injected, smoked, snorted | | methamphetamine | Desoxyn; chalk, crank, crystal, fire, glass, go fast, ice, meth, speed | II/injected, swallowed, smoked, snorted | | methylphenidate | Ritalin; JIF, MPH, R-ball, Skippy, the smart drug, vitamin R | II/injected, swallowed, snorted | | Other Compounds | no intoxication effects/hypertension, blood clotting and cholesterol changes,liver cysts and cancer, kidney cancer, hostility and aggression, acne; adolescents, premature stoppage of growth; in males, prostate cancer, reducedsperm production, shrunken testicles, breast enlargement; in females, menstrualirregularities, development of beard and other masculine characteristics | | anabolic steroids | Anadrol, Oxandrin, Durabolin, Depo-Testosterone, Equipoise; roids, juice | III/injected, swallowed, appliedto skin | | | | | | | |
