The Big Five


Illegal Drugs Of Choice For Our Youth

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  1. COCAINE. (Snow, coke, leaf, C, Cecil, Cholly,
    Burese, dynainde, flake, gid, star dust, joy powder,
    blow, toot, "speedball" (when mixed with heroin),
    nose candy, freeze, bemies, coca-cola, cola,
    go-power, go-juice.)

    Comments: A white crystalline powder, derived
    from the coca leaf, which is most often sniffed
    ("snorted") and in some cases, injected. Often
    distributed in fighfly wrapped paper bundles
    containing two-tenths of a gram.

    Dangers:      High psychological dependence,
    agitation, convulsions, death.

  2. HEROIN. (Horse, junk, dope, shit, chiva, stuff, "H",
    smack, Boy, Harry, hardstuff, cotes, tar.)

    Comments: Heroin is a white powder in its pure
    form. The powder may vary in color from white to
    tan and even dark brown. In solid form, some
    heroin has a gummy consistency similar to dark
    brown caramel candy.

    Dangers: High physical and psychological
    dependence. Overdose: slow shallow breathing,
    clammy skin, convulsions, coma, death, high risk
    of contracting AIDS through shared needles.

  3. MARIJUANA, HASHISH. (Grass, pot, weed,
    smoke, herb, Maui Wowie, Acapulco Gold, Panama
    Red, Columbian, Mexican, home grown, sinsemilia,
    sens, reefer, roach, number, doobie, dope, joint,
    ganga, lid, shake, budder.)

    Comments: Marijuana is smoked as cigarettes or
    in small bowl pipes. Hashish: A marijuana derivative,
    usually comes in small dark brown cubes.
    is widely available on many school campuses
    including some elementary schools.

    Dangers: Psychological dependence, fatigue,
    paranoia.

  4. METHAMPHETAMINE. (Crank, speed, rose,
    water, crystal, meth, bennies, bomido, CR,
    cranksters, lines, powder, peanut bufter.)

    Comments: Methamphetamine comes in a clear
    liquid and in a white, yellow, tan and rose colored
    powder. Often this substance has a foul rancid
    odor' It is taken orally, inhaled or injected.

    Dangers: High physical and psychological
    dependence, death, high risk of AIDS contraction
    through shared needles.

  5. PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP). (PCP, angel dust, wac
    [pronounced "whack"], Sherman cigarettes,
    Sherms, Mores, wet, loveboat, lovely, hog, dust,
    embalming fluid, KJ.)

    Comments: PCP comes in the form of a. viscous,
    oily liquid or powder. It is often applied in liquid form
    to dark colored cigarettes. In its liquid form it is often
    carried in dark glass bottles like those containing
    vanilla extract. PCP is smoked, sniffed or taken
    orally.

    Dangers: Psychosis, psychological dependence
    and death through irrational behavior (leaping out
    of windows, etc.). Large doses may produce
    convulsions and comas, heart and lung failure, or
    ruptured blood vessels in the brain.

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