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| Psychoactive Drug Categories Chart |
|---|
| Drugs | Trade or Common Names | Medical Uses | Possible Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| STIMULANTS | |||
| Cocaine | Coke | Local anaesthetic | Increased alertness, exciteation, euphoria, increased pulse rate and blood preassure, insomnia, loss of appetite |
| Amphetamines | beans, benz, Biphetamine | Hyperactivity, narcolepsy, weight control | |
| Phendimetrazine Methylphenidate Other Sitmulants | Prelu-2, Ritalin, Methidate Apidex, Bacarate, Cylert, Didrex, Ionamin, Tepanil, Voranil | ||
| DEPRESSANTS | |||
| Chloral hydrate | Noctec, Somnos | Hypnotic | Slurred speech, disorientation, drunken behaviour without odour of alcohol |
| Barbiturates | Amobarbital, Butisol, phenobarbital, phenoxbrabital, secobarbital, Tuinal, block-busters, black bombers, blue devils, tombica | Aneasthetic, anticonvulsant, sedative, hypnotic | |
| Glutethimide | Doriden | Sedative, hypnotic | |
| Methaqualone | Optimil, Parest, Quualude, Somnafec, Sopor | Sedative, Hypnotic | |
| Benzodiazepines | Ativan, Azene, Clonopin, Dalmane, diazepam, Librium, Serax, Tranxene, Valium, Verstran | Antianiety, anticonvulsant, sedative hypnotic | |
| Other depressants | Equanil, Miltown, Noludar, Placydil, Valmid | Antianxiety, sedative, hypnotic | |
| HALLUCINOGENS | |||
| LSD | Acid, microdot, browndot, cap, California sunshine, brown bomber | None | Delusions and hallucinations, poor perception of time and distance |
| Mescaline and Peyote | Mesc, buttons, catus, chief | None | |
| Amphetamine variants (designer drugs) | 2, 5-DMA, DOM, MDA, MDMA, PMA, STP, TMA, clarity, chocolate chips, booty juice | None | |
| Phencyclidine analogs | PCE, PCPy, TCP | None | Euphoria, relaxed inhibitions, increased appetite, disoriented behaviour |
| Other hallucinogens | Bufotenin, DMT, DET, ibogaine, psilocybin, psilocyn | None | disorientation |
| CANNABIS | |||
| Marijuana | Acapulco gold, black Bart, black mote, blue sage, bobo, butterflowers, cannabis-T, cess, cheeba, grass, pot, sinsemilla, Thai sticks | under investigation | Euphoria, relaxed inhibitions, increased appetite, disoriented behaviour |
| Tetrahydrocannabinol | THC | under investigation | |
| Hashish | Hash | None | |
| Hashish oil | Hash oil | None | |
| NARCOTICS | |||
| Opium | Dover's powder, paregoric, Parapectolin, cruz, Chinese tobacco, China | Analgesic, antidiarheal | Euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory depression, constricted pupils, nausea |
| Morphine | Morphine, Pectoal syrup, emsel, first line | Analgesic, antitussive | |
| Codeine | Codeine, Emperin compound with codiene, Robitussin A-C | Analgesic antitusive | |
| Heroin | Diacetylmorphine, horse, smack, courage pills, dead on arrival (DOA) | Under investigation | |
| Hydromorphine | Dilaudid | Analgesic | Intoxication, excitation, disorientation, aggression, hallucination |
| Meperidine (pethidine) | Demerol, Pethadol | Analgesic | |
| Methadone | Dolophine, Methadone, Methadose | Analgesic, heroin substitute | |
| Other narcotics | darvon, Dromoran, fentanyl, LAAM, Leitine, Levo-Dromoran, Percodan, Tussionex, Talwin, Lomotil | Analgesic, antidiarheal, antitussive | |
| INHALANTS | |||
| Anaesthetic gases | Aerosols, petroleum products, solvents | Surgical anaesthesia | Intoxication, excitation, disorientation, aggression, hallucination, variable effects |
| Vasilodators (amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite) | Aerosols, petroleum products, solvents | None | |

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