| Drug Name |
GHB |
Rohypnol |
Ketamine |
| Timing |
- Takes effect within 10-15 minutes
- Lasts 3-6 hours without alcohol, 36-72 with alcohol
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- Takes effect within 15-30 minutes
- Last several hours
- Detectable: in blood for up to 24 hours, in urine for up to 48 hours
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- Highly dosage dependent
- Dependent on the size of the individual
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| Type of Drug |
Central nervous system depressant |
Sedative |
Animal tranquilizer and anesthetic |
| Misc. |
- Salty taste may be explained as an energy drink
- ften homemade, which is much more dangerous since the strength of a batch is unknown
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- Similar to valium but never approved for manufacture, distribution or possession in the
U.S.
- legal and prescribed in other countries
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| Common Names |
Liquid Ecstasy, Energy Drink |
Roofies, Roach, Rope and others |
Special K, Ket, K, Vitamin K |
| Description |
- liquid or white powder
- Administered: slipped into drinks or distributed as capfuls, spoonfuls, drops, small paper cups or "swigs"
- Odorless, colorless
- lightly salty taste (can be masked by sweet liqueur)
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- Purchased: round, white pills in foil-backed, clear, "bubble-packs," similar to packaging for cold and flu medications
- Administered: crushed into a powder, or in a liquid form; dropped into a drink
- tasteless, odorless, colorless
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| Symptoms (may include any or all of these) |
- Dizziness; confusion; drowsiness; loss of consciousness
- Euphoria; intoxication; visual hallucinations
- Seizures; difficulty breathing; nausea and vomiting; coma
- High dosages: unconsciousness, coma within 5 minutes
- With alcohol or other drugs: more intense effects; death
- narrow margin between intoxication and much more harmful effects
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- Impaired motor skills
- Trouble speaking clearly
- Dizziness; drowsiness; loss of consciousness
- Confusion; lowered inhibition; impaired judgment; partial or full amnesia
- with alcohol: low blood pressure; difficulty breathing; coma; death
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- Amnesia
- Hallucinations
- Dissociation
- similar to Rohypnol and GHB
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