Methamphetamine Information

Methamphetamine is classified as a powerful stimulant drug. The drug is also known as Meth, amphetamine, speed, chalk or crystal.

The drug is very dangerous and addictive as it activates certain systems in the brain and depletes the “feel good” chemicals the brain makes naturally.

Marijuana is the most frequently used illicit drug in America today. The term marijuana, as commonly used, refers to the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant.

Marijuana Information

Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. There are over 200 slang terms for marijuana including "pot," "herb," "weed," "boom," "Mary Jane," "gangster," and "chronic." It is usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in a pipe or bong. In recent years, it has appeared in blunts. These are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and re-filled with marijuana, often in combination with another drug, such as crack. Some users also mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew tea.

The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). In 1988, it was discovered that the membranes of certain nerve cells contain protein receptors that bind THC.

Cocaine is one of the most powerfully addictive drugs in the country. When a person takes cocaine, there are several methods of administration. They may go to great lengths to obtain the drug and achieve the same high that they initially felt. Regardless of the method of administration, snorted, smoked or injected, the half life of the drug is very short and the intense high causes the user to desire more in a very short period of time. Compulsive cocaine abuse may develop very early.