Drug Info

A DRUG can be defined as any substance taken to modify, change, or heal something within the body. There are both legal and illegal drugs. Prescription drugs have medicinal value and are legally prescribed by doctors. Street drugs have no medicinal value and can only be purchased illegally. For the purposes of addiction rehabilitation, make no mistake, alcohol is also considered a drug, and one of the most dangerous. Regardless of the type of drug, many are physically addictive and all share the potential to be psychologically addictive. Drugs can be classified and put into groups according to the effects produced on the brain.

Drug Information - Stimulants, Depressants, Prescription Drugs, Narcotics, and Club Drugs

STIMULANTS

Stimulants speed up the central nervous system. Common stimulants include cocaine, crack, methamphetamine,and prescription amphetamines such as Dexedrine and Benzedrine.

DEPRESSANTS

Depressants slow the central nervous system. Prescription depressants include barbiturates such as Seconal or Phenobarbital and benzodiazepines
such as Valium and Xanax. Alcohol is the most widely abused legal depressant drug.

NARCOTICS

Narcotics or opiates are usually derived from the opium poppy. Narcotics include morphine, codeine, opium, and heroin. Doctors
prescribe narcotics for use as painkillers, including morphine and codeine.

CLUB DRUGS

This entire category of drugs is fairly new and consists of a verity of different chemical compounds
such as Ecstasy (MDMA), GHB, Ketamine, and LSD.

Please feel free to click the links below or on the right side of the page which contain the National Institutes on Drug Abuse Research Reports regarding in-depth information about the various different types of drugs of abuse.

Alcoholism

Heroin

Methamphetamines

Cocaine

Marijuana

Prescription Drugs

Hallucinogens