Outsmart the chart.

Out smart the Chart

Use the chart below to review the facts about major drugs of abuse.
Then, test your knowledge with the accompanying Jeopardy-style quiz.

NAME OF      STREET NAMES           HOW IT'S USED
DRUG

Cocaine     Coke, blow, bump,      Smoked from a pipe
            C, candy, Charlie,     (crack); snorted
            flake, rock, snow,     through the nose, or
            toot, crack            injected into veins
                                   with a hypodermic
                                   needle

Heroin      Brown sugar, dope,     Injected directly
            H, horse, junk,        into veins; smoked;
            skag, skunk,           snorted through the
            smack, white horse     nose

Inhalants   Laughing gas,          Inhaled through nose
            poppers, snappers,     or mouth
            whippets

LSD         Acid, blotter,         Swallowed or
            boomers, cubes,        absorbed through the
            microdot,              mouth
            screaming yellow
            sunshine

Marijuana   Pot, dope, ganja,      Smoked in a pipe, a
            grass, herb, Mary      cigarette or joint, or a
            Jane, reefer, skunk,   cigar called a blunt;
            weed                   eaten in food; brewed
                                   as tea and drunk

MDMA        Ecstasy, E, Adam,      Swallowed (pills)
            hug, beans, love
            drug, X

Steroids    Roids, juice           Injected, swallowed,
                                   applied to skin

NAME OF         SHORT-TERM                  HEALTH RISKS
DRUG             EFFECTS

Cocaine     Increased heart rate   Irregular heartbeat reduced
            high blood pressure,   appetite; weight loss; chest pains;
            irregular heartbeat;   headaches; malnutrition; heart
            alertness and          attack; dangerously high body
            euphoria (extreme      temperature (hyperthermia); slow or
            happiness);            stopped breathing; stroke;
            decreased appetite     seizures; HIV/AIDS; death

Heroin      Pain relief,           Confusion; constipation; staggering
            euphoria; nausea;      gait; slowed or stopped breathing;
            drowsiness             HIV/AIDS; unconsciousness, coma,
                                   death

Inhalants   Loss of inhibition;    Muscle spasms and weakness;
            headache; nausea or    unconsciousness; depression;
            vomiting; slurred      memory and learning impairment;
            speech; loss of        cardiovascular and nervous system
            coordination           damage; sudden death

LSD         Altered states of      Loss of touch with reality; ongoing
            perception and         perception problems ("flashbacks");
            feeling; nausea        increased body temperature, heart
                                   rate, and blood pressure;
                                   sleeplessness, weakness; tremors

Marijuana   Euphoria; altered      Cough; weight gain; respiratory
            perceptions; slowed    infections; increased heart rate;
            reactions and          anxiety; panic attacks; problems
            thinking; impaired     with memory and learning
            coordination;
            increased appetite

MDMA        Increased heart        Dangerously high body temperature
            rate, blood            (hyperthermia); liver and kidney
            pressure; euphoria;    damage; heart damage; learning and
            mental alertness;      memory problems
            altered perception;
            increased tactile
            sensitivity;
            feelings of empathy

Steroids    Over time, anabolic    Hostility; aggression; acne;
            (muscle-building)      stunted growth in teens; high
            effects; no            blood pressure; kidney damage;
            intoxication effects   liver disease; baldness; in males,