OTHER OPIATES AND NARCOTIC ANALGESICS-GLUE SNIFFING, SOLVENTS, ETC.
As well as heroin, there are other opiates, such as morphine, Diconal (dipipanone), Temgesic (buprenorphine) and methadone (of which more later). There are also narcotic analgesics, such as codeine and DF 118 (dihydrocodeine tartrate). These all have legitimate medical uses, but are also used by addicts if they cannot get more favoured drugs.
They may be swallowed, or crushed and injected. The dangers are similar to those of heroin. Diconal, when it is injected, is particularly dangerous.
All kinds of household substances (for obvious reasons we shall not be explicit) are sniffed. They give the user a feeling rather like drunkenness. They can be sedating or disinhibiting, or can produce distortions of reality.
Sniffing is not highly addictive, but some kids nevertheless become dependent on it. Others experiment for only a short time. Glue sniffing may be the prelude to trying other drugs.
Health risks
Suffocation. Using large plastic bags or sniffing in confined spaces can mean breathing is obstructed. Users can also choke on their own vomit. Some gases squirted directly into the mouth produce suffocation.
Heart attacks can be caused by inhaling some solvents.
Brain damage, fits, liver and kidney damage - these can all result from prolonged or intense sniffing.
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Street names: Pot, Grass, Hash, Weed, Dope, Ganja, Blow, Bush, Splif (a cannabis cigarette), Tea.
Cannabis comes from a bushy plant, which can be grown in Britain. Herbal cannabis, known as marijuana, is the dried leaves of the plant. 'Hash' is a resin from the plant pressed into blocks. Cannabis occasionally comes in the form of cannabis oil, a liquid produced from the resin. This is rare in Britain.
The hippies of the Sixties, now middle-aged, claimed cannabis was not addictive. They were wrong. Though it is not as addictive as heroin, cannabis certainly has its addicts.
It also acts as the gateway to other drugs. Not everybody who smokes cannabis goes on to try heroin. But almost all heroin addicts started on pot.
How it is used
- Smoked. Using cigarette papers, cannabis is mixed with tobacco and smoked like a cigarette. Or it can be smoked in a pipe known as a 'chillum'.
- Eaten or drunk. Occasionally cannabis is baked in a cake or mixed with liquid and drunk.
Health risks
- Bronchitis and lung disease result from smoking cannabis faster than from smoking tobacco. Not enough research has been done for definite conclusions to be reached, but some research already suggests that cannabis may produce lung cancer.
- The reproductive system in both men and women is badly affected by cannabis, producing a low sperm count, low levels of the male hormone in men, and sometimes early menopause in women.
- Resistance to disease may be lowered by cannabis, and the body's immune response system may be disrupted.
- Mental disturbances may be produced in long-term users. Despite the Sixties' propaganda, this is not a safe drug.
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