Alcohol
Within five minutes of consuming alcohol, it enters the blood stream via the stomach. The effects can last for several hours. |
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Cocaine and Crack
Cocaine is a white powdery substance which comes from coca leaves or is manufactured synthetically. It is a local anaesthetic and acts as a stimulant to the central nervous system. |
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Ecstasy
Learn more about ecstasy - what it looks like, how it is used and how it affects you. |
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Heroin
This article discusses the heroin, its effects and the signs of heroin overdose. |
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Mandrax
Your guide to Mandrax, buttons, whites and all the other names for this illegal drug. |
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Nicotine
Nicotine changes how your body and brain function. It both invigorates and relaxes smokers, depending on how much they smoke. There are almost no benefits to nicotine. |
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Over-the-counter drugs/Prescription Medicine
These include painkillers, cough mixtures, Valium and other sedatives, Rohypnol, and many others. |
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Dagga
Dagga is South Africa’s most generally used drug. It is cheap and freely available. Forty percent of people being treated at the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre use dagga. |
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Inhalants
Inhalants come in many different forms – from glue to petrol to laughing gas and poppers. |
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What's in that cigarette?
Smoking is associated - in advertising campaigns - with after action satisfaction and as a passport to an exciting life. Real life however reveals a few bare facts about how |
