MARIJUANA
There are a lot of people who are of the opinion that marijuana is not a harmful drug and that it should be as legal to buy and use as alcohol.
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. Besides alcohol, marijuana is the most commonly used drug by young people.
Marijuana is a dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
It usually is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong).
HEROIN
Heroin is an addictive drug that is processed from morphine and usually appears as a white or brown powder.
Its street names include smack, H, ska, junk, and many others. Heroin use is on the rise and it has become a serious problem in America.
Heroin abuse is associated with serious health conditions, including fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and, particularly in users who inject the drug, infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
The short-term effects of heroin abuse appear soon after a single dose and disappear in a few hours.
COCAINE
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug that is snorted, sniffed, injected, or smoked. Crack is cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a free base for smoking.
Its street names include coke, snow, flake, blow, and many others.
Cocaine is a stimulant drug. The powdered, hydrochloride salt form of cocaine can be snorted or dissolved in water and injected.
Crack is cocaine that has not been neutralized by an acid to make the hydrochloride salt.
This form of cocaine comes in a rock crystal that can be heated and its vapors smoked.