What is meant by the term Setting? The location of drug use can affect the risks. Some youngsters take drugs in out-of-the-way places which are particularly dangerous – on canal banks, near motorways, in derelict buildings, etc. Accidents are much…
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Set
What is meant by the term Set? Personal factors involving the person who is using the drugs can be just as important as the drugs being used. These factors are called the ‘set’. The drug experience and the expectations of…
Sedatives
What are Sedatives? A sedative is a depressant drug which acts on the central nervous system to slow people down and relieve anxiety and induce calmness and sleep (e.g., barbiturates, tranquillisers).
Salvia
What is Salvia? Salvia is derived from the American plant Salvia divinorum, a member of the mint family. It is used by the Mazatecs and others in Meso America in shaman rituals and healing. It is sometimes marketed in the…
Rohypnol
What is Rohypnol? Rohypnol is the trade name for the benzodiazepine, flunitrazepam. It is used in the short-term treatment of sleep disorders, producing sedative-hypnotic effects including muscle relaxation. Rohypnol is sometimes referred to as the date rape drug. This is due…
Recreational Use
What is Recreational Use? Recreational drug use is the use of drugs for pleasure or leisure. The term is often used to denote the use of ecstasy and other ‘dance drugs’, and implies that drug use has become part of…
Purity
How pure are drugs? It is a truism that there is no such thing as quality control in the illicit market. Often the street seller doesn’t know the drug content of the goods they offer so what chance the buyer…
Psychedelic
What is meant by the term Psychedelic? The term psychedelic was coined in 1956 by the LSD researcher Humphrey Osmond, and literally means ‘soul manifesting’ – an activation of consciousness. Although it means virtually the same as hallucinogenic, psychedelic implies…
Prozac (Fluoxetine)
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Problem drug use
What is Problem Drug Use? Problem or problematic drug use tends to refer to drug use which could either be dependent or recreational. In other words, it is not necessarily the frequency of drug use which is the primary ‘problem’…