What is dependence? Dependency describes a compulsion to continue taking a drug in order to feel good or to avoid feeling bad. When this is done to avoid physical discomfort or withdrawal, it is known as physical dependence; when it…
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Deaths
Types of drug-related deaths The straight answer is that we do not know exactly how many drug-related deaths there are in the UK. This is because it depends on what definition of drug-related deaths is used, which is not a…
Dealing
Supplying illegal drugs is given harsher penalties under the Misuse of Drugs Act than possession. Usually we think of dealers and pushers’ as seedy and violent people operating on the fringes of society. However, from the legal point of view…
Crystal meth
Please see the Methamphetamine DrugSearch page for our entry on Crystal meth.
Craving
What is meant by craving? Craving is usually associated with a craving for cigarettes and drugs such as cocaine or heroin, but can also be a craving for food, a loved one or even a place or ritual. In many…
Comedown
What is a comedown? Comedown is sometimes used to refer to the following day’s hangover from drug taking or drinking. More commonly used to describe the two or three day after-effects from taking ecstasy, though it can refer to other…
Cocaine and crack
What is cocaine? Coca paste – basuco, Powder cocaine – C, charlie, coke, blow, dust, Gianlucca, gold dust, Percy, lady, snow, toot, white, crack – base, freebase, gravel, rock, stones, wash. What is cocaine powder? Cocaine is a white powder derived…
Chasing the dragon
What is chasing the dragon? Chasing the dragon is a way of smoking heroin. It usually involves placing powdered heroin on foil and heating it from below with a lighter. Foil used to heat heroin in order to “Chase the…
Cathinone
For cathinone, please see our page on khat For cathinone derivatives, see page on mephedrone, methadrone and methylone
Cannabis
What is cannabis? | Methods of use | Dose and Price | Effects/Risks | Therapeutic use | Legal status | Legalisation | Prevalence | A gateway drug? What is cannabis? Bhang, black, blast, blow, blunts, Bob Hope, bush, dope, bud, draw,…