Bath Salts, also known as White Dove, Cloud-9 and other commercial names, are powerful psychoactive drugs that are growing in popularity. Since the ingredients that go into these synthetically made products aren’t well known and aren’t yet regulated, bath salts are being sold legally and inexpensively at smoke shops, online and elsewhere. The intensity of the high, the cheap price and the availability have led to a skyrocketing number of
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Cloud 9, or Cloud Nine, is a recreational “designer drug” that is growing in popularity with drug abusers. Although Cloud 9 is marketed as a “natural water softener” or “relaxing bath,” drug addicts are using the white powder to get a euphoric high that is similar to that of amphetamines. The growing popularity of the drug and similar products has prompted thousands of calls to poison control centers across the
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Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug that can have a variety of adverse effects on the body and mind. Regardless of how it’s administered or how often cocaine is used, users can very easily overdose. Cocaine is most often in powdered form, cut with various fillers like baking soda and local anesthetics to increase its weight. Cocaine is most often snorted, but also can be smoked, injected, chewed or
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Most people are aware of the dangers of marijuana and marijuana addiction – but synthetic marijuana is less well known and equally dangerous. Sold under names like K2, Spice, Black Mamba and Red X Swan, synthetic marijuana was initially legal and considered to be safe for smokers. However, in March of 2011, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a statement that prohibited the sale of any of the five chemicals
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Many parents and loved ones are unaware of their child or family member’s drug problem even though evidence is right in front of them. Drug paraphernalia takes many forms, including common household products that have been repurposed for drug use. Depending on the type of drug, the method of taking the drug and the addict’s access to money, their paraphernalia may range from the very ordinary to the very ornate.
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