Other Names Effects Facts Alcohol Booze Affects nerve cells in brain Makes the person relax Impairs judgement Can make you aggressive People who drink before 15 likely alcoholic 130 SA people die each day from alcohol Responsible for 50 motor accidents ID: 255031
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Name of Drug
Other
Names
Effects
Facts
Alcohol
Booze
Affects
nerve cells in brain. Makes the person relax. Impairs judgement. Can make you aggressive.
People who drink
before 15= likely alcoholic. 130 SA people die each day from alcohol. Responsible for 50% motor accidents.
Cigarettes
Can cause cancer + other health issues. People believe
it relieves stress but it releases a hormone causing stress.
Nicotine is 1 of
the most addictive substances we know of.
Marijuana
Dagga, weed, grass, has, zol, boom, pot
Relaxes you and affects
your reaction time. Bad memory, hallucinations and paranoia. Can cause heart disease and lung cancer. Men may become infertile.
Known as “Gateway Drug’ and after this most
people move on to more dangerous drugs. 2.25 million South Africans use it. Youngest dealer was 8 yrs. old.
Mandrax
Buttons, mandies, white, white pipe
Relaxes you and makes you happy for a few hours.
Slurred speech, bad vision and slow reaction time are caused. You feel weak. You become resistant to the drug quickly so you need more and more for the same feeling. Overdosing can cause unconsciousness leading to comas and death. Also rotten teeth, depression, epilepsy, aggression.
Often crushed and mixed with dagga (White pipe). South Africa has largest mandrax problem in world
Ectasy
Club Drug
Make
s you verrrry energetic so you can dance all night at a club where it is most often used. Causes dehydration. Some people get comas, heart attacks, strokes and even die.
Methamphetamine
Tik, speed, crystal meth
Addictive from first time used. Causes mood swings and makes you unpredictable. Makes you violent and causes
brain damage.
Used a lot in Cape Town. Looks
like salt crystals and sold in cut straws.
Cocaine
Coke, snort, Columbia-n gold, nose candy
After high you
become depressed. Can cause suicidal tendencies and panic attacks. Extended use causes heart and lung disease. Overdose can cause death.
Heroin
H,
plazana
,
kwape
, sugars, China White, smack
Very addictive – can lead to prostitution and crime to support this habit. Same effects as for cocaine. Powerful pain killer – you can get badly
hurt without knowing