Centre for Drug Addiction

Opioids, sometimes called Narcotics are medicines prescribed by Doctors to treat persistent or severe pain. There are many types of prescribed opioids that are known by several names such as Codeine, Fentanyl Hydrocodone , Oxycodone, Oxymorphone and Morphine. It is generally taken orally, but abused commonly through injections by an addict.
Side effects of these drugs are Sleepiness, Constipation, Nausea, Shallow breathing , Slow heart rate and Loss of consciousness.

Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine , a natural substance obtained from opium poppy plant. It can be a white or brown powder or a black sticky substance known as black tar Heroin . Other common names are Hairy , Horse , Helldust and smack . People usually inject, sniff, snort or smoke Heroin. It is highly addictive.
Side effects are Insomnia, collapsed veins for people who inject the drug, damaged tissue inside the nose for people who sniff or snort it . Infection of Heart lining and valves, Abscesses ( swollen tissue filled with pus ), constipation and stomach cramping, liver and kidney disease, lung complications including pneumonia, Mental disorders such as depression and anti social personality disorder, Sexual dysfunction for men and irregular menstrual cycles for women.

Cocaine is a drug made from leaves of the coco plant native to South America. It is a white powdery substance that reacts with the body’s central nervous system producing energy and euphoria. It can be smoked, snorted or taken as an injection. Cocaine is also known as coke , Blow or powder. It is highly addictive.
Side effects are permanent damage to brain, lungs, liver, kidney and heart. It is known to cause sudden death due to cardiac arrest.

For hundreds of years, people have been using Psychoactive substances to alter their reality. These substances, which include peyote, LSD, PCP and ketamine(special k) to name a few can be consumed in a tablet form, as a straight liquid, as a brewed tea, as a powder that is snorted, as an inhalant , via injection or dissolvable substance on one’s tongue. People consuming these hallucinogens start living in their own imaginary world changing one’s pattern of thinking, acting and reacting to various situations.
Side effects include hallucinations, paranoia, anxiety, panic or fear, Depression and Psychosis.