1. Amphetamines Uppers, stimulants. Legitimate and useful medical applications, but often abused. Example Ritalin for ADHD.

Adderall for obesity, ADHD and narcolepsy.

2. Ecstasy MDMA. Club drug often used at all night dance parties

(raves). Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood

pressure and can lead to heart or kidney failure; regular

use produces long-lasting, perhaps permanent, damage

to your brains ability to think and store memories.

3. Hallucinogens Substances that occur naturally or produce synthetically

that distort user's perception of reality; cause sensory illusions that make it difficult to distinguish fact from fantasy.

Example: LSD, peyote, PCP.

4. Barbiturates Historically represented one of nations biggest drug

abuse problems. Generally known as downers, often taken as a way of escaping problems of daily living. Effects

range from person feeling drowsy, uninhibited, and intoxicated to intoxication and staggering as if drunk, slurred

speech, confused.

5. Nicotine Found in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic alkaloid, stimulant drug, addictive. Associated with cardiovascular disease, potential birth defects, and poisoning. Associated

with cancer.

6. Suppositories Drug delivery system inserted into rectum, vagina, or

urethra where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into

the bloodstream.

7. Diuretics Promotes production of urine. Used for high blood pressure. Often used by bulimics for weight loss.

8. Intravenous injection

A route of drug administration directly into the bloodstream through a vein.Yield sstrongest and most rapid

effact but is most dangerous due to risk of infection, vein

collapse, or overdose.

9. A route of drug administration; injected into the muscle.