Drug Addiction

Ice, glass, speed, hot ice, quartz, blade,cristy, batu crank, chalk… heard of these names? they are all street names for Methamphetamine/ crystal meth.Methamphetamine is an old drug that has come back with a bang with easier methods of manufacture. Crystal meth, short for methamphetamine, is a powerful and highly addictive drug that affects the central nervous system. Often […]

MDMA (Scientific Name: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) Available in pill tablets or capsule The effect of MDMA sets in within 30 to 60 minutes. In 3.5 to 4 hours it peaks followed by a plateau and then a depressive phase to stave off which the pill is popped again. Effects. The person under influence becomes physically very active alert and

Party Drugs In India: As the saying goes, “Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you’re making too much money.” This has been the swansong of the current party circuit in India. We are witness to a generation that drinks to get sloshed drunk and high to get blown. In most families across India  every celebration

Aunt Nora/Bernice/Binge/ Blow/C/Charlie/Coke/Dust/Flake/Mojo/ are all the street names of the White powder Cocaine. It was discovered by German chemist Albert Neimann. Its use was popularized by Sigmund Freud the famous psychoanalyst who was himself addicted to it. It was also an ingredient of Coca Cola at one point. Cocaine was initially used in the form

Ever seen a kid sniffing something from a pouch or a cloth on railway stations? Seen a school kid’s white ink getting over sooner than it has been bought? Office supplies ordered more than required especially cleaning fluids, glue etc? Most likely you are looking at an addiction to inhalant abuse. Inhalant abuse are drugs

“It is only a herb” “It is all-natural” It is not addictive” “It is being legalized across the world now” “Even Lord Shiva is said to have used it always” These are some of the justifications I hear from people who use or are addicted to using the products of the innocuous plant Cannabis also

The rave and party drug that has taken the party scene by a storm for several decades. it is available in Pill form – Ecstasy – which can however be adulterated by bath salts[cathionines]  or any other chemicals. It is called Molly for “molecular” available in capsule form but which can be mixed with bath

A drug that has taken the Mumbai streets by storm due to lacunae created by poor quality cocaine and is cheaper than it, is Mephedrone also known as M-CAT/ meow-meow/plant food etc. Mephedrone [4-methyl methcathinone (4-MMC) or 4-methyl ephedrone,] is a synthetic stimulant akin to amphetamines and is a cathinone similar to those found in

N Benzyl Methoxy – This is of the class of phenyethyamine derivatives that have been used as research chemicals. It was discovered in 2003 by a chemist Ralph Haim in the Free University of Berlin. It entered the market following research experiments done at Purdue University in 2010. It is a powerful synthetic hallucinogen ,

K2, Spice, Black Mamba, Kush, Kronic, Joker, etc.. these are not names of some movies or nicknames of a person… They are the different names of the drug Synthetic Cannabinoids which comes under the classification of New Psychotropic Substances (NPS) As is self-evident these are human-made psychotropic chemicals that are sprayed on plant material that