Narcotics Control Bureau

 Common Drugs & Their Effects

Drugs/Trade or Other Names	Usual Methods of Administration	Medical Uses	Immediate (Short Time)	Delayed (Prolonged)	Effects of Overdose	Withdrawal Syndrome
Opium, Apheem	Oral, Smoked	Analgesic, antidiarheal	Euphoria Drowsiness	Impaired health High incidence of	Slow and shallow breathing, clammy	Insomnia, watery eyes, runny nose,
Morphine, Morphia	Oral, Smoked, Injected	Analgesic, antitussive, Cardiac cases	Nausea, Respiratory depression	infection & infectious diseases eg. :	skin, circulatory failure, convulsions, coma,	yawning, loss of appetite, irritability, tremors, panic,
Codeine, Empirin, Codeine Phosphate,	Oral, Injected	Analgesic, antitussive	Constricted pupils	i) Septicemia (ii) Endocarditis (iii)Hepatitis	possible death	cramps, nausea/ vomiting, chills and
Heroin, Diacetylmorphine, Smack, Brown Sugar	Injected, Smoked, Sniffed	None	......	(iv)Tetanus (v) Pulmonary, Cerebral & Subcutaneous Abscesses	...........	sweating, diarrhoea
Meperidine, Demerol, Pethidine	Oral, Injected	Analgesic	.......	Early death Tolerance	.......	.......
Other Narcotics, Lomotil	Oral, Injected	Antidiarrheal, antitussive	.......	Behavioral changes	......	.......

Social Dysfunction:
Home: Family dysfunctioning, child abuse, separation, divorce,
School: Dropouts, failures, acting out behavior.
Job: Poor efficiency, suspension, Loss of Job, Loss of productivity
Community: Impaired driving, assaults, theft, murder, rape, domestic violence,
Economic Losses.

DEPRESSANTS

Drugs/Trade or other names	Usual Methods of Administration	Medical Uses	Immediate (Short Time)	Delayed (Prolonged)	Effects of Overdose	Withdrawal Syndrome
Barbiturates, Amytal, Butisol, Cyclobarbital, Barbital, Nembutal, Seconal, Tuinal, Phenobarbital, Amobarbital	Oral	Anesthetic, anticonvulsant, sedative, hypnotic, veterinary euthanasia agent	Slurred speech, disorientation, drunken behavior without odour of alcohol, sluggishness	Sluggishness, difficulty in thinking, slowness and slurring of speech, poor comprehension & memory, faulty	Shallow respiration clammy skin, dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, possible death	Anxiety, insomnia, tremors, delirium, convulsions, possible death
Benzodiazepines, Diazepam, Librium, Valium, Paxipam, Calmpose	Oral	Antianxiety, anticonvulsant, Sedative, hypnotic	........	judgment, narrowed range of attention, exaggeration of	..........	............
Methaqualone, Mandrax, Prodorm, Nindra	Oral	Sedative, hypnotic	.........	basic personality traits, irritability, quarrelsome,	...........	............
Other Depressants, Placidyl	Oral	Antianxiety, anticonvulsant, sedative, hypnotic	........	Moroseness	.........	............

STIMULANTS

Drugs/Trade or other names	Usual Methods of Administration	Medical Uses	Immediate (Short Time)	Delayed (Prolonged)	Effects of Overdose	Withdrawal Syndrome
Cocaine, Crack	Sniffed, smoked, injected	Local anesthetic	Increased alertness,	Microvascular damage, neuronal	Agitation, Increase in body	Apathy, Long periods of sleep,
Amphetamines, Dexedrine, Dexamphetamine, Biphetamine	Oral, injected	Attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy, weight control	Excitation, violent behavior, euphoria, increased pulse rate & blood	chromatolysis, postural abnormalities, psychosis	temperature, hallucinations, convulsions, possible death	Irritability, depression, isorientation
Amphetamines, Dexedrine, Dexamphetamine, Biphetamine Phenmetrazine, Preludin	Oral, injected	Weight control	pressure, Insomnia, loss of appetite	.............	................	.............
Methylphenidate, Ritalin	Oral, injected	Attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy	.........	...........	.............	.............
Other Stimulants, Sanorex, Adipex, Didrex, etc.	Oral, injected	Weight control	..........	............	.............	...............

HALLUCINOGENS

Drugs/Trade or other names	Usual Methods of Administration	Medical Uses	Immediate (Short Time)	Delayed (Prolonged)	Effects of Overdose	Withdrawal Syndrome
LSD, Acid, Microdot	Oral	None	Illusions & hallucinations,	Serious depression,	Longer, more intense trip	Unknown
Amphetamine Variants, MDMA, Ecstacy	Oral, injected	None	Poor perception of time and distance	Prolonged psychotic episodes or paranoid behavior, deficits	episodes, psychosis, possible death	.........
Phencycldine, PCP	Smoked, oral, injected	None	...........	in the capacity for abstract thinking,	............	..........
Other hallucinogens, Magic Mushroom, Psilocybin, Psilocyn	Smoked, oral, injected, sniffed	None	............	"Flash backs"	..........	..........

CANNABIS

Drugs/Trade or other names	Usual Methods of Administration	Medical Uses	Immediate (Short Time)	Delayed (Prolonged)	Effects of Overdose	Withdrawal Syndrome
Marijuana, Pot, Grass, Reefer, Bhang, Ganja, Sulfa	Smoked, oral	None	Euphoria, relaxed inhibitions, increased appetite,	Increased heart rate, increase in systolic blood	Fatigue, paranioa, possible psychosis	Insomnia, hyperactivity and decreased appetite
Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, Marinol	Smoked, oral	Cancer, chemotheraphy, antinauseant	disoriented behavior	pressure, altered perception of time, Change in	..........	............
Hashish, Hash, Charas	Smoked, oral	None	............	personality, decreased interest	.........	............
Hashish Oil, Hash Oil,	Smoked, oral	None	.........	in achievement & pursuit of conventional goals	..........	...........