Rohypnol, Ketamine, and GHB and its analogues GBL, and BD 1,4 have gained notoriety as drugs used to facilitate sexual assault, adding an urgency to law enforcement efforts to pursue traffickers of these drugs.
Archive for September, 2009
Date Rape Drugs
September 16th, 2009Peyote & Mescaline
September 16th, 2009Peyote is a small, spineless cactus, Lophophora williamsii, whose principal active ingredient is the hallucinogen mescaline.
Talwin® (Pentazocine)
September 16th, 2009The effort to find an effective analgesic with less dependence producing consequences led to the development of pentazocine (Talwin®).
Paral® (Paraldehyde)
September 16th, 2009Paraldehyde (Paral®) is a Schedule IV depressant used most frequently in hospital settings to treat delirium tremens associated with alcohol withdrawal.
Ritalin® (Methylphenidate)
September 16th, 2009Methylphenidate, a Schedule II substance, has a high potential for abuse and produces many of the same effects as cocaine or the amphetamines. The abuse of this substance has been documented among narcotic addicts who dissolve the tablets in water and inject the mixture.
Rohypnol® (Flunitrazepam)
September 16th, 2009Rohypnol is manufactured in pill form. The licit market for the drug is currently supplied with a 1-milligram dose in an olive green, oblong tablet, imprinted with the number 542. The new tablet includes a dye that, according to Hoffman-La Roche (the makers of Rohypnol) will be visible if it is slipped into a drink.
Salvia Divinorum
September 16th, 2009Salvia divinorum is a perennial herb in the mint family native to certain areas of the Sierra
Mazateca region of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is not controlled under the federal Controlled Substances
Act (CSA). The plant has large green leaves, hollow square stems and white flowers with purple
calyces.
Stimulants
September 16th, 2009Stimulants are sometimes referred to as uppers and reverse the effects of fatigue on both mental and physical tasks. Two commonly used stimulants are nicotine, found in tobacco products, and caffeine, an active ingredient in coffee, tea, some soft drinks, and many non-prescription medicines.
Thebaine
September 16th, 2009Thebaine, a minor constituent of opium, is controlled in Schedule II of the CSA as well as under international law. Although chemically similar to both morphine and codeine, thebaine produces stimulatory rather than depressant effects.
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Anorectic Drugs
September 16th, 2009A number of drugs have been developed and marketed to replace amphetamines as appetite suppressants. These anorectic drugs include benzphetamine (Didrex®), diethylproprion (Tenuate®, Tepanil®), mazindol (Sanorex®, Mazanor®), phendimetrazine (Bontril®, Prelu-27®), and phentermine (lonamin®, Fastin®, Adipex®).