Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)
What is GHB? Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is another name for the generic drug sodium oxybate. Xyrem® (which is sodium oxybate) is the trade name of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved...
Drug Fact Sheets
Educational information about the drugs out there including their dangers and effects.
Flakka (alpha-PVP)
What are they? Flakka (alpha-PVP), is a dangerous drug that is similar to the street drug commonly known as bath salts. Flakka is typically white or pink in color, and is found in crystal form. Street...
LSD
What is LSD? Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a potent hallucinogen that has a high potential for abuse and currently has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. Street Title Aci...
Peyote & Mescaline
What is Peyote & Mescaline? Peyote is a small, spineless cactus. The active ingredient in peyote is the hallucinogen mescaline. Street Title Buttons, Cactus, Mesc, Peyoto How is it abused? The fresh o...
Psilocybin
What is Psilocybin? Psilocybin comes from certain types of psilocybe mushrooms. Psilocybin is metabolized in the body to the active drug psilocyn, also present in many of the same mushrooms. Street Ti...
Steroids
What are Steroids? Anabolic steroids are synthetically produced variants of the naturally occurring male hormone testosterone that are abused in an attempt to promote muscle growth, enhance athletic o...
Stimulants
What are Stimulants? Stimulants speed up the body’s systems. This class of drugs includes: Prescription drugs such as amphetamines [Adder- all® and Dexedrine®], methylphenidate [Concerta® and Rit...
Synthetic Opioids
What are Synthetic Opioids? Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized in a laboratory and that act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids (e.g., morphine and codeine) to produ...
Spice/ K2, Synthetic Marijuana
What is Spice/ K2, Synthetic Marijuana? K2 and Spice are just two of the many trade names or brands for synthetic designer drugs that are intended to mimic THC, the main psychoactive ingredient of mar...