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Drug abuse is classed as the abuse of
narcotic and hallucinogenic substances and
stimulants. They are classified generally as
(1) most harmful: heroin, morphine, opium,
and other narcotics; cocaine, a powerful,
dangerous stimulant and its relative, crack;
hallucinogens, such as mescalin and LSD; and
injectable amphetamines, such as methedrine;
(2) less harmful: narcotics such as codeine
and cannabis (marijuana); stimulants of the
amphetamine type, such as Benzedrine; and
barbiturate sedatives; and (3) least harmful:
milder drugs of the amphetamine type.
"Designer drugs", for example ecstasy, are
usually modifications of the amphetamine
molecule, altered in order to evade the law
as well as for different effects, and may be
many times more powerful and dangerous.
Crack, for example, became available to drug
users in the 1980s. Sources of traditional
drugs include the "Golden Triangle" (where
Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand meet), Mexico,
Colombia, China, Pakistan, and the Middle
East.
Subject by: Darren Wells