Get Tough

Product: Can include a number of general household and office products – solvents, aerosols, glue, petrol.
Street names: Nitrous oxide – laughing gas, whippits, nitrous. Amyl nitrate – snappers, poppers, pearlers, rushamines. Butyl nitrate – locker room, bolt, bullet, rush, climax, red gold.
Symptoms: Slurred speech, impaired coordination, nausea, vomiting, slowed breathing, euphoria.
Potential problems: Brain damage, paralysis, pains in the chest, muscles, joints, heart trouble, severe depression, fatigue, loss of appetite, bronchial spasm, sores on nose or mouth, nosebleeds, diarrhoea, bizarre or reckless behaviour, suffocation, sudden death.

Source - http://www.drugs.health.gov.au

Product: Heroin, morphine, codeine, methadone, buprenorphine, pethidine, Dilaudid, Kapanol, MS Contin.
Street names: Heroin – horse, hammer, H, dope, smack, junk, gear, boy. Morphine – M, Miss Emma, Mister Blue, morph. Methadone – done. Buprenorphine – Bupe.
Symptoms: Lethargy, drowsiness, nausea, constipation, constricted pupils, slowed breathing.
Potential problems: High risk of addiction, mood swings, depression, anxiety, chronic constipation, infection at site of injection, HIV and hepatitis infections through sharing of needles, non-fatal overdose, death from overdose.

Source - http://www.drugs.health.gov.au

As you can see, each and every drug listed can have disastrous affects on the body, affect mental health, and is potentially addictive. Let's do our best to stop it before it starts. If this information prevents even one person from sampling their first illicit drug, then it is all worthwhile. Education is the key!

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