Drugs TalkParents of Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh

An Garda SiochanaD/Gda Sandra Heelan

Types of Drugs

• Cannabis• Cocaine• Heroin• Ecstasy• Amphetamine• L.S.D/ Magic Mushrooms• Crystal Meth

Cannabis

Cannabis

• Cannabis Resin/ Hash / Gear / Smoke / Blow

• Cannabis Herb/ Grass/ Marijuana/ Herb

Cannabis

• Smoked/ Pipe / Spliff/ Reefer/ Joint/ Bong

• Hash Cakes

CannabisEffects

• Effects after 30 mins/ lasts 1 to 3 hours• Giggling/ Talkative• Intoxication/ Euphoria• Red eyes/ Faster Heartbeat• Anxiety/ fear/ Panic• Impairs short-term memory• Can lead to addiction

Cost(approx)

• Cannabis resin 100 euro / oz

• Cannabis herb 100 euro/ Bag

Cocaine

Cocaine

• Coke /Charlie / Snow

• Crack

Cocaine

• Snorted• Injected • Rubbed into gums• Smoked/ Crack

CocaineEffects

• High after 15 mins• Euphoria• Insomnia• Paranoia• Crash• Depression• Addictive

Cost(approx)

• Between €50 - €70 Gram• Sold in a small self sealing bag

or wrap• Crack is sold in a rock

Heroin

Heroin

•Brown / Gear / Smack / Junk/ Skag

HeroinEffects

• Euphoria• ‘Goofing’ off• Warm Flush• Slurred Speech• Eyes ‘Pinning’• Highly addictive• Sick/ Strung out / Abscesses / HIV /• Tolerance

Heroin

• Smoked / Chasing the dragon• Injected / Veins / Skin

Popping• Snorted

HeroinCost

•A bag or deal or score €25

Ecstasy

Ecstasy

• E’s/ Yolks/ XTC/MDMA• Usually called by the name of the

picture/ shape imprinted • Cost varies/ €10 but less if bought

in bulk• Part of the rave/ dance scene

EcstasyEffects

• Love Drug/Empathy for others• Over Heating• Dehydration• Fatal

Amphetamine

• €15 Gram

• From 1942, the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler received daily injections of methamphetamine from his personal physician, Dr Theodor Morell. The Führer was also familiar with cocaine. Hitler's ailments have been attributed to everything from tertiary syphilis to Parkinson’s disease. But many of The Führer's clinical signs and symptoms may have been caused by his exotic drug regimen.

Amphetamine

• Speed• Phet•Whizz• Paste• Base

Amphetamine

• Taken by mouth/ can of drink/ rubbed in gums

• Injected / Snorted• Buzz/ stimulant/ Talkative/ More

energy• Addictive/ Come down/

depression/Faster heart beat/ overdose

LSD/Magic Mushrooms

LSD/Magic Mushrooms

• Acid/ Shrooms• Hallucinogenic• Bad trip/ good trip/ distorted view of

reality• Flashbacks• Some mushrooms are poisonous

Crystal Meth

• Ice/ Meth/ Crystal• Crystal Chunks• Smoked/ Snorted/ Injected

Crystal MethSigns/Symptoms

• Weight Loss• Paranoia/ Agitation/ Erratic behaviour• Depression• Stroke / death• Rolled up notes/ blades /Burned spoons

LegislationMisuse of Drugs Acts

• Powers• Section 3 Possession for personal use • Section 15 Possession for Sale/ Supply• Section 23 The Power to Search• Section 26 Search Warrant

Lady Heroin

• So now little man, you've grown tired of grass,Amphetamines, acid, downers & hash,Let me introduce you to Lady Heroin...Well honey before you star fooling with me,Just let me inform you of how it will be,I will seduce you and make you my slave,I've sent much stronger than you to the grave.You think you could never become a discrace,and end up addicted to my poppy seed waste.You'll need lots of money just like you've been told,'Cos Darling I'm much more expensive than gold.So you'll start to inhale me one afternoon,Take me in your arm the beginning of doom,And once I have entered deep down in your vein,Your life will never again be the same.I'm expensive and dangerous, and love to live fast,That feeling I give you it will never last.

• You'll swindle your mother just for a buck,You'll turn into something vile and corrupt.You'll rob and you'll steal for my narcotic charms,And you'll only find peace when I'm there in your arms.When you realise the monster into which you've grown,You'll solemly pledge to leave me only,You nay think you've got that mystical knock,Well honey just try getting me off your back,The vomits, the cramps, your guts tied in knots,Your trembling nerves screaming for those needed shots,The hot sweats, the cold chills, the withdrawal pains,Can only be cured by my little brown grains.Theres no turning back, theres no need to look,For deep down inside you know your still hooked.You've given your morals, your conscience, your heart,Your mine now foreverTILL DEATH DO US PART!