3. What is a Club Drug?
• Club drugs are group of psychoactive drugs. They act on the central
nervous system and can cause changes in mood, awareness, and how you
act. These drugs are often abused by young adults at all-night dance
parties, dance clubs, and bars.
• Club drugs are also sometimes used as "date rape" drugs, to make
someone unable to say no to or fight back against sexual assault.
Abusing these drugs can cause serious health problems and sometimes
death. They are even more dangerous if you use them with alcohol.
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5. How are Club Drugs abused?
• GHB (Xyrem) and Rohypnol are available in odorless, colorless, and
tasteless forms that are frequently combined with alcohol and other
beverages. Both drugs have been used to commit sexual assaults. The
dugs are also known as the “date rape,” “drug rape,” “acquaintance
rape,” or “drug-assisted” drug. They are very common all over. These
drugs are very powerful. Their ability is to sedate and incapacitate
unsuspecting victims, preventing them from resisting sexual assault.
• GHB is usually ingested orally, either in liquid or powder form, while
Rohypnol is typically taken orally in pill form. Recent reports, however,
have shown that Rohypnol is being ground up and snorted.
6. Examples of Commercial & Street Names:
• MDMA: Ecstasy, Adam, clarity, Eve, lover's speed, peace, uppers
* How administered: (swallowed, snorted, injected)
• Rohypnol: forget-me pill, Mexican Valium, R2, roach, Roche, roofies,
roofinol, rope, rophies
* How administered: (Swallowed, snorted)
• Gamma-hydroxybutyrate: G, Georgia home boy, grievous bodily harm, liquid
ecstasy, soap, scoop, goop, liquid X
• How administered: (Swallowed)
7. How Do Club Drugs Affect the Brain?
• GHB acts on at least two sites in the brain: the GABAB receptor and a
specific GHB binding site. At high doses, GHB’s sedative effects may
result in sleep, coma, or death.
• Rohypnol, like other benzodiazepines, acts at the GABAA receptor. It can
produce anterograde amnesia, in which individuals may not remember
events they experienced while under the influence of the drug.
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9. What Other Effects Do Club Drugs Have on peoples Health?
• Coma and seizures can occur following use of GHB. Combined use
with other drugs such as alcohol can result in nausea and breathing
difficulties. GHB when mixed with other club drugs have been
involved in poisonings, overdoses, date rapes, and deaths.
• Rohypnol may be lethal when mixed with alcohol and/or other CNS
depressants.
10. Other Effects:
• Acute Effects, for MDMA - Mild hallucinogenic effects; increased
tactile sensitivity; empathic feelings; lowered inhibition; anxiety; chills;
sweating; teeth clenching; muscle cramping
• Also, for GHB - Drowsiness; nausea; headache; disorientation; loss of
coordination; memory loss
• Health Risks, for MDMA - Sleep disturbances; depression; impaired
memory; hyperthermia; addiction
• Also, for GHB - Unconsciousness; seizures; coma
