Typical Club Drugs and Their Uses
Club drugs are drugs used by some individuals that attend raves, clubs and bars. While not all people that go to raves, clubs and bars use illegal drugs, club drugs are found in these places quite often. Ecstasy, Rohypnol, GHB and Ketamine are all classified as club drugs. Ecstasy is a psychoactive drug similar to methamphetamine and mescaline. It is used to produce a high and a feeling of euphoria, often accompanied with hallucinations.. Rohypnol and GHB are depressants that are often used for sexually assault and rape. These drugs became popular in the 1990s but seem to have now been replaces with Xanax. Ketamine is an animal tranquilizer used in high doses to hallucinate.
While the use of the these club drugs has been declining for several years, 12.3 million Americans 12 and older have used at least one of these drugs one time. There are many different ways these drugs can be harmful ranging from heart conditions to death.
March 27th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Just like the article was saying, not all people go to clubs just to use those drugs, those drugs just seem to be more enmeshed with the culture than others. I was into the punk scene and the drugs that came a long with that lifestyle and culture was mainly alcohol, some hallucinogens like mushrooms and acid, and occasionally speed but it never stopped me from searching out other drugs outside of my group of friends. When I was in full tilt during my using I would use about almost anything as long as it got me high. A lot of people would make the assumption that because I fit better into one class or group of people that certain drugs were off limits to me or foreign. My experience with active alcoholism and drug addiction is that I didnt have to belong to one group, be in one certain place or setting, have on certain clothes to use drugs, by the end of my using i didnt have much of a soul or personality to use as a justification for my use anyway. I used to use my affiliation with the punk scene to justify my drinking and behavior like getting arrested, failing classes, and abusing myself. I now know though that I can use anything to excuse or justify my behavior, and when it comes to drinking it’s simple, I love to drink because I’m an alcoholic, not because I wear certain clothes or perfer a certain activity or another. Being in recovery though has been hard and wonderful at the same time, I’m getting the oppurtunity to really get to know myself and build a life out of the ashes of the one I left behind. Having a higher power in my life, a sponsor, and the 12 steps to work have helped me to come to terms with me and start to gain my personality and individuality back that alcohol and drugs robbed me of when I was using.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:53 am
And if you think about the ages of the kids that do drugs..