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SYNTHETIC DRUGS
PRESENTATION DISPLAYS Legal Highs:

Chemistry’s Dark Side
Exposes the dangerous designer
drugs on sale in this country
and how unethical chemists and
“pushers” are marketing these
drugs for profi t. Encourages young
people to not turn themselves into
FREE guinea pigs for untested and deadly
Imprint! synthetic drugs.
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Herbal Synthetic A Parent's Guide:
Synthetic Drugs – Authentic Danger
ResouRces
Incense: Fake Cocaine: Synthetic Drugs
Parents - The Antidrug:
While the threats posed by illegal drugs are dangerous enough, they are not the only substance abuse
Marijuana concern for parents. Along with legal prescription drugs, synthetic drugs (or “Legal Highs”) are often 800-662-HELP A PArent’s Synthetic drugs, or
Unbearable
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mistakenly viewed by teens as safe because they are not prohibited by law. These dangerous products
appear on gas station cash counters and in head shops around the country, giving the impression that
they are legal, danger-free alternatives to better-known drugs like marijuana, LSD, and other psycho- The Partnership at Drugfree.org: guide:
Addiction
855-378-4373
Discusses the actives. National, state, and local law enforcement agencies are scrambling to devise an effective www.drugfree.org designer drugs, are
response strategy to these products, but in the meantime it’s up to parents to educate themselves and
www.timetotalk.org
their children about synthetic drugs. It could save your child’s life.
forms of synthetic Discusses MDPV: a Synthetic Drugs widely available and
National Institute on Drug Abuse - Parenting
What are Synthetic Drugs?
Resources:
www.drugabuse.gov/parents-teachers
Psychoactive drugs contain chemicals that travel through the bloodstream to the brain, triggering forms
THC being sold as dangerous drug sold as extremely dangerous.
of hallucinations such as false smells and tastes, moods, and other forms of altered consciousness.
Unscrupulous companies looking for a way to cash in on the addiction of drug users without technically
incense. Exposes the bath salts. Exposes the This pamphlet educates
breaking the law discovered ways to artificially combine, or “synthesize,” chemicals that would have
the same effects as illegal drugs. Oddly enough, in some ways these synthetic creations are more
dangerous than the drugs they copy, since there is little to no information on their potential dangers. In
deceptive techniques deceptive techniques parents about the
one case, users of a newly designed and unstudied synthetic drug developed lifelong symptoms similar
to those of Parkinson’s disease after just one dose.
used to market these used to market these dangers of synthetic
products, the dangers products, the dangers drugs and gives them
of inhaling untested of using untested, un- the tools they need to
chemicals, and the researched chemicals, identify and prevent
potential long-term the cocaine-like high, young people from using
dangers to mental and the long-term them.
and physical health. dangers to health. English PB-DA179
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SYNTHETIC DRUGS for more informAtion YABA Yaba: Meth,

Caffeine and
WhAt is YABA?
YABA
A colorful, addictive drug has made its
Yaba, which is primarily made in the southeast
way across the ocean from Asia to the
INFORMATION CENTER meth,,caffeine Addiction
Asian country of Burma, contains a deadly
Go to www.intheknowzone.com for more
combination of meth and caffeine. The caffeine
United States in the last few years. While
& addiction
information on substance abuse. Increase
it originates in Asia, it has played a part in
your knowledge using the information,
makes the drug even more dangerous than
statistics, images, and links. Test your
A addictive mixture of
world history, even giving Nazi soldiers an
meth alone, adding increased energy and blood
understanding with a quick quiz.
extra boost of energy to commit crimes
against humanity. While Yaba has a long pressure to a state of confusion, paranoia, and Don’t stay in the dark. meth and caffeine, yaba
incoherence. You might hear people refer to Yaba
Get In the Know!
history of addicting and destroying its users,
Synthetic drug abuse is a growing problem that is taking a toll on our nation’s
by a few other names, such as “Nazi speed” or
only recently has it immigrated to the United
“crazy medicine” (the literal meaning of the Thai
States. Today, it is unfortunately becoming
youth. Fight back with nine prevention pamphlets. word “Yaba”). abuse is increasing in
youth. Fight back with nine prevention pamphlets.
more common to find the drug at parties
and clubs, introducing young people to a popularity. Reader's
danger even greater than meth. Although historY
illegal around the world, Yaba’s increasing
Includes 100 each: learn of its dangerous
popularity and the bright colors of its tablets
The most notorious use of Yaba occurred during
make it a real threat to teens and even
• Synthetic Cocaine
• Bromo Dragonfl y the 1940s, when German soldiers took it to effects.
prepare for strenuous activity like fighting battles.
young children.
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• Prescription Drugs
widespread use in southeast Asia is responsible
for countless road accidents and violent deaths.
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• Mephedrone country. As these users introduce it to their new
acquaintances, however, it is quickly becoming
a popular alternative to more carefully controlled
• Over the Counter Drug Abuse
drugs with similar effects.
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