Drug Identification Table

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Stimulants

SUBSTANCE	STREET NAME	MEDICAL USE	ADMINISTRATION	SCHEDULE
Amphetamine	Biphetamine, Dexedrine, Black Beauties, Crosses, Hearts	Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), obesity, narcolepsy	Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed	II
Cocaine	Coke, Crack, Flake, Rocks, Snow	Local anesthetic	Injected, snorted, smoked	II
Methamphetamine	Crank, Crystal, Glass, Ice, Speed	ADHD, obesity narcolepsy	Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed	II
Methyl-phenidate	Ritalin	ADHD, narcolepsy	Injected, oral	II

SUBSTANCE	STREET NAME	MEDICAL USE	ADMINISTRATION	SCHEDULE
LSD	Acid, Microdot	None	Oral	I
Mescaline	Buttons, Cactus	None	Oral	I
Phencyclidine and Analogs	PCP, Angel Dust, Boat, Hog, Love Boat	Anesthetic (Veterinary)	Injected, oral, smoked	I, II
Psilocybin	Magic Mushrooms, Purple Passion, Shrooms	None	Oral	I
Amphetamine Variants	DOB, DOM, MDM, MDMA, Adam, Ecstasy, STP, XTC	None	Oral	I
Marijuana/ Hashish	Blunt, Grass, Herb, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Smoke, Weed, Hash	None	Oral, smoked	I
Tetrahydrocannabinol	Marinol, THC	Antiemetic	Oral, smoked	I, II
Ketamine	K, Special K, Vitamin K, Kit Kat	Anesthetic (Human/ Veterinary)	Oral, smoked, injected	III
Anabolic Steroids	Testosterone (T/Eratio), Stanazolol, Nandrolene	Hormone Replacement Therapy	Oral, injected	III

SUBSTANCE	STREET NAME	MEDICAL USE	ADMINISTRATION	SCHEDULE
Codeine	Tylenol, Robitussin A-C, Empirin and Fiorinal - all w/codeine	Analgesic, antitussive	Injected, oral	II, III, IV
Heroin	Diacetylmorphine, Horse, Smack	None	Injected, smoked, sniffed	I
Methadone	Amidone, Dolophine, Methadose	Analgesic, treatment for opiate dependence	Injected, oral	II
Morphine	Roxanol, Duramorph	Analgesic	Injected, oral, smoked	II, III
Opium	Laudanum, Paregoric	Analgesic, antidiarrheal	Oral, smoked	II, III, IV
Oxycodone	OxyContin, Percolone Roxicodone	Analgesics	Oral, sniffed	II

SUBSTANCE	STREET NAME	MEDICAL USE	ADMINISTRATION	SCHEDULE
GHB	G, Liquid Ecstasy, Grievous Bodily Harm, Goob, Liquid X	None	Oral	I
Methaqualone	Quaalude, Ludes	None	Oral	I
Barbiturates	Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, Phenobarbital, Barbs	Anesthetic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative	Injected, oral	II, III, IV
Benzo- diazepines	Activan, Halicion, Librium, Rohypnol, Valium, Roofies, Tranks, Xanax	Antianxiety, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative	Injected, oral	IV

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