Opiater er stoff som innvirker på sentralnervesystemet og lindrer smerte. Vedvarende bruk og misbruk kan føre til fysisk avhengighet og abstinenser. De finnes som piller, kapsler eller væske.
Noen av de kjente merkene og gatenavnene:
STOFF AVLEDET AV OPIATER OG MORFIN
NAVN PÅ GATA
BRAND NAMES
Fiorional with Codeine
Robitussin A-C
Tylenol with Codeine
Empirin with Codeine
Roxanol
Duramorph
Demerol
STREET NAMES
Captain Cody
Cody
Schoolboy
Doors & Fours
Pancakes & Syrup
Loads
M
Miss Emma
Monkey
White Stuff
Demmies
Pain killer
BRAND NAMES
Actiq
Duragesic
Sublimaze
OxyContin
Percodan
Percocet
Tylox
Dilaudid
STREET NAMES
Apache
China girl
Dance fever
Goodfella
Murder 8
Tango and Cash
China white
Friend
Jackpot
TNT
Oxy 80
Oxycat
Hillbilly heroin
Percs
Perks
Juice
Dillies
REFERANSER
- “Drug Scheduling,” U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- “Selected Prescription Drugs with Potential for Abuse,” National Institute on Drug Abuse
- International Narcotics Control Board
- Office of Drug Control Policy
- “Prescription Sedatives & Tranquilizers,” Partnership for
a Drug-Free America - Statement by Leonard J. Paulozzi before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crimes and Drugs, 12 March 2008
- Center for Substance Abuse Research
- National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2007
- Suicidality, violence and mania caused by SSRIs: A review and analysis, P. Breggin.
- “Depressants,” US Department of Health & Human Services and SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information
- “Prescription drugs a gateway for teen drug abuse,” Houston Chronicle, 4 September 2008
