Psychotropic drugs :
glossary
Abstinence :
Total discontinuation of the product without any form of substitution.
The need to increase doses of a psychotropic substance to obtain the same effects.
Used to it, accustomed to it, numbed by it, the user will have to take larger and larger quantities, more and more often. Despite the terrible consequences - fatigue, bad grades, lying, stealing - all he can think about is drugs, buying them and using them.
Addiction :
Rudimentary water pipe (e.g. plastic bottle) used to concentrate and inhale the smoke of a substance after it has been moistened by contact with water or alcohol. This humidification allows the THC to pass immediately into the bloodstream via the throat, tongue and respiratory tract.
The result is a violent high, with alcohol and cannabis mutually enhancing each other's effects.
This extremely dangerous practice promotes early cancer of the tongue and trachea (we have received testimonials from 18-year-olds).
Bang :
Half-life :
This is the time it takes for a healthy organism (one that has never consumed) to eliminate 50% of the substance absorbed.
Difficulty in functioning without a product. Physiological state setting in after using drugs and leading to repetitive self administering, sometimes against one's will.
Dependency :
Hash Pipe :
A sometimes graduated metal cylinder or clay pipe to smoke hashish.
Mixing certain types of drugs lead to the mutual increase in their effects. Alcohol is known to potentialize the effect of all other drugs.
Potentializer :
Having an effect on the mind.
Psychotropic :
A product that has been stored in the body fat is reactivated by stress or fear: anger, physical or verbal violence, aggression.
Many road accidents are due to this phenomenon as the drug user finds himself under the influence of the product and loses his faculties.
Releasing :
Ceasing consumption of a psychotropic drug.
The best results in the whole world are obtained thanks to complete abstinence.
Withdrawal :
Snort :
To inhale drugs through the nose.
To replace a product by another. In toxicology, to give of a legal psychotropic drug made in a pharmaceutical laboratory–antidepressant, sleeping pills, anti-psychotics, amphetamines–to replace a "street" drug.
Substitute :
Trip :
To feel the effects of a psychotropic drug.