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	speedball@Everything2.com
		Speedball is a term used to refer to the concurrent use of stimulants and opiates.
		Speedballing does not cause cardiac arrythmia and does, in fact, reduce a lot of the negative side-effects of stimulant consumption.
		A user who has been speedballing also should not be administered with any opioid antagonists such as naloxone or narcan since the removing the sedative effects from the opiates in the user's system can greatly increase cocaine-toxicity.
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?node=speedball (1791 words)

	Drug Rehab for Cocaine Addiction, Drug Free At Last
		Today, cocaine is a Schedule II drug, meaning that it has high potential for abuse, but can be administered by a doctor for legitimate medical uses, such as a local anesthetic for some eye, ear, and throat surgeries.
		Use of cocaine in a binge, during which the drug is taken repeatedly and at increasingly high doses, leads to a state of increasing irritability, restlessness, and paranoia.
		Drug abuse-related spread of HIV can result from direct transmission of the virus through the sharing of contaminated needles and paraphernalia between injecting drug users.
	www.drugfreeatlast.com /cocaine.html (1947 words)

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		Use of cocaine in a binge, during which the drug is taken repeatedly and at increasingly high doses, leads to a state of increasing irritability, restlessness, and paranoia.
		The full extent of the effects of prenatal drug exposure on a child is not completely known, but many scientific studies have documented that babies born to mothers who abuse cocaine during pregnancy are often prematurely delivered, have low birth weights and smaller head circumferences, and are often shorter in length.
		Estimating the full extent of the consequences of maternal drug abuse is difficult, and determining the specific hazard of a particular drug to the unborn child is even more problematic, given that, typically, more than one substance is abused.
	www.drug-rehab.com /cocaine.htm (3690 words)

	Drug abuse Medical Information
		Drug abuse is the use of illicit drugs, or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs.
		Because the metabolite (the substance formed when the body breaks down the drug) of marijuana may be stored in the body's fat tissue, evidence of marijuana may be found in heavy users through urine testing up to 1 month after discontinuing the drug.
		Drug addiction is a serious and complicated health condition that requires both physiological and psychological treatment and support.
	www.drugs.com /enc/drug-abuse.html (2415 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for speedball
		An unofficial name by which a street drug is referred to by its users and dealers.
		A highly addictive sympathomimetic alkaloid substance obtained from the Andean coca shrubs Erythroxylon coca and E. truxillense, consumed as a drug in various forms, including coca leaves, which are chewed by native populations in parts of Central and South America, coca paste (basulca...
		A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in addition to its anesthetic effect, it constricts small arteries, lessening bleeding.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=speedball (369 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: A Dutch Addict's View of Methadone Maintenance
		In response to questions, Jan described the difference between various drug combinations: heroin and cocaine was a cocktail; heroin and speed was a speedball; and coke and speed was a snowball.
		From Jan's discussion of the drug scene and his current use of illegal drugs, it was apparent that there was a widespread and active illegal market in drugs in this city as well as in others in Holland.
		Jan said that "all clients are still involved continually in taking illegal drugs." These drugs included heroin, cocaine and stimulants; for the most part, hash and marihuana use were taken for granted as these are openly and "legally" available for purchase at designated bars.
	www.drugpolicy.org /library/tlcball.cfm (2150 words)

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		In the early 1900s, it became the main stimulant drug used in most of the tonics/elixirs that were developed to treat a wide variety of illnesses.
		Today, cocaine is a Schedule II drug, meaning that it has high potential for abuse, but can be administered by a doctor for legitimate medical uses, such as a local anesthetic for some eye, ear, and throat surgeries.
		In the normal communication process, dopamine is released by a neuron into the synapse (the small gap between two neurons), where it binds with specialized proteins (called dopamine receptors) on the neighboring neuron, thereby sending a signal to that neuron.
	www.drug-rehabs.com /cocaine-rehab.htm (1316 words)

	A country swamped with cut-price drugs - 14 Sep 2006 - Topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A second study of 100 drug addicts revealed that speedballing was the main method of drug-taking for 80 per cent of those interviewed, compared with 25 per cent a decade ago.
		Drug agencies are concerned about speedballing because it increases the risk of overdose.
		A speedball is usually made by crumbling a crack rock into a preheated spoon of heroin and a form of citric acid in water - which makes a soluble cocktail.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /topic/story.cfm?c_id=181&objectid=10401217 (1048 words)

	WFAA.com \| Latest News
		Drug dealers are mixing small amounts of heroin with crushed Tylenol PM tablets and selling it cheap at Dallas schools, the newest low-cost high available to kids.
		Lois Jordan runs a drug counseling center in Dallas that offers rehabilitation programs for teens, and she aided several families that were caught up in the Plano heroin use in the late 1990s.
		Drugs that are cheap and accessible, she said, "will increase user experimentation," adding that kids who start using drugs at a young age are at greater risk of addiction.
	www.wfaa.com /sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042806dnmetnewdrug.13fb8bb3.html (925 words)

	eMedicine - Cocaine Abuse : Article by Carmelito (Sonny) Arkangel, Jr, MD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Drug abuse, chemical dependency, and addictive behavior spare no one and is spread throughout society.
		This is based on the user's attitude toward the drug, the physical setting in which the drug is being used, his or her physical condition, and whether or not the person is a regular user.
		All IV drug users are at risk for infections such as cellulitis (soft tissue infection at the injection site), abscesses at the injection sites, tetanus or lockjaw, lung or brain abscesses, or infection of the heart valves.
	www.emedicine.com /aaem/topic112.htm (5275 words)

	DanceSafe: UK: A Country Swamped With Cut-Price Drugs
		A second study of 100 drug addicts revealed that speedballing was the main method of drug-taking for 80 per cent of those interviewed, compared with 25 per cent a decade ago.
		People who speedball also inject up to five times more often than heroin-only injectors, which means they are more likely to inject directly into an artery, block veins and get deep vein thrombosis and abscesses.
		A speedball is usually made by crumbling a crack rock into a preheated spoon of heroin and a form of citric acid in water - which makes a soluble cocktail.
	www.mapinc.org /safe/v06/n1227/a04.html (953 words)

	Speedball (drug) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Speedball is a drug term for the mixing of heroin and cocaine.
		This is a potentially lethal concoction: the cocaine acts as a stimulant, raising the heartbeat, but its effects wear off more quickly than those of heroin, which in turn slows the heart.
		The term "speedball" was by consensus almost always in reference to an injection unless otherwise stated, but the popularization of the concept in recent years has meant that many people who insufflate heroin and cocaine now combine the two drugs in order to achieve the purported effects.
	www.pillscatalog.net /w/index.php?title=Speedball_(drug)&action=edit (534 words)

	NIDA - Publications - NIDA Notes - Vol. 17, No. 3 - Research Findings
		Speedball is a cocaine-heroin mixture that is taken by some injecting drug users and may increase the adverse consequences of drug abuse, such as greater severity of psychiatric disorders, higher incidence of failure in drug abuse treatment, and increased risk of contracting HIV infection.
		Five monkeys previously trained to self-administer cocaine were given access to speedball combinations (3:1 ratios of cocaine to heroin), which they began to self-administer more than 70 times a day.
		The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
	www.drugabuse.gov /NIDA_notes/NNVol17N3/Combining.html (742 words)

	Mississippi Drug rehab, drug rehab center for drugs and alcohol addiction in Mississippi
		Drug rehab is a process with different parts in order to bring a person to a drug and alcohol free life.
		All in all, the ultimate goal of an outpatient drug rehab is to help the individual recover from drug addiction so that they may re-enter society and lead responsible, successful drug and alcohol free lives.
		Many who go to raves and trances do not use club drugs, but those who do might be attracted to them by their generally low cost, and by the intoxicating highs that are said to heighten the rave or trance experience.
	www.drug-rehab-center.org /Mississippi.htm (2549 words)

	Drug
		The economic costs of alcohol and drug abuse in the United States, taking into account injuries and deaths caused by drunk drivers, medical treatment for alcoholism and injuries or deaths due in part to alcohol-induced accidents or intentional acts of violence, is estimated at $245 billion.
		Effect of the drug: The effects can last from approximately 4 to 12 hours, but the initial high or "peak" is gone within minutes of ingestion, leaving the user to face a "crash," or a low, desperate feeling which sparks a strong desire to use the drug again.
		The drug is primarily used by athletes and body builders and is usually purchased through friends, or a contact at a health club or gym.
	www.denisonia.com /police/Drug.htm (6991 words)

	Drug abuse
		Drug abuse is the use of illicit drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed.
		Because the metabolite (the substance formed when the body breaks down the drug) of marijuana may be stored in the body's fat tissue, evidence of marijuana may be demonstrated in heavy users through urine testing up to 1 month after discontinuing the drug.
		Because heroin is commonly used intravenously, the associated health concerns specific to IV drug use and sharing needles or using contaminated needles (such as hepatitis, HIV infection, and AIDS) must be considered.
	www.pennhealth.com /ency/article/001945.htm (2264 words)

	Cocaine Facts and Cocaine Addiction Treatment
		In the early 1900s, it became the main stimulant drug used in most of the tonics/elixirs that were developed to treat a wide variety of illnesses.
		The full extent of the effects of prenatal drug exposure on a child is not completely known, but many scientific studies have documented that babies born to mothers who abuse cocaine during pregnancy are often prematurely delivered, have low birth weights and smaller head circumferences, and are often shorter in length.
		Estimating the full extent of the consequences of maternal drug abuse is difficult, and determining the specific hazard of a particular drug to the unborn child is even more problematic, given that, typically, more than one substance is abused.
	www.starliterecovery.com /cocaine.asp (3517 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance Discussion ~ View topic - Speed is Speed
		While the term "speedball" can be used to mean the simultaneous use of any opiate with a stimulant, its most common usage is in reference to heroin and cocaine (not speed).
		Our laws have disrupted the drug marketplace to a point there is no need to discuss drugs and their danger.
		What I am saying: Use the drugs that have been found in a deceased overdosed person to determine what drugs are dangerous to form a drug policy is just as insane as the person taking the drug.
	forums.drugpolicy.org /viewtopic.php?p=232 (959 words)

	Poynter Online - Tuesday Edition: Street Cheese: A New Drug
		The latest drug to hit the street is a mixture of Tylenol PM and heroin.
		Lois Jordan runs a drug counseling center in Dallas that offers rehabilitation programs for teens, and she aided several families that were caught up in the Plano heroin use in the late 1990s.
		Drugs that are cheap and accessible, she said, "will increase user experimentation," adding that kids who start using drugs at a young age are at greater risk of addiction.
	www.poynter.org /column.asp?id=2&aid=100673 (1286 words)

	Cocaine
		Cocaine is a drug extracted from the leaves of the coca plant, which grows in Peru, Bolivia, and other South American countries.
		Cocaine hydrochloride is the most available form of the drug and is used medically as a local anesthetic.
		Sometimes people who have been using the drug over period of time continue to use it in order to avoid the depression and fatigue they would feel if they stopped.
	ricksmagic.com /drugs/cocaine.html (835 words)

	drugs
		If Drugs are legalized, the addict would not have to pay huge amounts of money for his drug, up to $200 for a $4 product!, and therefore, he would not have to commit so many crimes to obtain the money.
		Illicit drugs are different that alcohol and tobacco: They are not "social drugs", and the drugs and methods of consumption are most risky, and unlikely to prove appealing to many people, precisely because they are so obviously dangerous...
		Drug addiction is currently a disaster, the Drugs War is a failure, the only beneficiaries of the actual drug laws are the traffickers...
	www.religion-cults.com /deliverance/drugs.htm (1721 words)

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		Those who struggle with drug addiction do not set out to destroy themselves and everyone and everything in their path--rather, these cataclysmic consequences are the effect of the vicious cycle of addiction.
		Drug use and abuse may seem to avert emotional and physical pain by providing the user with a temporary and illusionary escape from or way to cope with life's realities.
		Whatever the excuse to use meth, or whatever the perceived short-term attraction to the drug may be, meth use is predictably physically, emotionally and mentally destructive.
	drug-rehabilitation.org (743 words)

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		Drug self-administration procedures were used to study the effects of chronic buprenorphine treatment on speedball combinations of cocaine and heroin in comparison with heroin alone.
		Study 1evaluated the effects of buprenorphine (0.0075-0.75 mg/kg/day) on three speedball combinations that maintained high levels of drug self-administration.
		Study 2examined the effects of an intermediate dose of buprenorphine (0.237mg/kg/day) on dose-effect curves for speedballs containing a single dose of cocaine (0.001,0.01or 0.10mg/kg/inj) and three or four doses of heroin (0.0001-0.032 mg/kg/inj).
	lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/cocaine--heroin.html (430 words)

	AllRefer Health - Drug Abuse: History, incidence , and effects of drugs or drug categories (Cocaine Abuse, Hallucinogen ...
		The use of illicit drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed.
		Since the drugs are absorbed through the respiratory tract an altered mental state is noted within 5 to 15 minutes.
		Because heroin is commonly used intravenously, the associated health concerns specific to IV drug use and sharing needles or using contaminated needles (such as hepatitis, HIV infection, and AIDS) must be considered.
	health.allrefer.com /health/drug-abuse-info.html (2188 words)

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		Because the number of infants born to cocaine-using mothers is increasing at an alarming rate, studies based on prenatal cocaine exposure in rats may serve as an important model to understand and initiate potential drug treatment for this at-risk infant population.
		When polydrug abusers were given speedballs consisting of cocaine and hydromorphone combinations, they often identified cocaine alone as a speedball (Walsh et al.
		However, when experienced polydrug abusers were given cocaine and morphine (speedball) combinations, they reported a distinct profile of subjective effects that was different from the effects of either drug alone (Foltin and Fischman, 1992).
	www.lycos.com /info/cocaine--effects.html?page=5 (604 words)

	Cocaine addiction FAQ. Cocaine addiction treatment
		This pattern of drug administration was previously shown by these investigators to produce both behavioural changes in response to the drugs and structural changes in several brain regions.
		Half of the drug- and saline-injected animals were placed in standard laboratory cages; the other animals in each group were housed in a complex environment.
		Increased use may sensitize the brain to the drug's effects so that less of the substance is needed to induce a seizure.
	www.drugrehab.co.uk /FAQ-cocaine.htm (3607 words)

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