What is it?
- Marijuana, hashish and other cannabis-containing substances
- K2, Spice and bath salts (synthetic cannabinoids and substituted or synthetic cathinones)
- Amphetamines:
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- Cocaine
- Meth (methamphetamine)
- Methylphenidate
- Amphetamine-dextroamphetamine
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- Ecstasy or molly (MDMA)
- Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)
- Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol-roofie)
- Ketamine
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- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Phencyclidine (PCP)
- Hypnotics and anxiolytic medication:
- Bronchodilator (asthma) medication:
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- Glue
- Paint thinners
- Correction fluid
- Felt tip marker fluid
- Gasoline
- Cleaning fluids
- Household aerosol products
Groups identified as being at high-risk for illicit drug overdose include:
- Injecting drug misusers (especially during first use of opioids and opioid misusers who have HIV or liver disease);
- Multiple drug misusers (especially when sedatives are used in combination with opioids or benzodiazepines);
- Alcohol misusers (supplementary effect with opioids or benzodiazepines and formation of coca-ethylene with cocaine);
- Male sex;
- People dependent on opioids;
- People with reduced tolerance to opioids (e.g. those released from prison, discharged from inpatient or residential detoxification, or have stopped dependent opioid use);
- Drug users who use on their own (fatal overdose risk increased).
An ambulance should be called in all cases of suspected overdose.
The Pharmaceutical Journal, PJ, 2 May 2015, Vol 294, No 7860;294(7860):
DOI:10.1211/PJ.2015.20068355
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