Kratom Withdrawal: What to Expect
Kratom is widely marketed as a multi-purpose, natural supplement that can help with various things. Users are finding that kratom withdrawal can also be severe. Scientifically known as Mitragyna speciosa, kratom comes from Southeast Asia and belongs to the coffee family. In low doses, kratom can increase energy levels and have stimulating effects; higher doses […]
GHB Overdose Symptoms
Many people intentionally use small doses of GHB for its sedative effects to self-medicate mental health issues like anxiety or mimic the depressive effects of alcohol without the calories. However, GHB is infamous for its role in sexual assaults, accidental GHB overdoses, and death. Despite its well-known reputation for causing dangerous side effects and potentially […]
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
Drug users are always looking for a decent high and ways to avoid legal trouble, something new psychoactive substances (NPS) seem to offer. While public health initiatives have increased awareness around traditional drugs like cannabis, cocaine, and opioids, people mistakenly turn to NPS, believing they are safer. While research is still uncovering all of the […]
What Is Synthetic Marijuana?
In the United States, synthetic marijuana addiction, complications, and related deaths continue to rise. Synthetic cannabis or fake marijuana is a synthetic drug considered a new psychoactive substance (NPS), often called K2 or Spice. It contains an ever-changing list of additives and dangerous chemicals. Synthetic drugs don’t show up on traditional drug tests. And users […]
K2 Side Effects
Since the early 2000s, synthetic marijuana products like K2 and Spice have been easily accessible in gas stations, novelty shops, and the internet. Although this “fake weed” looks like natural material and can produce a similar high to actual cannabis, it is extremely dangerous with severe adverse effects and life-threatening health consequences when ingested. These […]
What Is GHB?
Chemically known as gamma-hydroxybutyrate, GHB is most widely known as a date rape drug. Still, it is also popular as a recreational drug that people take for euphoric and relaxing effects in small doses. GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) is a naturally occurring substance your brain produces during normal GABA metabolism, but when you take it as a […]
Bath Salts Drug
Synthetic cathinones, the artificial psychoactive ingredient in bath salt drugs, are dangerous and addictive. The designer drug is sold as a cheap and legal alternative to other illicit drugs like MDMA, cocaine, and meth. Despite having pleasant-sounding street names on the drug market like Ivory Wave, Vanilla Sky, and Cloud 9, bath salt drugs have […]
What Prescription Drugs Interact with Kratom?
Commonly marketed as a legal and natural supplement, kratom comes from a tree native to Southeast Asia. The kratom leaves are dried, ground, and distributed as pills, capsules, powders, and sometimes extracts. Kratom interacts dangerously with several prescription drug categories you should know about. Its alkaloids inhibit CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 liver enzymes, which metabolize opioids, […]
Synthetic Marijuana: K2/Kush Side Effects
The most popular synthetic marijuana brand names are K2, Kush, and Spice, and they are used interchangeably as street names for the new psychoactive substance. Kush is a synthetic marijuana product name brand, playing on the similarly named strain of pot, “OG Kush,” and other Kush strains. The misleading name was intentional to make users […]