Recreational Drugs and Drug Abuse Information

Report Links Parents to Teen Substance Abuse
An annual study by Columbia UniÂversity's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) is ...

Kalamazoo County proposes community intervention tactics to combat teen drug use
PORTAGE -- Responding to a recent spike in opiate-overdose deaths among teenagers and young adults, ...

Drug Abuse Center Sees Treatment Spike
Greensboro, NC -- More teens than ever are seeking detox treatment for drug abuse at ...

Valley teens present anti-drug strategies
Surrounded by an audience of concerned community members, two Mount Si High School students did ...

Nationwide Insurance Survey Finds Parents Fed up with "Party Schools" and Politicians Who Support Lowering Drinking Age
Survey Respondents Intolerant of Underage Binge Drinking and Say States' Efforts to Lower Drinking Age ...

Teen girls who eat dinner with family less likely to abuse drugs
Here's a good reason to sit down with your teen and a plate of mashed ...

Surgeon General commends Montana on efforts against underage drinking
Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson talks with Youth Connections Coalition director Drenda Carlson after ...

Frequent Family Meals Might Reduce Teen Substance Use
Parents who have regular meals with their adolescent children might help lessen the chances they ...

Young man stole stereos to pay for his methadone habit
SOMERSWORTH - The thought of getting arrested for shoplifting didn’t enter 22-year-old Chris’s mind when ...

Grants awarded to fight drug abuse
The Delaware Community Foundation has awarded $215,000 in grants for substance-abuse prevention programs for children ...

Theft and drug addiction
Chances are you know someone who has had their car or home broken into, or ...

Prescription drug abuse growing problem
ITHACA -- Prescription drug abuse is a growing trend and is as dangerous as misusing ...

Recreational Drugs

Recreational drugs can be either legal or illegal drugs. The term applies to the use of mind-altering substances for the purpose of altering one's mental state, typically without the supervision of a physician. The majority of human societies throughout history have practiced recreational drug use in various forms. Probably the best known example of a recreational drug is alcohol, which most cultures have manufactured in one form or another. As with any drugs, some recreational drugs are addictive, some are harmful to one's health, and some are illegal in most places.

The most popular recreational drugs worldwide are caffeine, alcohol (ethanol), nicotine, and cannabis (see also hashish and hash oil). Other substances commonly considered recreational drugs include: 2C-B, Meth, Benzodiazepines, Cocaine (and crack cocaine), DXM, Ecstasy, GHB, Ketamine, LSD, Mescaline (Peyote), Nitrous Oxide, Opiates (including heroin, opium, and various painkiller drugs), PCP, and Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms).