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What Are The World's Deadliest Drugs?

Many scientific and psychiatric studies confirm that there are a number of drugs which have potentially extreme and dangerous effects on the health of the individual who uses them. Science asserts that excess of all these drugs is bad and can cause extreme health problems.

Here are some of the most dangerous drugs to exist in thr modern world.

BATH SALTS: Like ecstasy and methamphetamine, the drug known as 'bath salts' is a designer drug, which means it's synthetic, concocted in a lab. The drug also apparently causes paranoid delusions and/or hallucinations. End result: delusional beliefs acted upon in violent ways.

BENZODIAZEPINES: This drug is psychoactive in nature and is used to treat problems of depression mostly. The action of this drug becomes dangerous when it's used in excess. The exact action of the drug on the nervous system is known with certainty and the specialists assert that it can cause many side effects. For example, slurred speech, drowsiness, and severe depression and dependency.

CRYSTAL METH: This is yet another drug which acts as a stimulant and was indeed a great invention in the field psycho pharmacology. It also acts in suppressing one's appetite. The action and the effects of this drug become dangerous to one's health when used for recreational purposes. The common effects are dizziness, visual impairment, ADHD, and restlessness.

KETAMINE: This drug is a very powerful drug that can cause hallucinations and even paranoia. It has a number of effects on the body including anesthesia, visual and auditory hallucinations, and blood pressure problems.

STREET METHADONE: This drug has been reported as a form of opiate drug. It acts as an antagonist in the nervous system and it also effects heavily on the neurotransmitters which are released in the human brain. The overdose of this drug can cause pneumonia, hepatitis, and even a number of psychological disorders. The respiratory depressions and actions it causes can even cause death.

COCAINE: This drug is indeed a very dangerous drug which is known all around the world as the slow killer. This drug influences a number of neurotransmitters at the same time and is extremely dangerous to the nervous functioning of the brain.

OPIATES: According to the United States Library of Medicine, many prescription drugs.are characterized as opiates. Morphine is an opiate often legally prescribed to alleviate chronic pain; however, due to it's addictive nature, it is administered in hospital settings. Other legally prescribed opiates include codeine, methadone, and oxycontin. One of the most common.illegal opiates is heroin, a more concentrated form of morphine.

HEROIN: It is a derivative of opium and is the most dangerous drug responsible for thousands of deaths every year. The tolerance to this drug develops very fast and so the body demands more & more intake of this drug. The fatal side effects include shortness of breath, seizures, disorientation, abnormal behavior, cycles of knock-outs, and even the whole brain stops functioning at times, leading to.sudden death.

LSD: LSD produces unpredictable psychological effects, with 'trips' lasting about 12 hours. With large enough doses, users experience delusions and hallucinations. Physical effects include increased body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure; sleeplessness, and loss of appetite.

DEVIL'S BREATH: This drug has the power to eliminate free will and wipe out memory and is being dealt with regularly on the streets of Colombia. Scopolamine comes from a tree common in South America. Since scopolamine is odorless and tasteless, it can be blown in the face of a passerby on the street and, within minutes, that person is under the drug's effect. Leaving you hopeless with no free will, making you obey every order you are given.

Source: {http://www.elitedaily.com/life/culture/dangerous-drugs-world/}