Club Drugs Not For Safe Recreational Use

Club Drugs are never safe. Club Drugs are not for 'safe recreational drug use.' I think that, for the most part, the phrase 'safe recreational drug use' has been quite overused by addicts who are in denial of their own problematic substance abuse issues. Every mind-altering and mood-altering substance has the potential to cause harm - even COFFEE! Sugar can have very potent effects upon people and affect their mood, too, so it's plainly DANGEROUS to assume that any actual 'drug' should be called safe or 'for recreational use.'

Club Drugs have an added "X" factor of sorts. What's in Club Drugs? Oh, something we usually can't identify, let's call it variable "X" or factor "X" for now. It's simply an unidentified substance, mixed in with the 'good stuff.' The truth of the matter is that 'X' can be anything - a 'filler' a 'binding' ingredient, another substance that will actually give 'a buzz' on top of the other parts of the drug mixture that many Club Hoppers are trying to get high from. It can be a toxin or poison or anything.

Some slang handles for a few 'Club' or 'Street' drugs:

ECSTACY: 'E,' 'X,' or 'XTC.'
GHB (gammahydroxybutyrate, or gammahydroxy-butyric acid) - popular with 'Ravers.' Slang names for GHB: Liquid X, Liquid Ecstacy, Grievous Bodily Harm, Georgia Home Boy or sometimes just Home or Homeboy.
Ketamine: 'K,' 'Ket,' 'Special K,' 'Kit Kat,' or 'Vitamin K.'
Rohypnol: 'R-2,' 'Roofies.'

Each of these types of drugs above are connected with 'club drug' use, however, each of these can have different effects on substance users. Side effects can range from sweating to shaking, hallucinations to loss of motor control, paranoia to seizures and, of course, none are safe drugs in any way so they can all cause death.

GHB is mainly a depressant but it can cause drug users to stop breathing with little warning.
Rohypnol is the 'Date Rape Drug,' and extremely powerful and dangerous sedative.

Often producted in home-made or make-shift 'labs,' Club Drugs dont have carefully standardized dosages or ingredients, so ANY amount can be fatal. One never knows how potent the drug will be or how many toxins are in the drug and they're just altogether unsafe in any dosage.

On top of all that is not known about the ingredients and potency of Club Drugs, users of Club Drugs often mix these with alcohol. Because so much is questionable about the Club Drugs, it is also a fact that nobody truly knows what will happen when someone adds alcohol to their body after they've already ingested Club Drugs.


If you'd like some more information about this topic or would like to know how to tell if a friend is using drugs - or how you might help if you're SURE a friend is in need of help to deal with addiction problems, you can call:


National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information -
800-729-6686