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What are the main effects of drugs?

Drugs can be broadly divided into three categories based on their main effects. They may act solely as stimulants, depressants or hallucinogens. Quite a few drugs show two of these effects at the same time, and are then described either as stimulant hallucinogens (e.g. ecstasy) o...

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Why is mixing drugs dangerous?

By mixing drugs you increase the chances of having a bad time. The effects of the drugs might be greatly increased, the drugs might interact in an unexpected way or one drug may stop part of your body working properly which makes the other drug(s) that have been taken more danger...

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How long will a drug stay in my system?

How long a drug stays in your system depends on which drug you are talking about and what method is being used to test for the drug. The list below shows the drug detection times (using a urine test) for the most common drugs.

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