may also charge you with dealing in drugs depending » CODEINE has the followng street names: on the quantity you are found in possession of. You Krokodil, Syrup, Purple Drank, Cody, Cough Mixture, will then be kept in a police cell and brought before Medicine. court. • Being convicted of any offence will result in a » METHAMPHETAMINE (MA) has the following street criminal record for life resulting in no or minimal job names: opportunities in either the public or private sector. Tik, Crystal Meth, Crank, Speed, Chalk, Fast, Up, Shards, Glass, Supper, Crystals, Batu, LA Crystal, Meth, Rock, Ice, Hot Ice, Hawaiian Salt, Go, Whiz, NICKNAMES (STREET Hot Ice, Crank, Tiki-Tik. NAMES OF DRUGS) » ECSTACY (3-4 METHYLENE-METHAMPHETAMINE (MDMA) has the following street names: Nicknames (street names) of drugs come and go. A E, Superman, Domes, XTC, Mellow, Adam and Eve, name might be popular today and can change tomorrow. STP, Molly, Love drug. Names may also vary across subcultures and different provinces or areas. This are some of the few street names LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) has the for different drugs in order to confuse unsuspecting » followng street names: members of the community: A, Acid, Microdots, Candy, Trips, Blotter Acid, White Lightning. » ALCOHOL has the following street names: Umqomboti, Hot Stuff, Sauce, Hooch, Moonshine, WHITE PIPE (Methaqualone) is a canabis-mandrax Vino, Draft, Sudsliquid Bread, Oats Soda, Tummy » combination. Buster, Liquid Courage, 12 Oz, Spinza, Curl. » CANABIS has the following street names: Dagga, Marijuana, Weed, Dope, Pot, Grass, Zol, Skyf, Hash, Joint, Boom, Ganja. » HEROIN has the following street names: H, Mexican mud, brown sugar. » NYAOPE has the following street names: www.saps.gov.za Whoonga, Wunga, Ntashe, Mgwinya. DRUGS AND » MANDRAX has the following street names: STAY ALIVE White Pipe, Whites, Buttons, MX, Gholfsticks, SUBSTANCE Doodies, Lizards, Press Outs, Flowers. DON’T DO » METHCATHINONE (CAT) has the following street names: DRUGS Chat, Drone, M-Kat, Ghetto Coke, Poorman’s Coke, ABUSE Star, Speed, Jeff, Mulka, KAT, Oat, Bushman’s Tea, CALL THE CRIME STOP Miraa, Tohai, Tschat, Gat, Somali Tea, African Salad, Qat, Abyssinia Tea, Tohai and Kat. TIP-OFF NUMBER AT » CRACK COCAINE has the following street names: 08600 10111 Rocks, Klippe, Crack, Coke, Charlie, C, Snow, Freebase, Blow, Line, Bump, Yayo, Llelo. WHAT IS A DRUG? OTHER PHYSICAL EFFECTS CRIMES INVOLVING DRUGS A drug is any substance (with exception of food and water) OF DRUG ADDICTION Drug dealing or drug trafficking involve the selling, which, when taken into the body, alters the body’s function distribution, buying or dealing in illegal drugs and is more either physically and/or psychologically. Drugs may be INCLUDES: serious offence than possession. This offence also carries legal (e.g. liquor, glue, caffeine and tobacco) or illegal a heavier sentence than possession offence. (e.g. ecstasy, cocaine, heroin and dagga). Once drugs are • Contracting TB/HIV, hepatitis, and other illnesses inside your brain, they can change the messages your (e.g by exchanging contaminated needles and brain cells are sending to each other and to the rest of syringes). WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE your body. Drug users may have a feeling that they are • Heart rate irregularities and heart attack. losing control as well as feelings of anxiety and paranoia. • Respiratory problems such as lung cancer, DRUGS? It can lead to panic attacks and extreme risky behaviours emphysema and breathing problems like jumping off high places, running across busy roads, • Abdominal pains, vomiting, constipation and People take drugs because they want to change something injury and violence. diarrhoea. about their lives. • Damage to the kidneys, liver and heart. • Psychological harm such as dysfunctional behaviour They want to - patterns, hallucinations seizures, stroke, memory » fit in WHAT IS AN ADDICT? loss (brain damage) or death. » escape or relax » relieve boredom Addict is a slang word used to describe a person struggling » seem grown up with substance abuse or a male or female person whose » rebel life is controlled by drugs. CRIMES INVOLVING DRUGS: » experiment. DRUG POSSESSION WHAT IS ADDICTION? AND DRUG DEALING WHAT ARE THE It is a condition, a brain disorder or a physiological CONSEQUENCES OF DRUGS? need that results when a person ingest a habit-forming • Possession of drugs substance (e.g. heroin and cocaine) or engage in an activity Drug possession is the crime which includes keeping, Using drugs will: (e.g. gambling, sex and shopping) that can be pleasurable storing, or to have it in custody or under control of • Have a negative impact on your physical and mental but the continuation of which becomes compulsive and supervision; (e.g. for personal use). health. interferes with ordinary responsibilities and concerns such • Lead to social problems and rejection. as leading a normal and productive life. • Drug Dealing • Have a negative effect on your relationships with Includes performing any act in connection with family, colleagues, friends and community at large. trans-shipment, importation, cultivation, collection, • Seriously impair your ability to study or drive. WHAT IS DRUG ABUSE AND manufacture, supply, prescription, administration, sale, transmission or exportation of the drugs. ITS EFFECTS ON THE USER? WHAT HAPPENS DURING Refers to the habitual taking of illegal or legal drugs/ AND AFTER ARREST substances. Drug abuse is a compulsive, excessive and WHO IS A DRUG DEALER? self-damaging use of habit forming drugs or substances • It is a criminal offence to use, possess and deal in leading to addiction, dependence or serious physiological Refers to a person who sells illegal drugs. illegal drugs. injury. • If you are arrested for possession of drugs the police .