Drug/Narcotics

Opiates are also used as recreational drugs. They are very addictive.

Acetaminophen? and other non-Optiate painkillers are often used in drug mixes for recreational puproses.

• Recreational drugs (to alter mood or body function for recreation).
  • Alcohol
  • Nicotine?
  • Caffeine
  • Hallucinogenic?s
    • LSD
    • Peyote?
    • Psilocybin?
  • Marijuana
  • MDMA?
  • Inhalant?s

• Performance-enhancing drugs (for sport or combat?).
  • Amphetamines?
  • Ephedrine?
  • Cocaine?
  • Taurine?
  • Anabolic Steroid?s

Many enhancing drugs are also used for recreational purposes.

Regulations

Usage of most of drugs is regulated to some extent. While details vary with location, these are somewhat usual regulations:

Not regulated:

• Caffeine

Regulated to some extent (age requirements, for example):

• Alcohol
• Nicotine?
• Ephedrine?
• Taurine?
• Inhalants?
• Anabolic Steroid?s
• Acetaminophen?
• Codeine?

Prohibited for non-medical use:

• Morphine
• Amphetamines?
• Cocaine?
• Methadone?

Varies from legal to prohibited even for medical use:

• Marijuana

Varies from prohibited for non-medical use to prohibited for any use

• Heroin

Prohibited for any use, no medical uses currently known

• MDMA?
• LSD

UN Documents

United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention http://www.undcp.org/index.html

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United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 http://www.incb.org/e/conv/1988/index.htm

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UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971 http://www.incb.org/e/conv/1971/index.htm

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UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 http://www.incb.org/e/conv/1961/index.htm