Illegal or abused drugs permeate Columbia SC in broad classifications. Often, a very fine line seperates a drugs legality from its illegality. Medications used to lose weight or treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are classified as stimulants and amphetamines and are very popular drugs of abuse although they are also commonly used in the valid treatment of many common physical disorders. These stimulants and amphetamines can be abused and become very addictive and they pose an alarming threat to the Columbia community.
If you, as a Columbia parent of a child, found any of these illegal drugs in your child’s room for instance, would you be able to recognize them as a dangerous illegal drug? Would you know the difference between a harmless allergy medication and a dangerous stimulant or powerful sedative?
Todays Examiner article on addiction has put together another slide show of 11 of the most popular stimulants and amphetamines found in our local Columbia communites. The pictures making up this slide show are compliments of a recent article from About.com titled “Stimulants and Amphetamines”.
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AA Intergroup
3014 Devine Street, Room 103
Columbia SC 29205
(803) 254-5301
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