Not just marijuana, here are other drugs you should be aware of

In India, substance abuse is on the rise and more and more people have started experimenting with drugs. While some are introduced to drugs at parties, others experiment out of sheer curiosity and get trapped into this deadly world.

Indians got to know about the date rape drugs, which made regular rounds at bars, pubs and discotheques, last year. Date rape drugs, which include Rohypnol, Ketamine and gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), have been used to spike people's drinks to incapacitate and render them vulnerable to sexual assault.

Teenagers in Mumbai are known to have got addicted to the innocuous street drug Meow Meow (Mephedrone). Also used as an anaesthetic, this party drug which started making news worldwide five years ago slipped into the Indian party scene in 2014.On International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, here are a few other drugs that you need to be aware of and keep away...

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