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Drug Paraphernalia – How Much Do You Really Know?

Last Updated: Friday February 4, 2022


Question 1 of 10

Users of this drug use a pacifier after taking it:

image of a pacifier
Cocaine
Heroin
MDMA
Meth
Cocaine, heroin MDMA and meth

Users of ecstasy or MDMA (also known as Molly) use pacifiers to keep them from grinding their teeth down when they are high.

Question 2 of 10

Where do many young people buy drug paraphernalia?

gas stations
Over the internet
tobacco shops
internet, gas stations and tobacco shops

They can also purchase various paraphernalia items – like bongs, rolling papers and pipes – from gift and novelty shops and convenience stores.

Question 3 of 10

A burnt spoon could indicate the use of which drug?

drugs and spoon
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Both crack cocaine and heroin

Spoons are heated to dissolve heroin for injection purposes. Drug users will heat crack cocaine to smoke.

Question 4 of 10

Glass pipes are usually used to smoke:

image of a meth pipe
Crystal Meth
Ecstasy
Fentanyl
Crystal meth, ecstasy and fentanyl

In addition to being snorted, injected or taken in pill form, drug users also smoke crystal meth using a glass pipe. Glass pipes are also used to smoke PCP, crack cocaine and opium.

Question 5 of 10

All of the drugs below can commonly be used with a bong EXCEPT:

orange bong
Heroin
Marijuana
Spice/K2, Synthetic Marijuana
Salvia Divinorum

Heroin is usually injected, smoked (with a pipe) or sniffed/snorted.

Question 6 of 10

Glow sticks are used to enhance the senses while high on this drug:

Glow sticks
Crack Cocaine
Heroin
MDMA
Rohypnol

While high on MDMA (or "molly"), users often experience dilated pupils and a greater sensitivity to light. So, in a darkened room, glowsticks can enhance the senses when a user is high. 

Question 7 of 10

In addition to pill form, users of oxycodone also commonly take the drug by:

Adding to absorbent paper such as blotter paper
Inhaling vapors by heating tablet on foil
Soaking into a rag and inhaling

 In addition, oxycodone is usually swallowed in pill form or crushed and sniffed.

Question 8 of 10

Straws, rolled bills and other rolled paper are commonly used to snort cocaine. Users also use these items to snort:

money and cocaine
Khat
Methamphetamine
Morphine
Psilocybin

Meth users also smoke, inject and swallow the drug.

Question 9 of 10

Flakka (alpha-PVP) can be smoked with an electronic cigarette (e cig).

True
False

In addition, the drug may be eaten, snorted or injected.

Question 10 of 10

Heroin, methamphetamine and LSD are commonly injected by users:

needle
True
False

Heroin and methamphetamine are injected. LSD is taken in tablets or capsules or added to absorbent paper.

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