Marijuana can be smoked, eaten or brewed as a tea. It can be detected in your system for up to 3 weeks.

In Pennsylvania, possession of 30 grams of marijuana or 8 grams of hashish carries a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail. Have an ounce or more and you could find yourself in jail for up to a year and a $5,000 fine.

People selling marijuana can get anywhere from five to 10 years in jail and from $15,000 to $100,000 fine.

<b>Cocaine is a stimulant and highly addictive with a bitter and numbing taste. It can be inhaled, injected or smoked.</b>• Inhaling cocaine can lead to damage of cartilage and mucous membrane in the nose and sinuses.• injecting cocaine opens users to the risk of getting and transmitting hepatitis, including hepatitis C, for which there is no cure and is fatal, and HIV/AIDS.

Crack, which is made by cooking water, baking soda and cocaine, is an intensified version of cocaine that is smoked, free based (smoked with addition of solvents) or melted and injected.• When smoked, crack affects the heart and brain in as little as 6 to 10 seconds and can instantly kill by disrupting the brain's electrical messages and heart rhythms. Most die of respiratory failure, heart attacks or strokes.

Methamphetamine is a synthetic, man-made drug, made by mixing the over-the counter cold medication pseudoephedrine with items such as industrial solvents, household cleaners, paint thinner, automobile brake cleaner, rubbing alcohol and ammonia.

Ecstasy, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as MDMA, mixes the hallucinogenic effects of LSD with the stimulant effects of methamphetamine.

"Date Rape" drugs, like GHB and Rohypnol are colorless, odorless and tasteless and are often slipped into a victim's drink without their knowledge.

They call it junk, horse, smack, H, powder, white stuff, sugar, dope, scag, black tar and China white.• Heroin addicts smoke, snort or inject the drug.• Heroin users put themselves at risk for contracting HIV, AIDS, hepatitis B and C, respiratory failure and heart attacks.• Heroin's purity is uncertain, increasing the risk of overdose. Heroin purity can range from 20 to 95 percent increasing the risk of overdose or death.• Heroin is a fast-acting drug — especially when injected or smoke — reaching the brain in 15 to 30 seconds.• Side effects include constricted pupils, reduced appetite, constipation, low body temperature, itching, sweating and stupor. At higher doses, your breathing, heart rate and blood pressure decrease.What happens when you're hooked?• The drug, which is not found in nature, was created by scientists looking or a non-addictive substitute for morphine. The result — heroin — is a drug with four times the pain relieving effect and several times the addictive potential.• Withdrawal can begin within a few hours after last use in regular abusers. Withdrawal symptoms include drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, kicking movements and other symptoms.• Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose and subside after about a week.• Sudden withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health is occasionally fatal.<b>Need to talk:</b> If you have questions about this topic, call the Butler County Drug and Alcohol Program at 724-284-5114 or the county's drug tip line at 866-363-3784.