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Club-drugs

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  The main club drugs are: Flunitrazepam (roofies) GHB (liquid ecstasy) Ketamine (special K) LSD (acid) MDMA (ecstasy or molly) Methamphetamine (meth) Club drugs contain a combination of agents that affect your brain and central nervous system. All of them can lead you to make choices or do things you wouldn’t otherwise do. Stimulants make you excitable. They can cause you to feel open, aroused, and unafraid. Depressants slow your nervous system and affect your ability to react. Hallucinogens affect your ability to think, feel, judge, and act. They make it hard to know what’s real or not. They can cause you to forget periods of time. Methamphetamines are stimulants that cause excitement. They can make you hyper, anxious, or paranoid.

World Health Day

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  WHO’s 75th anniversary year is an opportunity to look back at public health successes that have improved quality of life during the last seven decades. It is also an opportunity to motivate action to tackle the health challenges of today ̶ and tomorrow. Health For All envisions that all people have good health for a fulfilling life in a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. The right to health is a basic human right. Everyone must have access to the health services they need when and where they need them without financial hardship. 30% of the global population is not able to access essential health services. Almost two billion people face catastrophic or impoverishing health spending, with significant inequalities affecting those in the most vulnerable settings. Universal health coverage (UHC) offers financial protection and access to quality essential services, lifts people out of poverty, promotes the well-being of families and communities, protects against public hea