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/^t/Even more conscious of what drugs are, are the adults. Most of them know that narcotics can be divided into soft and hard drugs. They know that the first group includes substances produced of plants such as the Cannabis plant, or grass. These are smoked in form of a joint. Other narcotics from the first group are chemical substances, for example: sleeping pills, pain relievers (if taken in excessive amounts), and amphetamines, which are used as a stimulant to work harder or study longer. Many adults know that LSD is nothing more than a hallucinogenic mushroom, which should be dissolved in saliva and swallowed. Most people are aware that hard drugs have harmful effects on the body. Such narcotics as cocaine, or morphine are either sniffed in or injected directly in the vein. Apart from having the knowledge on drugs in general, people also share a belief that the addiction process starts with the soft drugs, through the harder ones, until a person becomes a fully fledged addict. And that usually is the way it happens.