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Club drug
Club drug refers to a synthetic psychoactive substance or a wide variety of potentially dangerous substances being used by young people at college campus fraternities, and often found in dance clubs, bars, and all-night dance parties, nightclubs, and dance parties. Club drugs include MDMA (ecstasy), ketamine, methamphetamine (meth), GBL, PCP, GHB, and Rohypnol.
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