Prenatal exposure to crack often results in premature birth and crack babies tend to be smaller than other babies.
Studies show that alcohol consumption may interfere directly with medications used for HIV, essentially blocking their effectiveness.
The term "flipping" is used among Ecstasy users who mix the drug with other drugs, primarily because individuals who combine these types of drugs with Ecstasy will usually flip between a psychedelic state and a more lucid state several times during the course of their high.
Some gender-specific side effects of anabolic steroid use for teenage males can include: shrinking of the testicles, reduced sperm count, baldness, development of breasts, and an increased risk for prostate cancer later in life.