Talk:Recreational drug use/List of routes of administration (recreational drugs)

Drugs often associated with a particular route of administration:


 * inhalation: all intoxicative inhalants (see below) as the name suggests
 * insufflation: amphetamines, cocaine, heroin, ketamine and MDMA.
 * chewing, absorbing sublingually, placing under the lip, etc.: some forms of smokeless tobacco (e.g. dipping tobacco, snus), LSD blotters, coca leaves, some hallucinogens
 * intravenous injection (see also the article Drug injection): morphine and heroin, less commonly other opioids or stimulants like cocaine or methamphetamine.
 * oral intake: caffeine, ethanol, cannabis edibles, psilocybin mushrooms, coca tea, poppy tea, laudanum, GHB, ecstasy pills with MDMA and/or various other substances (mainly stimulants and psychedelics), prescription and over-the-counter drugs (ADHD and narcolepsy medications, benzodiazapines, anxiolytics, sedatives, cough suppressants, morphine, codeine, opioids and others)
 * intrarectal: administering into the rectum, most water-soluble drugs can be used this way
 * smoking (see also the section below): tobacco, cannabis, opium, crystal meth, phencyclidine, crack cocaine and heroin (diamorphine as freebase) known as chasing the dragon
 * transdermal patches with prescription drugs: e.g. methylphenidate (Daytrana) and fentanyl

Many drugs are taken through various routes. Intravenous route is the most efficient, but also one of the most dangerous. Nasal, rectal, inhalation and smoking are safer. The oral route is one of the safest and most comfortable, but of little bioavailability.