According to OPUS interviewees in Harford County, Special K is a popular drug among rave attendees, but has not emerged beyond the club drug scene. Several youth described the drug as a cat tranquilizer that is frequently stolen from veterinary offices. The use of nitrous oxide has emerged into the club drug scene and has been historically abused at music concert venues. It is used as a propellant for whipped cream canisters and therefore easy to obtain, and believed by some youth to be legal. A 17-year old male reported that tanks are used in the parking lots at concerts.
Youth can buy balloons filled with the gas.
Most youth did not believe that inhalants were a drug use problem in Harford County. Crystal Methamphetamine Crystal methamphetamine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant. Very few youth had heard about the drug in the Harford County. You can make it in your own kitchen and use it to keep the high lasting longer for another drug. Another interviewee stated that it was feared because it could kill a user faster than cocaine or heroin.