Poly drug use

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Poly drug use refers to the use two or more psychotropic drugs in combination to achieve a particular effect.

There are many popular drug combinations, including, but not limited to:

cannabis and alcohol (sometimes known as "getting crunk"),
cocaine and heroin (known as a "speedball"),
LSD and ecstasy (known as "candy flipping" or "trolling", a combination of "tripping" and "rolling"),
mushrooms and ecstasy (known as "flower flipping" or "hippie flipping"),
benzodiazepines and opioids / opiates,
benzodiazepines and alcohol,
cocaine and alcohol (which creates a third, more toxic chemical in the body called Cocaethylene),
cocaine and cannabis (known as "primo" or "preemo"),
heroin and cannabis,
ecstasy and ketamine (known as "kitty flipping"),
ecstasy and phencyclidine (known as "elephant flipping"),
DMT and nitrous oxide (known as a "moonride"),
ecstasy and 2C-B (known as "nexus flipping"),
ecstasy and mescaline (known as "love flipping" or "cactus flipping").

While many recreational drug users use multiple drugs to increase intoxication for pleasurable effects, poly drug use can pertain to an increase in spiritual entheogenic properties, for example 2C-I and LSD or morning glory seeds and San Pedro cactus.

Poly drug use often carries with it more risk than use of a single drug, due to an increase in side effects, and unique pharmacological interactions.

The phenomenon is the subject of established academic literature (e.g., Scholey AB, Parrott AC, Buchanan T, Heffernan TM, Ling J, Rodgers J (2004). "Increased intensity of Ecstasy and polydrug use in the more experienced Ecstasy/MDMA users: a WWW study." Addictive Behaviors, 29, 743-752).