Most often the crystalline powder is sprinkled on a leafy substance (mint, tobacco, or marijuana) and then smoked in rolled cigarettes. Some street names for the drug are Angel Dust, Ozone, Wack, and Rocket Fuel. When snorted or smoked it rapidly passes to the brain to disrupt vision. It alters the action of dopamine which is a neurotransmitter responsible for the euphoria. Physical effects at a low PCP dose, which is 5 mg or less, are shallow,
Alcohol vs Marijuana Clifford (Buddy) Haynes Dr.Ronald S. Ipock Ivy Tech Community College English 111 05/03/2011 Marijuana is a drug associated with only the most rebellious of people, it is said to ruin lives and cause major health and social problems. However, alcohol and the potential dangers it can cause questions the user on the physical and mind altering effects that can be had. The causes are different in both substances however the severity of one highly exceeds the other; yet are out casted and frowned upon by society. Marijuana has been proven to not be addictive physically, have no recorded deaths, and cause less harm to the body than alcohol. The mind altering affects, the side effects given after consumption, and of the potential
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Ultimately, the patient remains physically dependent on the opioid methadone, but is freed from the uncontrolled, compulsive, and disruptive behaviour seen in heroin addicts. Although does it really work as a method of getting addicts of heroin for good? Methadone has been used since the 1980’s in Scotland as a controlled and supposedly safe substitute for heroin. However is taking drugs to stop taking drugs an effective strategy? Taking statistics into consideration the answer is no.
Drugs, whether legal or illegal, are substances that have a physiological effect when ingested or introduced into the system. The abuse of substances can have devastating effects including death, legal repercussions, loss of personal relationships, addictions and loss of employment. Contrary to popular belief, the use of drugs is not a new phenomenon. In fact, many have played a significant part in the world’s current drug problem (Ruetsch, Boni & Borgeat, 2001). Opium, for instance, was derived from the sap of Opium Poppy during the Neolithic times.
Morphine is derived from Opium. Many people were suffering from alcohol addiction and Morphine was used as the “cure” for the alcohol addiction. Morphine is far worse than alcohol and doctors were well aware. Doctors preferred to have people addicted to Morphine because it was socially and domestically safer. Alcoholics were more likely to beat their wives and children and cause havoc upon the city (“The Problem of Pain Relief”).
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Rolling in Ecstasy: MDMA Use in the United States Many people may find it difficult to believe that a drug claimed to be able to kill within one usage actually is beneficial and safe for treating a wide variety of medical diseases. This is especially the case for the infamous and reportedly deadly “club drug,” MDMA or Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. MDMA was first synthesized by Merck Pharmaceuticals in 1912 as a potential headache medication, but after finding no connection they deemed further studies unnecessary. This caused the drug to essentially vanish until 1977, when a chemist by the name of Charles Shulgin took a second look at MDMA and discovered that Merck may have been very wrong. Dr. Shulgin found the drug to be therapeutic and christened it “window” as he felt it
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The purity of each opiate was ~98% by HPLC peak and normalization method. The stock solution of each estimated compound was prepared separately. The quantification was performed using linear regression curve. Validation: TLC-densitometric procedure was applied to quantify the five major opium alkaloids morphine, codeine, thebaine, papaverine and narcotine (Gupta and Verma, 1996). Toluene-acetone-methanol-ammonia (40:40:6:2) v/v was used as a mobile phase.