Crystal methamphetamine is a colourless, odourless form of d-methamphetamine, a powerful and highly addictive synthetic stimulant. Crystal methamphetamine looks like small remains of glass or shiny blue-white "rocks." They come in different sizes. Crystal methamphetamine is abused because of the long-lasting euphoric effects it produces. Its use can lead to severe physiological and psychological addiction.
Christina Grimes November 11, 2008 English Composition 120 Mrs. D. Tatum Paper #2 Cause/Effect Crack Cocaine: The Harmful Effects The use of crack cocaine, an extremely addictive and potentially deadly drug, results in many negative effects. Whether using or experimenting with crack cocaine, very seldom do people understand the severity of the drug, or realize the effects that causes dramatic changes in their life. When broken into two main categories crack cocaine has short and long-term effects. The effects of using crack cocaine enables detrimental, emotional, and mental aspects of a drug user’s life. Like most other illicit drugs, crack cocaine remains extremely insidious, because even with the possibility of death, drug addicts continue to use without caution.
This drugs effects are similar to but more rapid than those of amphetamines. Additionally the effects of cocaine are short-lived, which may help explain why this drug is especially addictive both psychologically and physiologically. Dopamine transporters are responsible for removing dopamine molecules from the synaptic cleft after they have done their job. Cocaine blocks thee transporters, leaving dopamine trapped in the synaptic cleft. As a result, dopamine binds again and again to the receptors overstimulation the cell.
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”).
Because of this, negative actions and behaviors that are attributed to variables other than the type of drug, variables such as the method of administration or distribution, were mistaken for attributes of the drug itself. This led to incorrect perceptions of crack cocaine and the eventual adoption of overly stringent drug policy concerning crack cocaine. At the time congress was operating under the assumption that crack cocaine was pharmacologically different from powder cocaine as well as 50 times more addictive than its powder counterpart, for good measure the number was doubled creating the current 100:1 ratio (Coyle, 2002). However, intentional or not, in reality the guidelines punish the poor, those who choose the cheaper form of what is essentially the same drug, more severely ending in a disparate impact for the most part on behalf of the inner city African American
The Addictive Effects of Prescription Painkillers The Addictive Effects of Prescription Painkillers Pain medication is being abused because many people are addicted and people have to be treated for addiction. Addiction to painkillers has become a big problem in the US among teenagers, the middle aged, and the elderly. There seems to be no age barrier when it comes to this addiction. There are many types of prescription painkillers. Painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system’s transmission of the electrical signals one perceives as pain.
These two drugs are much more harmful to you and can be highly addictive. Marijuana has been ignorantly placed with the harder drugs and as Currie explains the legalization of marijuana will decrease the already punitive war on
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
It has been studied that marijuana is addictive, a “gateway drug”; leads to harder drug use, interferes with fertility, impairs driving ability, and injures the lungs, immune system, and brain (medicalmarijuana.procon.org). Marijuana is well known to be able to induce anxiety disorders, including panic attacks. More rarely, when used by the wrong individuals, it may serve as a trigger for psychotic states, including
That just leads people to want to take the drugs again. A repetition of a drug can lead to addiction, and addiction can ruin ones life completely. Aside from addiction, drugs are against the law. If someone is caught with a drug, depending on the case, they could be tried and convicted for a felony. That’s a lot of jail time.