Club Drugs Essay

In the video “Reefer Madness”, which was made in the 1930s, the drug marijuana, which was spelled marihuana back then, made people hallucinate, laugh hysterically, lose focus, act violent, and sexually aroused. They also danced a lot while smoking the marijuana. For example, in the video a high school student was under the influence of marijuana and was framed for murdering his sister. While under the influence, he hallucinated his sister making out with a man, but in reality she was being attacked by that man. The man who was attacking her was also under the influence. The boy charged over to the man and proceeded to attack the man causing harm to his sister. Then another man, also in the house at the time of the fight, comes in and hits

“Heroin has analgesic and euphoric properties” (Abadinsky, 2014, p. 45). When the drug is taken and enters the body, heroin relieves pain, works as a sedative, decreases one’s anxiety, relaxes muscles, slows motor activity, drowsiness, and a feel of well being (Abadinsky, 2014). When taken, heroin will typically start to work within ten seconds, depending the method used to ingest the drug (Abadinsky, 2014). Most users will take a needle full of heroin after he or she cooked the powder into a liquid, and injected through the skin into a vein (Abadinsky, 2014). Heroin can also be smoked by inhaling the fumes like when marijuana is smoked (Abadinsky, 2014). There are four different stages that can occur when a person uses heroin, including the rush, the high, the nod, and being straight (Abadinsky, 2014). The rush is when the user experiences multiple types of euphoric feelings, instinctive sensations, a flushed face, and deeper vocals (Abadinsky, 2014). “Heroin activates brain systems that are responsible for reinforcing peoperties of such natural rewards as food and sex” (Abadinsky, 2014, p. 45). The high is a feeling of well-being that can last for hours, but the high can be less effective depending on the user’s tolerance to the drug (Abadinsky, 2014). Therefore, if a user has a high tolerance to the high, he or she must increase dose size in order to experience the effects of the high (Abadinsky,

It didn't take me long to realize I needed to get high. The chemicals of the blue dolphin I took, probably pressed with baby powder or some other hard drug clings to my veins telling me not to stop. PillReports.net says that they're mostly mixed with other substances and aren't pure MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine aka molly) but at this point I don't care. It takes at the most 3 days for ecstasy to leave your body via pee to pass a drug test, but the effects may last a life time. On the bright side, at least I haven't felt any of those effects besides depression and memory loss. It's only been 2 days since I've gotten high and 1 1/2 days since I've wanted to get high again because half of that day was spent on getting high. Online,

This lecture covered stimulants and hallucinogens, such as the morning glory which has alkaloids similar to LSD, but has about 10th the potency of LSD. Typically the seeds are coated with an herbicide so users must be cautious when using morning glory. Mescaline is derived from the peyote cactus, and is not legal in America, but is permitted in some states for the use among Native American religious ceremonies. Plants with hallucinogenic properties such as belladonna, mandrake, henbane, and Datura have all been around for centuries, and have serve various purposes other than just the psychoactive effects. Henbane has been used as part of a cure for alcoholism, as well as being used to poison hamlets father. The ancient Chinese used Datura to

If you look at going to a rave, for an example, your ticket alone can be around 100 dollars, then depending on how many MDMA pills you take can be around the same cost or even higher than your ticket. When you start adding all the things that the youth have to do just to have it at their “parties” it ends up being more than the actual event. I am not even adding if you are buying for more than just for yourself. In the long run it ends being an expensive addiction that youth develop over the time. While looking at MDMA, it is a very common for it to be a socially drug. The youth mainly use it when in crowds; like at the

Ecstasy also known as MDMA and is an edible, candy-like, stimulant drug, that gives the user relaxed, energetic, happy, and sensual feelings. Its effects can last for over 24 hours allowing the user to party for long periods of time. Ecstasy can cause hallucinations, panic and anxiety attacks, nausea, vomiting, inability to sleep, overheating, seizures, irregular heartbeats and strokes. The drug can cause emotional disturbances such as depression.

As we can see here, Ecstasy is a harmful, very dangerous drug that is often taken lightly because of its relation to partying and having fun. Despite these connections, Ecstasy is not something to mess around with. Its effects on your brain, spinal cord, nerves, and bodily functions are hazardous and could cause you a lot of trouble. Or, perhaps, merely get you into trouble. While popular songs and music do mention using Ecstasy, I would advise you to think about the consequences of the drug before you go “dancing with

Raves are filled with illegal, illicit, mind altering drugs that are available for purchase and consumption by

Of those surveyed in 2011, 9.1% of respondents that were 15 and older confessed to using marijuana (Hudson et al., 2014). This illustrates that cannabis use among young people is much more prevalent than the use of ecstasy. Notably, contaminants of ecstasy are prevalent and can prove to be fatal (Hudson et al., 2014). Hudson et al. (2014) contend that a significant misapprehension is that ecstasy purchased on the street solely contains MDMA. Street-level ecstasy is seldom pure MDMA and typically it is mixed with other stimulants (Hudson et al., 2014). To exemplify, in 2007, the Health Canada Drug Analysis Service claimed that only 3% of ecstasy tablets that were seized contained pure MDMA, whereas in 2001 69% of seized ecstasy tablets contained pure MDMA (Hudson et al., 2014). It is evident that the purity of ecstasy has drastically decreased in the 2000s, and this is becoming an issue as people do not know what they are truly ingesting when using ecstasy. Hudson et al. (2014) maintain that two particular stimulants often found in ecstasy tablets include para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) and para-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), both of which have caused a number of fatalities in Canada. From 2010, pills containing these stimulants have been viewed as contaminated ecstasy (Hudson et al., 2014). These stimulants are partially behind the rise in ecstasy-related overdoses across Canada.

Ecstasy - is known as Methylene Dioxy Meth Amphetamine (MDMA) and has street names such as X, Rolls, E, Adam, Beans and Buddies. The initial use of ecstasy results in: increased heart rate; increased blood pressure; dilation of pupils and bronchi; brain stimulation; increased motor activity; tightening of jaw muscles; grinding of jaws; overheating; sweating; heat stroke; and dehydration. The long-term use of ecstasy can result in irreparable brain damage.

If you think about the different drugs in our World think of the drug Ecstasy. Known as the

It considerate to bring peace to the mind and the body by increasing sensation to music and visual. It shows that a person consuming a small dose of psilocybin which is between 4 and 8 mg. This person can feel a sensation of peace in his mind which will detach him from his surroundings. This small dose can also bring mental and physical relaxation, tiredness and moods change. Also this hallucinogen can be very dangerous to the organism if abused. In fact, study shows that someone who takes around 13 mg or more of this psilocybin can present the same symptoms as a LSD user. Thus, this person will start to feel dizzy with facial flushing and sweating. Numbness on the face, lips, tongue, and mouth. He will also have nausea and anxiety. And for the one who consumed the mushrooms directly, the effects are more serious because there are several different species of mushrooms, and some of them are very poisonous. Thus, by swallowing the wrong mushrooms can be dangerous for the organism. Poisonous mushrooms can cause severe stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea and even death. Also, this drug can cause hallucination which will later be a cause of severe accidents such car crash, heavy fall or the person will hurt himself. People take this drug illegal because it is considerate dangerous for the organism so the federal government classed it as illegal drug, and there are severe fines and heavy jail sentences

This leads underground criminal groups to make money and produce psychedelics in unregulated and dangerous labs. Youths who want to try a drug such as LSD recreationally take the risk of the drug being spiked, contaminated by toxins, or substituted with more dangerous substances that can pose as LSD. For this reason, the legalization of LSD will act similarly to the regulation of alcohol; providing people with safer substances and keeping drugs away from minors due to legal laws limiting access. Furthermore, LSD is not a habit forming drug, unlike opiates, amphetamines, and other narcotics like cocaine, making it far safer to take in mediation (LSD Could Improve). The naturally occurring ergot fungus, which LSD is derived from is a safe fungus used for thousands of years by humans, a much safer alternative to cocaine which is produced in labs with harsh chemicals such as ether or petroleum (LSD Teen Health). The facts are that LSD is a much safer alternative to any illicit drug such as cocaine or methamphetamine which is highly addictive, and much more toxic to

The term “bath salts” does not refer to what you’d put in your bath to make it smell nice, it tends to refer to a large group of drugs containing one or even multiple synthetic chemicals relating to cathinone’s, found in the khat plant. Where most drugs tend to affect either the endocrine or the nervous system, this drug affects both. This drug is not a hallucinogen, and is also less harmful than ecstasy.

LSD is a hallucinogen that can alter and distort an individual senses. It was originally deprived from a fungus called “ergot”. Pure LSD is a white, odourless, and slightly bitter crystalline powder that can dissolve in water and be taken by mouth or