Eli Yushuvayev 2/25/16 Biology research paper: speed The drug speed is a very dangerous drug. The actual name for the drug is amphetamine sulphate. Speed is classified as a schedule two drug in U.S.A. speed has many street names. The types of street names are bennies, ice, speed and uppers. Amphetamine usually looks like pills or powder. The dug is used for giving energy to people. The drug is used for keeping people awake. The drug is also used for losing weigh. This is why doctors recommend to obese patients that they should take a little dosage because it helps you lose weight very quickly. The drug is considered a pain killer because of all the energy it gives off to your body makes your body not feel any pain and you don’t understand what is going on while your on the drug. The drug is a stimulant. It is considered a stimulant because the drug raises the level of the nervous activity. The drug is so strong that you can use the …show more content…
The affects are aggression, less motivation, chest pain and memory loss. Long-term affects are the worst because the affects don’t leave. The after affects cannot be treated. The affects can’t be treated for now because scientists have not found out how to treat people. Other than rehab. The drug is extremely addictive. The drug is addicting because when your body is on the drug it likes the feeling. When the drugs leave your system you are upset because you are not as excited or feel good when your body is on the drug. So this is the part where the drug becomes addicting, the addiction comes in after a day or two after not using the drug. Users start to get depressed and lack of motivation because there body wants to get the feeling of the drug again. The drug is behind the counter, which means it’s a prescript drug. Whoever gets these drugs and is able to sell it on the street means they stole it, because it is a very hard prescription to
Some of the most commonly abused substances, that can cause serious psychological and physical side effects are stimulants. Substance abuse has been a problem in the United States and many other countries for a long time, stimulants are one of the biggest problems that the United States faces today. One specific drug that is abused is crack and crack cocaine. By examining the history of stimulants such as crack and crack cocaine, it 's connection to crime and violence will be revealed.
term effects will range from 1 year to the rest of the person 's life. All the short term effects as “
Susie Lomelino “[it] is a drug widely reported to increase alertness, concentration and overall cognitive performance, while decreasing fatigue – but it is also a drug widely abused across college campuses” (Highly Addictive Nature of Prescription 1). “Adderall is a synthetic drug that contains a combination of amphetamine salts. Approximately 72.7 percent of Adderall is made of lisdexamfetamine (Vyanse), and the rest is levoamphetamin” (Moore 90). Adderall is used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) (Adderall 1).
To understand addiction further, it is important to look at how drugs have neurological effects in a human body. Drugs can be ingested in various ways; while some are taken orally, some are smoked (cannabis) while others are injected directly into the blood stream (Heroin). Once in the body, they mainly affect the reward pathway in the brain, known as the dopaminergic pathway, which in turn gives pleasure. Even though all drugs affect the reward and motivation pathways in the brain, their speed depends on the way the drug has been consumed. Over constant use of drugs, the cognitive functions are impaired as the effects become more prominent in learning, memory
drug and is easy to obtain. It is used by offenders to incapacitate potential victims, being that it is quickly
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid, that is more potent then morphine. The drug is used by patient that suffer from chronic body pain and after surgery. This painkiller is given to patients that have become tolerant to other drugs for example: morphine and oxycoclone. The drug goes by many different names here are some just to name a couple: Apache, China girl, China white, dance fever, friend,
because some people feel like they need it more than what they actually do. Adderall is used to
In 1887, amphetamines were first produced in Germany and largely forgotten for forty years. In 1919, methamphetamine, a synthetic stimulant was developed by Japanese pharmacologist, A. Ogata. The drug helped with alertness and well-being. In the 1930 's, methamphetamines were widely used to treat bronchial diseases and narcolepsy. The American Medical Association approved a tablet form in 1935 for ADHD. During WWII, German and Japanese pilots used methamphetamines to stay awake during long flights, while the U.S and U.K used amphetamines. After the war, Japan saw an epidemic of methamphetamine abuse. The drug was still being used legally into the 1950 's and 1960 's by everyone from homemakers to truck drivers for alertness and weight loss. In 1970 methamphetamines became regulated in the Controlled Substances Act and a public education campaign was mounted to educate people about the dangers of the drug. Starting in the 1980 's and into the 1990 's the drug became extremely popular in the southwest,
Adderall is a combination of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine. Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine are central nervous system stimulants that affects chemicals in the brain and nerves that contribute to hyperactivity and impulse control. Adderall is used to treat humans with Narcolepsy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD. ) Adderall can be used for many other things but Narcolepsy and ADHD are the main things Adderall is used for. Some people today use Adderall to either overdose or to combine with other drugs to create a “high” affect on inside their bodies and minds which can cause serious harm to their bodies that can also lead to death. Adderall is also not tested on animals.
Adderall is prescription drug that is a derivative of two forms of Amphetamine: l-amphetamines and d-amphetamines, the latter being the larger portion (makes up 75%) as well as the more potent of the two [6]. Amphetamine (then called Benzedrine ) was first synthesized in the early 1900’s through a serendipitous discovery while searching for a cheaper substitute of another drug called ephedrine. The chemist who discovered this new drug, G.A Alles, then conducted experiments and found that this new drug was powerful stimulant. As a result, it was introduced to the public in 1935. It was advertised as a treatment for narcolepsy, mild depression, post-encephalitic Parkinson and later as an appetite suppressant. Reports of improvement in intelligence
over the counter without a prescription from a doctor. When an opioid drug is to be taken in
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One of the most devastating side effects of drug addiction and abuse is depression. Depression is the result of chemical imbalance, environmental influence, or a combination of both. Using heavy and very highly addictive drugs as heroin, cocaine, opium and many other will cause sudden mood changes, deterioration of the immune system, nervous breakdowns, unusual flares of temper and many other side effects. Besides physical side effects, drug addiction can create problems in a person's social circles. The person may run into many conflicts with his family and friends, resulting in desire for isolation. This in turn will create more problems since the person will have no social support. Furthermore, drug addiction is a financial strain especially for teenagers. When a person is addicted to drugs he will do anything to obtain money to fulfill his needs.
More and more people are sucked into the horrible addiction. An addiction is an actual disease that occurs in the brain. Many times these drugs affect the brain and in result, cause the addiction to occur. More and more there are people coming into the hospital from a heroin overdose, are released from the hospital, go back out, and inject the drug. The drug is so powerful that these individuals do not see what is happening to them as they slowly kill themselves.
-Amphetamines (speed or pep pills) used to treat disorders of the nervous system. They produce and increase energy and alertness.