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Chapter six talks about stimulants, like coffee (caffeine containing plants for the most part), cocaine, tobacco, and amphetamines. Many people would not consider coffee a drug, but those are usually the people that cannot go a day without it. Chapter seven talks about depressants, like alcohol, sleeping pills, narcotics, general anesthetics, and antianxiety drugs. Like coffee, many people would not consider alcohol a drug; it may be because it is legal but, when it is abused it has potential to cause more damage than many other drugs to one’s self and outsiders. Depressants depress the nervous system, reducing sensitivity to outside stimulation but in small doses they tend to make people relaxed and happy. The eighth chapter is about psychedelics, which are claimed to have the lowest potential for abuse of any of the psychoactive drugs. This chapter discusses drugs like LSD, morning-glory seeds, mushrooms, ibogaine, DMT, peyote, and ecstasy. People have been using hallucinogens since the beginning of time and most of these plants are concentrated in North and South America. The ninth chapter covers one drug only, marijuana. It is not a depressant or stimulant but has features of both, and some people even consider it a light psychedelic. The experienced high from marijuana can differ from person to person.

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Margaret Talbot “From Brain Gain: The underground world of “Neuroenhancing” Drugs” aims to illustrate how the use of neurotransmitters are in the college setting in attempt to aid college students with their busy lives. Using an unbiased tone, relatable people, and comparisons to convey her message, she creates a very realistic view of the current use or abuse of “brain-boosting” drugs.

* Equity affects nearly all aspects of our lives none less than sports such as beach volleyball. Sport is an integral part of today’s society and as such, sport should be organised, participated in and distributed in an equitable manner.The aim of equity in sports is to encourage all people, regardless of age, gender, disability or ethnic origin to participate in and develop their potential within sport. Disputes over equity have been apparent in our society for hundreds of years, over such things as gender, religion or race. A framework developed by Figueroa deals with equity. It consists of five levels that link together – individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural and cultural. The following paragraphs demonstrate the use of

The growing debate over drugs and their use is a constant issue in today’s society. Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to alter Consciousness offers a unique look into how and why some people and animals have a natural instinct to seek out things to inebriate themselves. With the unique information this book brings to light, it creates new points for policy makers to take into consideration when drug policies are being created.

The perfect product to sell is one that the customer is willing to pay any price to get. Another growing trend of Methamphetamine manufacture is that of the “one pot” method (Corporal McClung). This method acquires its name due to the one pot that is required to produce the drug. This method requires little preparation and resources but makes a weaker and less pure form of methamphetamine (Corporal McClung). It is often times employed by addicts who crave more and are waiting for their supplier to bring in a new shipment (Corporal McClung). While these different methods of producing the drug may vary in both production and profit, they all have common ground. They produce a drug that negatively affects those it consumes as well as other they come in contact with. These cooks also create unsafe work environments and toxic chemical that are rarely disposed of properly. The surrounding area is negatively affected, and even hazardous, for a considerable amount of

Moreover, these addicts state they have encounters with mother ayahuasca, and once they complete their treatment they are completely cured from their additions and have no withdrawal symptoms (Xshaun1111). On the same matter, studies in Canada by Dr. Gabor Monti showed the same healing power over addiction as the clinics in Peru demonstrated (Xshaun1111). However, Monti’s studies were shut down due to the fact that ayahuasca is an illegal drug in Canada. Equally important, Graham Hancock is a famous British writer that specializes in pseudoscientific theories (Graham Hancock Official Website). Graham’s theories are based off of ancient civilizations that practiced in the area of altered consciousness (Graham Hancock Official Website). However, Graham states he had a twenty-four year none stop cannabis habit. Graham believed smoking cannabis helped him with his work as a writer. Although this may be true, when Graham realized that he was abusing cannabis, he then heard about ayahuasca and its healing

Although the English word “drug” was only coined in the early 1300’s, humans have been partaking in the recreational use of substances since prehistoric times. Hallucinogens, alcohol, and opium existed before 6,000 BC; alcohol and tobacco use were common in the 1600’s ; and cocaine, LSD, marijuana, and heroin use rampaged in the last century despite harsh laws put in place.

New technologies have overcome some of these issues in targeted and controlled-release drug delivery and they are “vital for achieving increasing demands from doctors, patients, and payers” (Berger). Without maintaining standards, newly developed drugs take time to adjust to, but the issue is that the consumers won’t adjust their lifestyle or their budgets for them. Brave New World’s society and modern society are similar in this way due to the frequency of the consumption of drugs in order to ameliorate the mentalities of the consumers, but these consumers have a different outlook on what they’re taking. In modern society, individuals take the drugs that they think make them feel better whenever they desire to. If a person doesn’t feel well or they’re having a bad day, drugs, such as marijuana, come in handy to help fixate emotions to be positive and impact the mentalities within the consumer (Stripp).

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Designer drugs are substances that are plant derivatives such as marijuana and cocaine which is chemically reformulated to produce a much stronger effect that can cause serious damage to the brain with prolonged use. These designer drugs or sometimes known as “club drugs” or “party drugs” have become popular replacing the usual drugs commonly used. There has been tremendous increase in designer drugs usage for the past years. And each year there are several more new drugs being discovered that has penetrated night clubs. Some of the common designer drugs are: bath salts, Smiles, Foxy and NBOMe and synthetic cannabinoids like Spice and K2 drugs.

There are many different forms of stimulant which have been created to mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy (See appendix B). As they cannot be sold for human consumption they are often sold as incense, bath salts or plant food to avoid breaking the law and can be found online or in many high street shops (Talktofrank.com, 2015). They are often produced in China and India and then imported to be packaged and sold as ‘legal highs’ (EMCDDA, 2015). The contents of NPS can vary greatly and the person taking the substance can never be 100% sure that what they are taking and the effects they could have. It is often found that many NPS do in fact contain illegal substances and so being in possession of these in an offence. The police have the power to confiscate any NPS in your possession for testing detain you and potentially arrest you (Know the Score, 2015).

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive central nervous stimulant that induces the release of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. Its side effects include increased alertness, increased activity, high blood pressure, decreased appetite, euphoria, psychosis, and severe dental disease (Ravenel et al. 229). In 1919 methamphetamine was synthesized for the first time and was utilized for treatment of attention deficit disorder, to enhance physical performance, anorectic effects, increase wakefulness, and as a general mood enhancer (Padilla and Ritter 148). The manufacturing of methamphetamine became strictly regulated by The Controlled Substance Act of 1970, however, this didn’t stop the manufacturing of meth on the streets using simple and

There are diverse opinions on whether “legal highs” in New Zealand should be legal or not. A “legal high” is a legal substance which consists of a stimulant that mimics the effect of an illicit drug. Users of such substances believe using legal highs to be a good option as it is affordable and legal to do so. Yet, health professionals highlight the risks of using legal highs in our society today as it poses huge effects on health and causes a higher risk of addiction. In New Zealand, synthetic cannabis and party pills (Benzylpiperazine) are most used by a range of populace.

Addiction, one of America’s number one problems, and when it seems that we’ve solved it, it always seems to rear its ugly head back in some other form. This could be due to the fact the internet is making a newer class of synthetic designer drugs much more available. (Mycyk, 2012) Synthetic drugs have been a consistent and ongoing problem for our nation over the past few years since their creation and introduction to the world. Every day, we see more and more people hospitalized due to use of synthetic drugs, and the addictive behaviors they creates with in people. Even with the bans that the Food and Drug Administration have passed on them, we see people continuing to gain access to these designer drugs. Over the course of this research paper we will discuss synthetic drugs and what they are, review a few cases of people using these drugs and their experiences, discuss the issues with addiction, as well as a proposed solution to help those addicted to these terrible designer drugs as well as ways to help eradicate the remaining amounts on the streets.