Merck Pharmaceutical Company: Ecstasy

1. On the 21st of October 1995, Anna Wood took an ecstasy tablet at a dance party and died three days later. At such a young and thriving age, Anna Wood was just 15 years old with a loving family, many friends and a new job. On the night of the event that had taken place a series of risk behaviours were undertaken. Firstly by wanting to take an ecstasy tablet to get high as well as not having any knowledge on the actual drug. By having a broader knowledge on the drug she may have been still alive as she would’ve only had taken half due to knowing a whole tablet would be too much.

4. What type of drug is chlorpromazine, and where was it first tested on patients? Antipsychotic, A new phenothiazine drug, chlorpromazine, was synthesized in France in 1950 and was tested on such patients. In 1952, two French psychiatrists, Delay and Deniker, announced that the drug exerted a specific effect in diminishing the symptoms and signs of psychosis in patients with severe mental illnesses. (Hart & Ksir, p. 171)

     The modern world’s first glimpse into the world of psychedelics was through d-lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. LSD was first synthesized in 1938 by two Swiss chemists from the alkaloid lysergic acid found in ergot, a parasitic fungus that grows on rye and other grains. Five years later, on April 19, 1943 Albert Hoffman, one of LSD’s co-discoverers

     Ecstasy is used at the party and rave scene for its effects on the emotional state of the user. The drug lowers the user’s inhibitions; it relaxes them. The drug also increases awareness and feelings of pleasure and joy while giving the user energy. Side effects of the drug

Nowadays individuals are always looking for a new drug that will give them 10 times more the effect they get on a daily. Therefore, some will look for a new vendor or they will ask current vendor’s for a stronger drug with an even stronger effect. Nevertheless this becomes a dangerous situation because they are no longer in control of their clear mindset as for someone that is not addicted to the feeling of being high.

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,

Drugs first surfaced in the late 1880’s with Opium. Opium at the time was the most in demand drug choice. Opium comes from a flower called, “Opium Poppy”, people would take the “fruit” of the flower, which was the actual opium and let it dry up and then it was either; smoked, injected, eaten or put in drinks. When the drug effects kicks it the user would start

Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919. The crystalline powder was soluble in water, making it a perfect candidate for injection. Methamphetamine went into wide use during World War II, when both sides used this drug to keep troops awake. High doses were given to Japanese Kamikaze pilots

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MDMA is a well-known drug in today’s society. It can be named called all sorts of things, but the most common name is Ecstasy. Depending on your location it can be named something else for instance the new era of young adults they refer it as molly, and in the bay area, California it was often it’s referred to as thizz, in the early 2000s’. MDMA can very addictive to some populations. In the young adult population MDMA is used as a “rave drug” (will go into more detail later). In other populations it’s known for the high that it gives.

Since rave parties go on for long time periods, rave drugs or party drugs can often be used to keep the user wide awake or enhance their experience. Use of these drugs can lead to very negative consequences.

Meaning out of all the drugs that are out there, Molly has a high potential for abuse. Molly is also classified as a mild hallucinogen and a psychedelic. Meaning that when someone is high on molly, they would hallucinate and start to see or hear things that are not really there. When Molly is taken, it acts as a central nervous system stimulant. The MDA absorbed through the body destroys serotonin-producing neurons in your body. These neurons role in your body is to regulate aggression, mood, sexual activity, sleep, and sensitivity to pain. This is why when people are high off of Molly, they have trippy dreams and feel unstoppable. Molly can be snorted, injected, but is mostly found in pill form. When in the form of a pill, they come in many different colors with pictures on the top to look

Methamphetamine was originally called Amphetamine. Amphetamine was created in Germany in 1887. Later on, an easier version of amphetamine was developed by the Japanese in 1919. It was then renamed methamphetamine. Methamphetamine was being used as a supplement in World War II by the soldiers to keep them awake. Also it was used by the Japanese Kamikaze pilot before their

In the North Jersey suburbs Narcotic Task Force made it’s first Ecstasy arrest 1997. The first significant seizure came a year later; when investigators seized 3,200 pills in hand ream containers sent from Belgium to a Manhattan bar bouncer who lived in New York City suburbs.

MDMA is used primarily by college students and young adults and is commonly distributed at “raves”, clubs and concerts, but has recently been introduced on college and university campuses (National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2004). As the rave/party scene and lifestyle has developed and expanded over the past 20 years, ecstasy has gained a reputation of being a “safe drug” that does no more than incite strong feelings of happiness, socialness, empathy while causing the inability to sleep for a few hours at a time, which makes it a highly desirable party drug that is fairly easily accessible (despite being illegal in most countries) (Erowid.com, 2000). According to the American National Survey on Drug Use and Health of