The Potent Mix Of Creativity And Madness

Further, circumstances such as economical, health, or personal issues resulting in a person’s choice to take drugs ironically can be the same reasons for them to either change their pattern, stop taking drugs, or get help versus the unavoidable, involuntary effect of a diseased brain. Additionally, those that choose to continue being addicted over a long period of time illustrates that by making that choice they are not helpless compared to a person who has a chronic disease. “Rather than being the inevitable, involuntary product of a diseased brain, these actions represent the essence of voluntariness. The addict’s behavior can be modified by knowledge of the consequences. Involuntary behavior cannot (Satel, Goodwin, 1998, pg. 5).

The first thing to note, Johann Hari uses pathos to emotionally connect to the viewer, so he can make drugs to not be viewed as

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.

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.

Marijuana is the most commonly used drug in the United States, and has plenty of different emotional effects. Most consumers that use Marijuana typically say that marijuana makes you feel happy and you have uncontrollable laughter. Some other emotional effects are panic attacks and anxiety (BONN-MILLER, VUJANOVIC, & ZVOLENSKY pg. 2). Paranoia is another effect that usually happens to users depending on the strain the user uses. Once again these effects determine on the strain you smoke either, Sativa or Indica. On the other hand cocaine is quite different from marijuana.

Using marijuana has been connected to paranoia, anxiety, depression, short-term forgetfulness, lung cancer and even heart attacks. It can complicate medical conditions like liver disease, low blood pressure, or diabetes. Some people use it to calm their anxiety or to escape their problems, but research shows a link between marijuana use and mental health problems (Web MD).

“Psychoactive substances exert their their effects by modifying biochemical or physiological processes in the brain.” Psychedelics are taken out of context to be for recreational use only, when they can be taken to enhance spiritual journeys.

For some people, this causes a harmless thought to snowball into a much more delusional thought, which may trigger paranoia and anxiety. While your senses are heightened users may also experience a distorted perception of time. This may happen because you can get hyper focused on your surrounding, the thoughts in your head, or even both. If your paranoia, anxiety, and distorted perception of time take over, this may, in some instances, cause blips of paranoia. This may cause users to experience hallucinations and other frightening effects. Having negative effects whilst on cannabis may leave you in a state of disarray.

Another type of drug is opiates. Some may ask, what are opiates? Opiates include a number or different drugs. These drugs include opium, morphine, their derivatives and compounds and their synthetic equivalents (Kazenback, p.212). Opiates have a great medical value; each opiate differs in their uses, effects, and addition potential (Kazenback, p.212). According to the author the most common types of opiates are morphine and codeine (Kazenback, p.212). Morphine and codeine are used for relief in pain and for treatment of cough (Kazenback, p.212). These drugs are usually prescribed from a medical professional out of medical setting such the hospital (Kazenback, p.212). Some drugs are focused on more than others. Kazenback states, “While the misuse or illicit use of some of these drugs has presented serious

This can make it difficult to tell precisely which drug is affecting an individual’s emotions. Doctors do, however, have a pretty good idea of what each narcotic can do due to research in individuals that have taken one drug at a time.

Available scientific evidence indicate that marijuana contain a useful chemical that treats several mental disorder illnesses. The useful purpose of this drug has prompted a long standing debate as

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

Depression is a widespread issue in today’s world. It can be caused by abuse, conflict, a sudden change in one’s life, and much more. The number one cause of depression is stress. Cannabis, or marijuana, has been used to treat depression dating back to the year 1621 with doctors in India using it to treat depression in their patients. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, was shown to change negative images or emotions in the minds of the patients who smoked marijuana. Many patients stated that it took them to another world, a place where they felt comfortable and the feeling of depression was obsolete. The sad part is that since marijuana is still classified as a

Some marijuana users may experience psychological distress following marijuana ingestion. Effects may include feelings of panic, anxiety, and paranoia. This is known as toxic psychosis. Though these experiences are frightening, the effects are only temporary and are attributed to the ingestion of large

Despite the current marijuana laws, medical research has shown a variety of therapeutic benefits that arise from the use of cannabis. (Gowling et al. 1998, p. 446)) Revealed that ‘Over the years, cannabis has been claimed to increase appetite, relax the muscle, improve mood, relieve anxiety and combat pain and nausea’. As a result of these advantages, medical marijuana advocates support and has pushed for the legalisation of cannabis. However, it is argued that harmful effects can arise, demonstrating an association between cannabis with psychosis. Psychosis is a condition of the mind, involving a “loss of contact with reality”. Hall (1998) stipulated that ‘A high doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the