Methaqualone

12\23\04 Period 2 Drug Research Paper Methaqualone, is also referred to as Disco Biscuits, Down And Dirties, Jekyll-and-Hyde, Joe Fridays, Lemmon 714, Lemons, Lennon's, Lovers, Ludes, Mandies, Mandrake, Q, Qua, Quack, Quad, Quaaludes, Soaper, Supper, Vitamin Q, The Love Drug, Wallbangers, Whore Pills, and Sopor. This list of street names for the drug goes on and on. Methaqualones were first introduced in India in 1955. This drug was then sent to Europe and

What is Methaqualone? Methaqualone is a man-made drug that generally depresses the central nervous system. Like barbiturates, it is also known as a sedative-hypnotic drug, which induces sleep to anyone that uses it. Although it effectively treats patients who are suffering from insomnia and hyperactivity, Methaqualone is rarely prescribed by doctors. For some varying reasons, some people also abuse the drug, which may draw a positive result using the drug test kits. Methaqualone was sold in North

lungs and urine d. all of these  Question 12 1 out of 1 points ____________________ was part of a class of drugs introduced as barbiturate substitute in the belief that they would be safer. Selected Answer: Answers: c. Methaqualone a. Fentanyl b. Buprenorphine c. Methaqualone d. Methadone  Question 13 1 out of 1 points __________ often carry a gene that makes them physically ill and flushed before they can consume an addicting amount of alcohol. Selected Answer: Answers: b. Asians a. Hispanics

abuse first became a big problem around the 1970’s throughout the 1980’s. America was discovering one drug after another to help manage their lives better (newsnarconon, 2009). Methaqualone was one of the first drugs that pharmacists were trying to use to take place of Barbiturate drugs (newsnarconon, 2009). The drug Methaqualone was first used to increase sexual activity, but later it was recognized that it did a great job at helping people sleep, which is why they wanted to use the drug to replace

writing a biography about his experience on Wall Street and his experience with abusing drugs. Upon his success and abundance of money, Belfort started to abuse hard drugs. He sparked a specific interest in Quaaludes. Quaaludes specific name is Methaqualone, it is a central nervous system depressant that acts as a sedative, and hypnotic. Being on these drugs caused Belfort to get into numerous of accidents not only threatening his life but the peoples around him. While high on Quaaludes, he crashed

are oxycodone, methadone, hydrocodone, and codeine. Because demand and use of painkillers is high it’s easy to see why opiods are the most commonly abused class. Sedatives are another class of drugs. Commonly abused sedatives are phenobarbital, methaqualone, clonazepam, and alprazolam. Sedatives are usually used to treat symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, and panic disorders. When abused, sedatives offer a more relaxed, chilled type

The piece of media I chose to write my analysis paper on is the movie Wolf of Wall Street. I selected this movie because I felt it showed many different types of drug use, and the impact drugs can have on an individual’s life. The movie is about a stock broker names Jordan Belfort, who begins his career selling penny stocks for a low-level brokerage firm. Jordan eventually opens his own firm and makes it big by scamming customers out of money. Over the course of the movie Jordan uses many different

Sedatives encompass a wide variety of drugs with different mechanisms of action that can induce depression of the central nervous system (CNS). In the first part of the 20th century, the pharmacotherapy of anxiety and insomnia relied on barbiturates, which were replaced with benzodiazepines as drugs of choice in the second part of the previous century. Besides those two groups of drugs, other sedatives are also used for that purpose. Barbiturates and benzodiazepines Barbiturates are nonselective

Drug Abuse The term drug abuse most often refers to the use of a drug with such frequency that it causes physical or mental harm to the user or impairs social functioning. Although the term seems to imply that users abuse the drugs they take, in fact, it is themselves or others they abuse by using drugs. Traditionally, the term drug abuse referred to the use of any

store and pharmacy. Marijuana is listed as a schedule I drug. “ Schedule I drugs are the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules with potentially severe psychological or physical dependence.” It is placed alongside heroin, LSD, ecstasy, methaqualone, and peyote. According to the list provided by the DEA, they believed, schedule II drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamines are less dangerous than marijuana. Alcohol and tobacco however are not listed, even though they are far more addictive