Amphetamine

major commonality for these Adderall users in their dependency on amphetamines with addiction to achievement and the willingness to sacrifice selfhood to get it. While watching this film I had mixed feeling due to the film highlighting and encouraging the use of the stimulant drugs, Adderall and Ritalin. This documentary failed to take into account the health risks and lacked analysis on specific drug dangers that come with amphetamine abuse. Many of the interviewers explained how they enjoyed…

medicinal purposes, like “opioids for pain, amphetamines for narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and even cocaine for local blood control and anaesthesia in ear nose and throat (ENT) surgery” (Nutt, 2015, p. 2) A comparative risk assessment of drugs done by Dirk Lachenmeier and Jürgen Rehm, placed alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, and heroin all under high risk toxicological levels, while other agents (opiates, cocaine, amphetamine-type stimulants, ecstasy, and…

that marijuana is one of the least dangerous drugs. “Reports at the end of January, compared the potential of death from the typical, recreational use of 10 drugs: marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, diazepam, amphetamine and methadone. Marijuana was, by far, found to be the safest, even when compared to alcohol and cigarettes” (Shapiro). Alcohol and tobacco are legal and marijuana is illegal, but its safer than both of them so they have to be monitored more…

Psychoactive drugs, substances that alter and affect brain processing, have many different impacts on psychological and physical behavior. Two different classes of psychoactive drugs, narcotics and stimulants, are commonly abused drugs. Narcotics and stimulants have different effects on the body; however, these effects can be beneficial or adverse depending on the rationale behind utilizing them. Narcotic drugs, such as morphine, are highly addictive. However, morphine is commonly used for…

Fig.() The appetite control system in the brain. (A) The structural components of the system include the ARC (arcuate nucleus), PVN (paraventricular nucleus), LHA (lateral hypothalamus area), VMN (ventral medial nucleus), and DMV (dorsalmedial nucleus) at the hypothalamus; the NTS (nucleus tractus solitarii) at the brainstem; the NAcc (nucleus accumbens) and amygdala in the prefrontal cortex; and the cortex. (B) The major appetite signal reception and integration occur in the hypothalamus. In…

the fall and the fracture of his head, the toxicology report found amphetamines in his system, it was these drugs that caused him to lose consciousness and fall from the bike. This was the first ever recorded death during the Olympic Games due to drugs. (Sports Reference LLC,2012). Due to the nature of his death, there was a lot of negativity towards…

popular during World War II. Amphetamines were given to the soldiers, so they could stay awake for longer periods of time and to increase efficiency. However, there were adverse side effects that came from the use. The soldiers would become irritable and hostile from taking the drug. In the 1950’s meth became popular in the United States. According to Nancy Harris, in her book Amphetamines claims, “fighter pilots, including Japanese kamikaze pilots, took amphetamines to help them stay awake and…

Anabolic Steroids and Their Legality in Sports and Civilian Life Should anabolic steroids be illegal? The answer lies within technological improvement and scientific discovery. Steroids are just a technology that humans invented to better themselves physically with little extra work added on. Before steroids, records were just barely better than average. After scientific discovery and the creation of steroids, records started being shattered and actually becoming something hard to reach.…

The brain is the vital organ that governs all the actions and communications of our body. With the consumption of drugs, its functioning can be seen limited because there are some substances that directly affect the nervous connections as well as the neurons that manage to establish our thoughts, our memory and our daily actions. When drugs are taken what is being introduced into the brain are chemical substances that penetrate this vital organ getting to interfere in the neuronal transmission.…

High doses of some stimulants repeatedly over a short period of time can lead to hostility or feelings of paranoia in some people. Although amphetamine and methamphetamine are considered to be similar in some ways, when it comes to side effects. they are different. Side effects of amphetamine may include: bladder pain, bloody or cloudy urine, difficult, burning, or painful urination, fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse, frequent urge to urinate, and lower back or side pain. From the…