Amphetamine

Stimulants like Amphetamines and Methylphenidates are the most commonly prescribed medications to those may be diagnosed with ADHD. Stimulants are given to patients with ADHD because they cause a reverse effect on them. For example, if you gave someone one who didn’t have…

It was studied that stress, in the form of foot shock, elevates the dopamine level in the nucleus accumbens and results in more amphetamine and cocaine self-administration (Goeders and Guerin, 1994), suggesting that stress chemicals, such as CRF, glucocorticoids(GCs) , and norepinephrine (NE), have the ability to directly modulate dopaminergic pathway and in turn, response to stress…

Psychology Essay Starting off in unit one, our online class discussed multiple careers in psychology. In order to understand the different careers we had to research a career we were interested in, like a Cognitive Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist. We had to describe the job in a discussion, including salary and a brief description of the job. We also learned about psychology and the history behind it. We watched videos and read online text, then answered questions we had to turn in for a…

everything! In addition, "[a]thletes have much more riding on their decision to cheat than just a game, most notably wealth, status and more willing sex partners" (Pugmire). To restate, it is not only fame and fortune that cause athletes to take amphetamines, steroids or other PEDs, but also social status and a greater amount of sexual partners. When all is said and done,…

Since the early 1960’s, athletes have used anabolic steroids to enhance their performance, mixing substances such as heroin and cocaine creating a drug named a “Speedball” (Denham 56). In the US heroin and cocaine are illegal due to the effect these drugs could have on a person 's health, but athletes were combining these two drugs just so they would be able magnify their skills within the sport they play. From high school sports to professional, athletes have used all sorts of…

SUBSTANCE USE, ABUSE AND DEPENDENCY RESEARCH REPORT BY JESSICA WITTMAN DATE SUBMITTED ENG 4C MRS. CROOKE Table of Contents ABTRACT ……………………………………………………………...1 INTRODUCTION 2 SUBSTANCE AND ABUSE RISKS/ FACTORS 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUBSTANCES 4 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS 5 TREATMENT, DIAGNOSES AND WHEN TO SEEM MEDICAL CARE 6 WORKS CITED……………………………………………………………7 ABSTRACT The purpose of this research report is to explain and identify the many different…

According to CDC Center of Disease Control nearly 70 million American adults are suffering from hypertension. According to mayo clinic staff Hypertension is condition where the force of the blood against the artery walls is high enough, which could cause health complications such as heart diseases. Blood pressure is measured by the amount of blood the heart pumps and the amount of resistance of blood flow in your arteries. The more blood the heart pumps and the narrower the arteries get, the…

This substance can be anything from alcoholic beverages to hard drugs such as benzodiazepines or amphetamines. Benzodiazepines are oftentimes regarded as the most likely hard drug to cause or trigger violence. The benzodiazepines can even be considered as a channel for the defense mechanism of displacement or projection. Displacement is a way of satisfying…

In this paper I’m going to be talking about ADHD, and what it means, how you get it, what it can do to the body, the signs and systems, etc. I picked ADHD because one, I have it, two, I want to learn more about it, and three how I got it. There are probably other people out there wondering how or why they got it. So what is ADHD? It affects millions of children and often persists into adulthood. ADHD used to be called Attention-Deficit Disorder or ADD. ADHD means Attention Deficit…

Gangs, such as MS-13 have a negative impact in our society, effects communities through America, and family orientated homes. Did you know over the past decade, annual estimates of the number of gangs have averaged around 27,000 nationally? (National Gang Center, website.) MS-13 is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its origins in the poor, refugee-laden neighborhoods of 1980s Los Angeles, the gang 's reach now extends from Central American nations…