Amphetamine

As an addict, you gave control of your life to opioids. However, there is often a reluctance to give control of your treatment to your healthcare providers. Humility is the word to ponder. The more you insist on controlling the recovery process, the less likely for a positive outcome. If you are not truthful or only partially truthful with your treatment providers, how can you expect a good outcome? If you miss appointments, demand controlled medications, don’t pay clinic fees, or purposefully…

Sharpie toting Rembrandt. Playing music became a part of my daily routine, along with brushing my teeth, and neglecting to brush my hair. I put my knack for storytelling to good use, and pretty soon I was churning out lyrics like Edgar Allen Poe on amphetamines. Like every young boy girl, I had dreamed of becoming a supreme rock star, able to retire at age forty-five. I knew my dream was far-fetched, but i didn’t care and I kept at…

Drug policies have become somewhat of a hot topic of discussion in Europe and the United States and many other countries all over the world. In many countries, there have been debates about the legalization and control of previously or currently illegal substances, and this could change the dynamic of drug consumption and trafficking in the future. In the European Union specifically, there is no unified drug policy that all of the member states must follow. The law is designed so that individual…

There is a considerable amount of disagreements about supplying rehab to those who are arrested instead of letting them go through jail time. Rehab would often be supplied to those that are arrested that suffer through drug addiction. Therefore, the topic is of high value today because it examines a possible way to reduce crimes throughout countries. There are a variety of arguments on the issue, such as that it is unsafe to use rehab as a reason to put a criminal back into public. Some believe…

isolated as a coca leaves in 1859. In 1880s cocaine started to be known to the medical community. By 1970’s cocaine was known as a new drug. According to Hart (2015) states “Little concern was given to cocaine until the end of the 1960s when amphetamines became harder…

with this and accused her mother of conspiring with her ex-husband, Kevin to take her sons away. Sam Lutfi eventually put a restraining order against her. Lutfi’s attorney, Schleimer, told the jury that it was “because of the singer’s rampant amphetamine use that caused her downfall”. The attorney also said she “suffered from paranoid delusions”. He told the jury that his client would sometimes spend 24 hours a day preventing Britney from drug use. At one point of her downfall Britney…

“Animals are not ours to eat. Animals are not ours to wear. Animals are not ours to experiment on. Animals are not ours to use for entertainment. Animals are not ours to abuse in any way.” (Evans 21). A great defense for animal rights is philosophy, philosophical discussions use ideas and theories about questions morality. In this case philosophy is animal rights’ best supporter. The touchy subject that is animal rights can be difficult to conclude and apply to real-life situations, but…

A major problem in the American society is the over-prescription and abuse of narcotic drugs by doctors and patients respectively. The drug Ritalin, which goes by the generic name Methylphenidate, is a central nervous system stimulant that is heavily prescribed in the United States. It is used to combat the effects of attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and narcolepsy. Ritalin is designed to prevent hyperactivity and impulse control, prominent…

severe physical and psychological dependence (Rouse 2018). With cocaine being available in mostly for medical use in the early 1900’s it was being manufactured at high rates and the resources were readily accessible until around the 1930’s. in which amphetamines became popular and cocaine became less needed in the medical world. Eventually by 1970 cocaine was put on the highly dependent and appeals to the same crowd of people who were using heroin. At this point cocaine was gaining popularity in…

As the light from the sun slowly disappears behind the hillside, followed by the half crescent moon giving off just enough light to illuminate the surrounding clouds. As you are walking around the dimly lit streets, trying to just make it into your house. As you walk alone, you hear a noise down a hard way and your mind starts to wonder as to what it could be. Now every step you take, to every breath you take in, you do it with ease, listening and waiting, guessing what will be behind the next…