LSD

Huxley’s Brave New World "A Gramme is Always Better Than a Damn" (Huxley, 2006, p. 90) Aldous Huxley saw a fully aware and intelligent society the only way to obtain a government which would keep the people’s best interest a priority. In Brave New World it was clear the government had utter control of its people, which the government gained by supplying the population with Soma. Soma was a fictional recreational drug which caused euphoria, relaxation, and “an escape from… reality” (Hickman,…

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter responsible for processes within our brain such as our mood, sleep, appetite, and perception. It is While serotonin is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract the brain only utilizes serotonin produced within the brain. It is stored within the brain until it is needed. However, after our bodies have used the serotonin needed serotonin transporters remove the additional serotonin from the brain. Ecstasy which is an illegal street drug also referred to as a…

The hemp plant, or Cannabis, is what produces a drug that is considered to be one of the most common drugs in the world. “According to the United Nations, 158.8 million people around the world use marijuana—more than 3.8% of the planet’s population.” (Foundation for a Drug-free World, n.d.). Marijuana is is created by the drying of hemp plant’s flowers or leaves. Marijuana is not considered to be a herbal drug; rather, it is classified in the Cannabinoids group along with Hashish. The DEA has…

next year. Alice has problems fitting in at her new school, but soon makes a new friend, Beth. Alice goes to live with her grandparents for the summer, and is reunited with an old friend, Jill. Jill takes Alice to a party and Alice not thinking, drops LSD and has her first drug experiment. Even though Alice was very fascinated by the drug and craving more,…

Combining science fiction elements with a 1980's aesthetic, Stranger Things has become a wildly popular original series on Netflix. Created and produced by The Duffer Brothers, the show consists of two seasons, but a season three is confirmed for 2019. The 80's set show takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. A group of young friends embark on wild discoveries when a boy named Will goes missing. After his disappearance, supernatural events begin occurring in the town. They meet a…

regarding the 2016 Grammy Awards and that his friend ASAP Rocky didn't win the Best Video of the year. The award was given to Taylor for "Bad Blood." I don't want to just fix the awards for me but I want to fix it for Dexter Navy who directed A$AP Rocky’s LSD video. — KANYE…

a medicine to ease their pain. In the 1920’s- 30’s marijuana became very popular because cocaine was underground and very expensive. Amphetamines became popular during ww11 so pilots could stay awake for extended periods of time without stopping. LSD came out in the 1940’s and is now regulated by the FDA. By the early 1950’s tranquilizers became available to patients with nerve problems and needed to be relaxed. Speed was introduced in the 1960’s by rogue chemists cooking amphetamines.…

While I have argued, successfully I might add, that it should be alright to ban materials that could lead to the harm of human life. I cited the Anarchist Cookbook which among other things teaches the reader how to make Improvised Explosive Devices and LSD out of household items. One would argue that these things can be found on the internet and I say fine, let people find it there. No money should be made from the sale of these materials.…

narcotics and the penalties that could happen for a violation. Schedule I narcotics carry the heaviest penalty. Schedule I narcotics are known as the more popular narcotics. The most common Schedule I drugs are marijuana, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and heroin. The charges that could come with simple possession can potentially start with $1,000 or more fine and up to one year in jail for a first time offender (Yeh, 2015). However, charges can range up to $5,000 and 90 days to three years…

In Salem, Massachusetts, a series of ridiculous witch trials led to the death of many innocent people. In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, he portrays the main cause of the witch trials was jealousy in the town. There are numerous theories about why so many people were falsely accused, but there is no agreed upon explanation as to why people were put on trial. The Salem witch trials were known to be fueled by hysteria, causing intolerance, irritability, and capriciousness, but some…