Methamphetamine

Doctors should not be able to prescribe as Adderall as a study aid. There is an erroneous belief that stimulants such as Adderall has no harmful physical side effects. “As more students are introduced to these stimulants and acknowledged perceived benefits, the harmful and additive attributes may go unnoticed compared to the benefits students possibly experience” Varga 294). Millions of American college students are perceived to believe that using Adderall as a study aid will improve…

Drugged Society Flashback to 1970. Imagine flared pants, silky tops, and afros accompanied with the faint smoke of marijuana. Fast forward to 2015: short skirts, high heels, and frat boys smoking a joint. The popular opinion of drugs today has been that they have progressively gotten worse, when in reality there has not been a considerable change at all. The amount of drug use and abuse has fluctuated between the 1960s and current years, yet stayed consistent as they have always been a part of…

I believe that no one should consume alcohol because of the way that they act after consuming it. There actions are just horrible and alcohol should never have been invented in the first place. It causes people to act crazy, get into accidents, and even die. 2.) A person may believe that recreational drugs are safe and that you can make a lot of money from selling it. They may think that recreational drugs are "cool" because it can get you "high". They do not think about the consequences and…

Anti-drug public service announcements have used many different methods of achieving their goal. Many of these ads are intended to make people scared of drugs, however, I believe no PSAs have been as scary as the ads from the Montana Meth Project. The Montana Meth Project fights against meth use in the state of Montana. They have made many ads intended to educate and dissuade teens and young adults thinking about using meth. One such commercial, entitled Jessica, features multiple settings with…

Generic Name: Dolophine (Metadol) Proprietary Name: Mathadone Classification: Narcotic Methadone: (Meth-a-dohn) a potent opioid; Conducted by mouth or injection to relive discomfort. Also helps with cough and to treat heroin dependence. (A.McFerran, 2011) For this assignment I chose to do Methadone. I found my information through the following; Websites, New articles, Health Unit, Drug References and magazines. Methadone is a high alert drug it is used to treat many different disorders…

Adam Alter is an American author and also teaches marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a New York Times Best Seller and has been reviewed by Chicago Tribune, saying “explores the roots of our tech addiction.” “Never Get High on Your Own Supply” is the prologue of Alter’s book, “Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked.” In this prologue he relies on a fundamental rule of drug dealing and how to never get high on your own…

The use of methamphetamine may result in severe psychological effects due to the impairment of the brain, through dopamine depletion as the main example. Australia has one of the highest rates of methamphetamine use in the world, with around 2.5% of Australians having used methamphetamine in the last 14 years. As methamphetamine enters the brain, dopamine is released in concentrations ten times higher than normal. This excessive release of dopamine produces pleasure and cause the user to…

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…

INTRODUCTION: This case involves the suspect being arrested for H&S 11377(a)-Crystal Methamphetamine, H&S 11364(a)-Drug Paraphernalia and an outstanding arrest warrant. LOCATION DESCRIPTION: This incident occurred in the parking lot at 25 S. Pasadena Avenue (Joe’s Auto Parks). EVIDENCE: • 1-Glass pipe approximately 3 inches in length with a bulb at the end, resembling a crystal methamphetamine pipe, with a white burnt residue inside. Found in Suspect Sutherland’s left front jacket pocket. •…

Damn, my hands shook as I consumed the dose of methamphetamines, having no idea that this would be my last high. Then something unexplainable happened: there was a flicker of blue; my head started to spin, I anticipated I was going to vomit; seeing for the first time, the destruction I had caused in life right there in front of my eyes. Why was this happening? Morbid thoughts of life and death swirled in my mind. Eventually, my head ached from the awareness of what had happened to my life,…