Opioid

Our guest speaker Jennifer Schwartz spoke about many roles and responsibilities medical examiners go through everyday in their field. There’s three areas of her presentation that really surprised me. At first, Jennifer showed our class a scene where a man was found dead in his home. She explained how the examiners take pictures of all their surroundings, so they can have smart suggestions of what really happened. They take pictures of the floor, bedroom, bathroom, fridge, drawers, and then the…

There has been many medication or drugs out there that have been beneficial or even harmful to the average American person. In addition to that it can be very cost effective but if I was giving the chance to create a drug that could cause paralysis in the muscle, the three control points that I would target would be the nervous system, neuromuscular blocker, and a disruption to the acetylcholine synthesis I will further explain these key points. Paralysis is a form of having no movement of the…

Drugs can be helpful—in many ways. They have the ability to help someone combat a sickness, and can even help people with mental illnesses; these are helpful drugs. Though they are helpful, they must be taken in moderation, for even good drugs are harmful if abused. However, there are also drugs that can harm people if they choose to take them. People may choose to go down this path for many reasons—for instance, they may be doing it to escape reality, or put their lives on pause for a while. By…

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Depressants are one of the main drug category. They are used to experience euphoria or with other drugs to add to the other drugs’ high or to deal with their side effects. Depressants bring you down and suppress brain function, the effect of this is it will put you to sleep, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and prevent seizures.Other effects over a longer time can be depressants cause amnesia, leaving no memory of events that occur while under the influence, reduce your reaction time, impair…

Cocaine is often sold as a white powder, this can be injected, because the drug is soluble in water it can be injected directly into the bloodstream. It can be sniffed through the nostrils. Cocaine is highly addictive and is made from the coco bush plant which is grown in South America. Through chemical processing it can be made into a freebase and crack forms, which looks like crystals, and is smoked. Crack is made of cocaine hydrochloride that is chemically processed with water and ammonia or…

SUNA, otherwise known as "Short-lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache Attacks", is often common in men after the age of 50 years old. This disorder is marked by stabs of moderate to severe throbbing, burning, or piercing pain usually surrounding one side of the head, located explicitly around the eye or temple. The stabbing pain usually peaks through within seconds of the onset and may follow a pattern of increasing and decreasing pain intensity. The SUNA Attacks can usually last up to 4-5…

History Morphine was first isolated in its crystal form by pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner in 1817. Because of the pain relief effects of the opium poppy, many chemists were attempting in the decade beforehand to extract what was later to be called morphine. With the extraction of morphine also was a milestone as it was the first alkaloid to be isolated. Since its discovery its use has become widespread both as a painkiller, for its recreational effects, and was once thought to be a cure for…

Ever since January of 2017, there has been a total of 64,070 deaths caused by drug overdoses in the United States, and that number only continues to increase (“Provisional Courts”). However, drugs are not the only problem in the U.S. Alcoholism continues to be a dispute as well. Since January 1st of 2017, 95,251 people have been killed due to alcohol related circumstances (“2017 Real”). Jay Gatsby does not become addicted to a particular substance, rather a particular person. Addiction continues…

Today in the United States, the incarceration rates have reached concerning heights. The biggest portion of those incarcerated has something to do with narcotics, whether it is selling, possessing, or under the influence of them. The growing rate of incarcerations due to narcotics has gotten some individuals debating. Debates have begun over whether narcotics should be legalized. Proponents for legalizing narcotics have two strong arguments for why this should be the case. The first argument is…