Oxycodone

are used to relieve symptoms. Drugs can also be classified more specifically by hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, ketamine, PCP, and MDMA), inhalants (solvents, aerosols, nitrites, and anesthetics), opioids (heroin, opium, morphine, and oxycodone), depressants (barbiturates, benzodiazepines, methaqualone, and GHB), and stimulants (amphetamine, cocaine, and…

free for all like Colorado’s plan of fully legalizing marijuana. Maxwell believes that the medical benefits and personal freedoms of medical marijuana outweigh the listed concerns. He also states that there is a potential for doctor abuse as with oxycodone and like alcohol, marijuana does impair one’s judgment but again, the benefits that medical marijuana provides to the very ill is worth it. As with cigarettes, there is a health concern but we need to use medical marijuana wisely and doctors…

So there have been a few events in my life that have changed my view on the world, affected my mental and emotional health, and made me rethink who I am. A lot of those revolve around how gay I am, hence my title. Of course that’s just one aspect of who I am, so not everything that’s happened to me has to do with that. A lot, but not everything. At least not completely. The summer between 8th and 9th grade, I missed my two best friends a lot. Of course I missed all my friends, but it felt…

Is Naturopathy Real Medicine? Naturopathic doctors (or NDs) are in fact licensed to perform minor surgeries, and prescription drugs, even though they prefer to find all/any alternatives available before doing so. Naturopathy is defined as “a branch of medicine in which a variety of treatments are used to heal illness using a system of medical diagnosis.” (Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, edited by Laurie Fundukian. Gale. 2009. Web.) The same can be said for much of medicine, however. To go…

Introduction Opioids are substances derived from the opium poppy, or engineered analogs with similar impacts. Some drugs in this class are morphine, heroin, tramadol, oxycodone and methadone. Opioids can possibly bring about substance dependence that is portrayed by a powerful urge to take opioids, disabled control over opioid use, relentless opioid use notwithstanding destructive results, a higher need given to opioid use than to different exercises and commitments, expanded resistance, and a…

Most people recognize cannabis as a recreational drug. However, this diverse genus of flowering plants has unique properties that make it an extremely versatile plant for humankind. The flowers of the cannabis sativa and cannabis indica species have medicinal applications and are used in religious and cultural settings. The stalk of the cannabis ruderalis species is used to manufacture hemp fiber. Cannabinoids, a diverse group of compounds, are synthesized by all three species of cannabis.…

Suicide. Just the mentioning of such a word sends shivers down the spines of the listeners. Even though people do not speak about it often, suicide rates seem to be on the rise, and they are doing everything they can to help. Pamela Kulbarsh, a psychiatric nurse with the San Diego County’s Psychiatric Emergency Response Team for over twenty-five years and author of the article “The Epidemiology of Suicide: Who is Most Likely to Take Their Own Life?” considers suicide “the most preventable…

Reducing Patient-related barriers to pain management Intro Pain is one of the most common symptoms of cancer, and one of the most challenging subjects for health professionals including Radiation Therapists to address when treating patients. It is important to recognise that pain is ‘an intensely personal experience with biological, psychological and social components’, which is entirely subjective to the person who experiences it. Despite the development of “novel analgesics and updated pain…

The deviant identity that I chose was the heroin epidemic, and how it is portrayed in the media. I took interest in this topic, because 2016 was yet another year that the number of fatalities due to heroin overdoses has increased, one of them being someone very close to me. On August 27, 2016, I received a phone call to go to my father’s house. My family was on the porch, crying. There was a flashing police car, and the door was wide open as an officer walked out with a bent spoon in his hand. I…

Marijuana can be confusing because it is thought that this is a new plant, and that everyone is wanting to use to get a high from it and is why it is outlawed. While marijuana can be used to get a buzz it is not a new plant at all, and has been used for both recreation, and medicinal purposes for ages. This is due to man searching for drugs to heal aliments and increase longevity, this is typically done by legalized drugs and herbs called medications. One of the first known herbs used for…