Psychoactive drug

Cluster Headaches: Medicine’s Mystery Malady In The Beginning Humankind has always suffered from headaches. The first written records discussing cluster headaches were in the mid-1600s. At that time the headaches were described by the intensity of the pain or given the name of the author describing them. Wilfred Harris, a British neurologist, was among the first to accurately describe the episodic nature of the headaches. Later, in 1939, Dr. Bayard Taylor Horton, a US neurologist, further…

the welfare system, is by being a drug user. If the money that is used to help those in need, goes to an individual that uses drugs, that is one less person that will receive help. On the online article “Point: The Welfare System Should Not Support Drug Users”, the writer states “It is unreasonable to expect taxpayers to pay for someone else's food, housing, and other expenses while that person uses their own money to buy drugs” (“Point: The Welfare System”). The drug addict that is receiving…

strategies and ideas aimed at limiting negative outcomes related to drug abuse. Harm Reduction is also a set of policies for social justice used to manage behaviors and based on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of the people who use drugs. Human reduction is used to manage both legal and illegal behaviors. Harm reduction is non-judgmental and focuses on taking small steps to reduce harm rather than on completely eliminating drug use. Completely stopping may or may not be the end goal.…

to fit perfectly. This is a very interesting research that looks at peoples’ experiences while recovering from addiction such as gambling. The main focus of this study is on gambling problems but it also talks about its association with alcoholism, drug use and chronic illness. As suggested in this article, gambling is like an illness it affects your body and mind. This article provided us with the story of a man that because of his gambling addiction lost his job and family, became homeless…

can take control and destroys will it destroy you ? Addiction is when you are dependent on something , would do anything for it , love it , always using it , and letting it separate you from those you love . some people say that addiction is just drugs or pornography but there is so much more . Some say there is no such thing as too much of something good or bad (addiction) . They are wrong Addiction can ruin and change someone's life ,because addiction can kill , And addiction will take…

psychological problems at an early age. More antipsychotic drugs are being prescribed each day to children even for behavioral problems. According to an article from Dr. Mercola “There is big money to be made in prescribing medications to kids – especially when those medications are intended to be taken for life, as many psychotropic drugs are.” (Dr. Marcelo) Some doctor’s might want a quick fix, and are willing to give their patience antipsychotic drugs even if they do not need it. Many other…

countless lives could be saved, not destroyed. Nowadays, people use medicine for everything and some may even use Advil as poison. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, he takes a glimpse into the future and shows how people are even more reliant on drugs to get them through their day. In this not-so-fictional society, people overdose of sleeping pills regularly just so they don’t have to feel their “bad emotions”. People in Bradbury’s fictional world use sleeping pills and other…

our lives, we have a base happiness, a base sadness and so on. As we live however, we can alter these base characteristics over time. The western approach to making permanent changes in the brain relies on drugs. For depression, take a Prozac, and for an overactive mind, Ritalin. While the drugs are effective,…

and needles for those who inject drugs into their bloodstream. The program have many pros from its operation. Some of the pros would be that it decreases the chances of someone getting HIV/AIDS , or the spread of any other disease. It properly disposes contaminated or used needles, while decreasing the number of users who share them. The cost of obtaining a clean needle is only a dime. HIV testing can be done at centers for free. The program itself educates drug users on how to inject safely. A…

damage to the victim. The solution? Color Tabs. This is a safe tablet with a colored dye that is dropped in an alcoholic beverage. If there is a trace of rohypnol or GHB, the chemical inside the tablet would release a dye to indicate the presence of the drug. If the pill does not detect Rohypnol it will not release a colored dye. The pill can stay in the drink and not become harmful. So far, there are very little products to protect women from these such situations. Our market target are the…