Psychoactive drug

were depressed, feeling alone, and you wanted to end it all, but a small dose of LSD, or peyote could save your life, would you take it? This is a question many people ponder, and the answer always comes back to ethics. For this reason, psychedelic drugs should be used to treat physical and mental illnesses. What psychedelics are used to treat illnesses? There are many. LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, found in…

The United States has seen an increase in the amount of teenagers and young adults that smoke marijuana. The main reason for this increase is that most people believe that it is not harmful to the human body. Scientists performed a study in which they selected more than 5,000 people from the ages 18 to 30 that smoked marijuana and made these 5,000 people follow up with them at certain points over the next twenty-five years. During these follow ups, scientists tested the cognitive function…

Psychoactive drugs, substances that alter and affect brain processing, have many different impacts on psychological and physical behavior. Two different classes of psychoactive drugs, narcotics and stimulants, are commonly abused drugs. Narcotics and stimulants have different effects on the body; however, these effects can be beneficial or adverse depending on the rationale behind utilizing them. Narcotic drugs, such as morphine, are highly addictive. However, morphine is commonly used for…

engage in thrilling activities, including drinking alcohol or taking other psychoactive substances, even if it is unsafe, because experimenting is their path to setting boundaries, exploring their own abilities, becoming independent adults, and the way of forming their identities. In the video “An interview with Michael Dennis”, Dr. Dennis discusses how dangerous is drug use during adolescence,…

Psychoactive drugs alter consciousness by changing chemical processing in neurons. This happens because they contain chemicals similar to the ones naturally found in the brain. The different physical effects and impact on behavior depends on what classification the drug is in. Stimulants and narcotics are two common classes that psychoactive drugs can be classified as. There are some instances where people may abuse stimulants or narcotics and suffer the adverse effects. Psychoactive drugs…

understanding the history of drugs in Sweden is important to understand the current policy that is in place. Sweden was one of the first Western European countries to experience a major drug epidemic in the 1960’s (Johannson). During that time the drugs were mostly stimulants and, at the time, not seen as addictive so people were able to purchase these drugs at local pharmacies with regulations. After some regulation problems began to occur. There was a trial set up with 110 drug-addicted…

In later years, drug exploitation cinema loosened up. After the collapse of the Production Code, films could depict drug use without consequences. In the 1960s, “drugs became a symbol of pride and subversion” (166). In contrast to the films made in the first half of the twentieth century, “many illegal-drug films produced in the 1960s are startling in their rejection of earlier narratives about ‘demon’ drugs” (Boyd 63). The increased acceptance of recreational drug use lead to it being more…

few non-breakthrough DMT experiences, one 25C-NBOMe trip, and one 20mg metocin (4-HO-MET) trip before this experience. My friend S wanted to try metocin as her first 'strong' psychedelic. She smoked weed and drank alcohol, but hasn't used any other drugs before. We figured it would be a good idea since metocin doesn't have a very deep headspace and is generally easier to handle than acid, for example. I headed up to her room with a couple 10mg capsules; we each took one, then put on Alice in…

the neurotransmitter that's responsible for our feelings of pleasure, motivation, and reward. Many abused substances stimulate brain dopamine signaling - the mechanism underlying the rewarding effects of drugs, food, and sex. Both groups produced just as much extra dopamine after taking the drug, but the marijuana abusers had significantly blunted behavioral, cardiovascular, and brain dopamine responses to the stimulant. Unlike cocaine and alcohol abusers, marijuana abusers appear to produce the…

and coughing” which is common to individuals that use marijuana every single day. According to Kleffman, “Most people inhale it in hand-rolled cigarettes, but it also can be mixed into food such as brownies or used to brew tea.” Which shows how this drug or plant has evolved during the years. This portrays the different ways marijuana is used. According to the article, “Debate Rages over Health Effects of Marijuana” it states, “You smoke marijuana differently from tobacco, so more of the…