Psychoactive drug

Celebration.”) People are joining into big groups to enjoy the green herb, but the real question is why, why has the movement caught on? Well for one the herb, tends to be a relaxation method for many people and also it is said to be a very mello drug and there are very few cases of anyone doing anything bad under the influence of the herb. Also the movement is celebrated in places where it is not so legal, big celebrations take place in New York's Central Park and in Minneapolis (“420 Pot…

All drugs are chemicals. There are various methods used to introduce these chemicals into the body; these include smoking, injecting, inhaling, or ingestion. Upon entering the body the chemicals accumulate in the brain where nerve cells send, receive, and process information. Different drugs will work differently. In this presentation, I will describe how drugs affect the brain. In general, drugs work by imitating the brain’s neurotransmitters or over stimulating the brain’s “reward” circuit.…

During the early 1900s, individuals used cocaine as an anesthetic, yet this practice has long been discontinued. In fact, this drug currently has no known use in medicine, yet many people turn to it as a recreational substance, one that can have long term lasting effects on them. With time, a person may become addicted to the drug and this can have dangerous consequences, thus everyone should be aware of the signs of cocaine use and addiction. The sooner a problem is detected, the sooner the…

Cocaine is stimulant of a drug thats is made from a leave that is call South American coca plant. Cocaine can get you high or you can die. Scientists have found that cocaine is one of the most addictive substance on earth. Crack was began to surge in the 1980s - 1989 and there is a record that was recorded by History.Com had sad that from 4.2 million to 5.8 million people had got an addictive to the the drug. Cocaine is the most popularly drug used in U.S even today. Cocaine happened in the…

States has struggled with since the early 1900’s. Opioids are drugs commonly used in medical practice to relieve pain. Before the knowledge we have currently on opioids, opioids were an essential in curing a range of symptoms; from relieving pain to being used as cough suppressants. Today, the war on opioids is at an all time high. In 2014, 14 thousand people died from an opioid overdose. In CNN’s article, Opioid History: From “wonder drug” to abuse epidemic,” Sonia Mogha quotes Dr. Tom Fieden,…

Does cannabis affect one’s susceptibility to false memories? The authors are using the correlation method to answer this question because it tests the relationship between cannabis use and false memory. I feel that this is method is the correct choice because it limits the elements that are being compared in contrast to the descriptive method or the experimental method. Also, this method allows for the creation of specific groups in order to provide for equal comparisons of the dependent…

from facts it is said that tobacco which is found in cigarettes is shown to have a higher chance to get lung cancer vs a person smoking marijuana. I say that marijuana should be legalized but it should also be heavily taxed to prevent abuse of this drug. In 2015 the federal government passed a bill…

Synthetic marijuana, also known as “Spice” or “K2” first became available in the U.S. in 2008. Originally marketed as an incense in labeled “not for human consumption”. Spice or K2 became vastly popular with high school students and young adults due to how it was easily and legally obtainable from a variety of convenience stores, smoke shops, and online that is until July 2012 when a national ban was enacted against the sale of synthetic cannabinoids in the U.S. History of Controlled Substance…

marijuana, also known as, weed and a variety of other names. Even if you haven’t watched those kinds of shows, you are sure to have heard of it because it is a well-known drug that is recognized by many people. Marijuana is a plant, a greenish-gray mixture of a dried flower called Cannabis sativa. It is most commonly smoked as an illegal drug. In some places it is not illegal. It is sometimes prescribed for medical purposes. In that case it is mostly used in teas or mixed into food. There…

they automatically think negatively about it, mostly because it is classified as an illegal drug. There has been a long history with marijuana and the “problems” that it has caused over the years. Starting out as an herb, marijuana slowly became classified, along with all the other more dangerous drugs, under the same category as them. But if people would take a step back and stop looking at cannabis as a drug, and look past it being illegal, would it make people think differently about it? I…