Psychoactive fungi

Weed Weed is not as addictive as alcohol so why is it illegal to have but alcohol is not illegal more people die from alcohol than weed. Alcohol is a deadly and addictive drug that is not illegal and it makes people do stupid things weed should be legalized if you smoke weed you probably just sit on the couch and watch TV while eating, but if u get drunk u could get in a wreck or kill someone else and it will kill your liver. People say weed is very dangerous, but if you calculate how many…

Stimulus To arrive to my question, one stimulus source which inspired me to research the effects of drugs on humans comes from the Looking Glass, where the use of psychedelic drugs is evident in Alice. For example, upon entering the looking glass, she describes her encounters “the pictures on the wall next the fire seemed to be all alive, and the very clock on the chimney-piece had got the face of a little old man, and it grinned at her”(Carroll, 2016). The other document which inspired me to…

If you 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…

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…

Doni Vejseli Mrs. Wiest English 131 4 December 2014 ! Marijuana: The Poison of Societies or a Drug Too Difficult To Control? Used for the cheap buzz it offers its smoker, it blackens its uses teeth and lungs alike and serves for the purpose of slowly killing anyone who inhales it. I am of course speaking about tobacco. The crop of choice to grow to make money for hundreds of years, things today have changed. Support to ban the smoking of tobacco in public places is beginning to take hold across…

New research is constantly being done in the medical field, medication being among those. There has been a discussion of allowing psychedelic drugs to be returned to research labs and to yet again be used for research purposes. Since psychedelics are seen negative, a lot of the research dates far back, however since the conversation is coming back, there is new research that is coming into light. Psychedelic drugs are drugs that alter the state of perception, thought, and feeling and also…

Someone unknown said that ”Make no mistake: Marijuana is a drug. As such, it’s like other drugs, poses a real threat to your life.” 18 is an absurd age to purchase marijuana because of the damage to your health, both mental and physical; law and rules are affected; and the harmful accidents caused by this drug. In general, health risks associated with marijuana can be acute or chronic.Daily or near-daily use of marijuana can have serious long-term effects on a user’s health, including risk…

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…

Kratom is an herb that is growing in popularity, with the likes of Salvia and some of the herbal incense strains. As with any "legal herbs", however, it's important to frequently check the status of their legality where you live. It is not legal for people in some countries to buy Kratom, while other countries welcome the sale of Kratoms. In some countries anyone who has this drug in their possession is arrested, and taken to jail. Some of the countries that have banned the use and purchase of…

You have been misunderstood all this time. It’s not what you perceive it to be. A label cast upon it by the government, shadowed by society, labeled as a schedule 1 drug. A drug considered to be as dangerous as Heroin, Meth and many others of its classification. A drug whom is perceived to obtain no medical value; Cannabis. Cannabis was known to have a medicinal value since 1906. Cannabis has been in existence more than most pharmaceuticals, and has caused not a death. Yet it continues to be…