Psychoactive fungi

Imagine you're in the middle of having a conversation with someone and they start smoking a blunt, and you start thinking to yourself is that even legal? Why would someone want to do that and potentially harm themselves? “Is it even illegal to do that” I ask, “It is legal because I have my medical card and my doctor prescribed it for me” I ask, “Why would any doctor prescribe that for someone?” isn't there anything else you could use to get rid of the pain” “Im sure there is but this works and…

and Crime (2007) reported that in 2005 approximately 160 million people world-wide, or 1 in every 43 persons on earth, indulge in cannabis for psychoactive purposes” (Clarke and Merlin 211). I found this book to be very informing and can be used for background information of my essay. Castillo, Stephanie. "Marijuana vs. Alcohol: The Effects Psychoactive Drugs Have On Physical And Mental Health." Medical Daily. Medical…

Psychotropic medications are drugs that can help prevent certain mental health symptoms. Antianxiety, antidepressant, antibipolar, and antipsychotic drugs are all forms of psychotropic medications (Homer, 60). The most common antianxiety drug, benzodiazepines (BZD), helps reduce anxiety that most patients experience (Homer, 139). There’s a controversy that psychotropic medications are overprescribed. Over prescription of psychotropic medication, such as BZD, can be detrimental to one’s health.…

Is there a crime shown? No, there isn’t any crime shown because based on the film, at that moment Marijuana was becoming legal in California. On November 5, 1996, California's medical marijuana program was established after the state approved Proposition 215 (also known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996). So basically, it is not legal but in many ways, it is still a crime shown. What type of crime (from Module 6) would it be? Why? This is consensus crime because it advertises stimulant to…

Unlike cigarettes, and many other drugs, marijuana is not addictive. According to Brown University, “Both animal and human studies show physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms from marijuana, including irritability, restlessness, insomnia, nausea and intense dreams.”(Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs) What is wrong with this is, that all of these withdrawal symptoms are symptoms that a patient would be prescribed medical marijuana. It is also said that “10% to 14% of users will become…

Anton Köllisch developed 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine as a by-product of research for a drug to combat abnormal bleeding. It was largely ignored for 70 years until it became popular in the dance clubs of the early 80s. It was only when the Rave culture of the late 80s adopted Ecstasy as its drug of choice that MDMA became one of the top four illegal drugs in use killing an estimated 50 people a year in the UK alone. Its inventor died in World War I. Medical reviews have noted that MDMA has…

Vaporizers have been around perpetually yet because of the expanding fame of oil & wax concentrates, numerous individuals are presently researching them. So you may ask what precisely would it say it is? It is essentially a smoking gadget that deserts the majority of the hurtful impacts that are regularly connected with burning & blazing procedure of smoking. These gadgets produce immaculate vapor without needing to breathe in any of alternate poisons. The freshest presentation into the…

April 1, 2015 Salvia Divinorum The type of drug Salvia is consider a hallucinogen, which is a drug that creates hallucinogenic experiences(1). Salvia affects the brain first before leading into the central nerve center. Which starts off by affecting the brain which the chemical drug salvinorin A act as a potent activator of the nerve cell (1). The salvinorin A affects users psychedelic-like from physical appearing to emotionally as well. Which is visual perception, body sensations and highly…

There are five classifications of major drugs that are use illegally in the US. Class I, or highest offense type drugs involve marijuana, heroin, opioids, hallucinogenic substances, peyote, mescaline, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), and others. This class of drugs is classified as having high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical uses, and lacks accepted safety standards for use under medical supervision. Class II, involves cocaine, opium, oxycodone, methadone, morphine,…

Marijuana/Hashish is basically dried leaves, a flower, stem, and seeds from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. This plant encompasses a mind altering chemical known as del-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other related compounds. Which is Inhibitory neurons that plays a significant role in regulating neural signals it’s near the dopamine presynaptic cell possibly reducing the amount of dopamine that sent to the synapse by releasing the neurotransmitter gaba inhibitory and Gaba signals as it alters…