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Drugs
According to the FBI, LSD can be classified as a club drug. However, club drugs refer to a broad category of drugs that are used primarily by club goers to enhance their perceptual and cognitive experience. The category includes MDMA (ecstasy), ketamine (vitamin K), and Rohypnol (roofies, or the date rape drug).
LSD is a powerful hallucinogenic, which lasts a long time. Most other club drugs do not last as long and most do not cause the same type of psychedelic experiences such as hallucinations.
Research shows that about 628,000 individuals aged 12 or older use ecstasy each month (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2013). These drugs account for about half of all drug-related ER visits. The use of most drugs has remained steady or decreased, but the use of club drugs may have increased, depending on the set of statistics that is used (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2013).
What (if anything) surprised you about the use of LSD and club drugs today? What surprised me is the sheer prevalence of use, as the statistics are alarming.
2a. All stimulants result in specific biological responses including increased heart rate, increased respiration rate, and increased brain function. Amphetamines are a large...
It suppresses the appetite. Many amphetamines are legal. They usually come in a pill or tablet format to be taken orally. Methamphetamine is known as crystal meth because it comes in a crystallized format. It can be crushed into a powder and snorted. It leads to a quick rush followed by euphoria. Cocaine is the extract of a plant and usually comes in powder that can be snorted. Crack is a processed form of cocaine that comes in rock format and is smoked. All amphetamines are habit-forming and some are physically addictive.
2b. Amphetamines are widely used for legal and medical purposes. Appetite suppressants and cough/cold remedies contain amphetamines, but also drugs to treat ADHD contain amphetamines. Because they are widely prescribed, these drugs are also abused.
2c. Current research suggests that although stimulants are effective to treating ADHD and ADD, the potential for abuse is high. There are also potentially ill side effects. However, these drugs may help some individuals cope with the side-effects of issues like ADHD.
2d. What surprised me the most about the use of stimulant drugs today is how easy they are to obtain by children, because they are in prescription drug compounds like Adderol.…
References
FBI (2013). Tips for parents: truth about club drugs. Retrieved online: http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/clubdrugs
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (2013). In the spotlight. Retrieved online: https://www.ncjrs.gov/spotlight/club_drugs/facts.html
Partnership for a Drug Free America (2013). Drug Guide. Retrieved online: http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide/methamphetamine
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