Dummy's Guide to UnLegal Drugs
Legal drugs kill 600,000+ Americans a year. Illegal drugs kill 10,000 Americans a year.
Coincidence? Obviously the government wants people to do deadly drugs. The more lethal a drug, the sooner drug abusers croak. That means more land and breathing room for the rest of us. Good thinkan politicians! If the Drug War propaganda seen on television and in schools has you confused, hopefully this page will provide a needed dose of truth.For objective, citable resources on the utter success of the Drug War (in building jails and crime), go to Drug War Facts. Draw your own conclusions!
The goal of this short essay is to stress the illogical and confused pharmaceutical policy. It shows the doomed goals of a Drug Free America, when Americans are the most drugged nation in the world, downing over the counter, prescription, and illegal substances. It is a shame the policy makers in the United States have handed the hard drug market to criminals, thus turning our streets into warzones for the War on Drugs, and our children into targets for dealers and police alike. Only a sane reevaluation of drug policy can rescue our inner cities from the cycle of drugs and violence. What do you think?
TetraHydroCannabinold (THC): The primary chemical in marijuana responsible for its psychoactive effects. THC affects one's cannabinoid receptor systems- namely the CB1/2 receptors. One natural cannabinoid is anadamide-Sanskrit for bliss, isolated in 1989. Evolutionary biologists tell us the cannabinoid system came into existence about 600 Million Years Ago. Cannabinoids are in every living animal on the planet above Hydra and Mollusks, with the exception of insects. Yes, your dog/cat gets high! THC is a sticky molecule which agonizes CB1/2 receptors in parts of the brain responsible for motor coordination, memory, emotions, time perception, attention, and reward systems. The reason for THC's complete safety is the lack of receptors in respiration areas. You could smoke literally a pound of marijuana without neurotoxic effects. Translation: getting high affects your memory capabilities, can cause euphoria (pleasure), increased appetite, motor effects, temporal distintegration (not being with the current situation), analgesic effects, etc. n interesting fact about THC is that it stimulates capsaicin-sentitive sensory nerves. Capsaicin is the spicy oil in hot peppers.
The market-changing potential of hemp, the industrial cannabis fiber grown by Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, explains illegal status of this benign, beautiful, and beneficient organism. Hemp provides paper, fuel, clothing, fiber, and food. If its industrial use was legal in the United States, it could provide paper without deforestation, nutritious food, and tough yet biodegradable fiber, environmentally safe paint, and many other goods. For God sake's, hemp has been utilized by human civilization since the beginning of civilization, until 1937 Marijuana Tax Act- which started cannabis prohibition in the United States today. The recent Supreme Court decision forbidding self-medication in permitting states, combined with the 800,000 yearly marijuana arrests demonstrates the American government's illogical attachment to cannabis prohibition. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE was drafted on cannabis paper!
Moral: Why smoke marijuana when you can cook with the fragrant herb, or vaporize- boil the THC without burning the plant?
Heroin (diacetylmorphine): Heroin, now possessing a strongly negative social stigma, was synthesized by combining vinegar (acetic acid) with morphine extracted from the opium poppy, a plant used medicinally by humans for thousands of years. Bayer started commerically producing heroin in 1898, intially touting it as a wonder drug. It was sold over the counter in lozenges and in liquid formulations. An opiate, heroin triggers the opiate receptors in the body: mu, kappa, theta, and nociceptin. It causes euphoria, reduces pain, and can cause overdoses through its receptors in respiration areas. Much of the danger from heroin arises if users choose to inject the drug, drastically enhancing the euphoric rush, while risking enemas, disease sharing, and overdose. There are people who use heroin recreationally, but a good deal of the people who start down the road of injecting end up ruining their lives. Most people have a pharmaceutical relative of heroin in their medicine cabinets: Vicodin (hydrocodone), Percoset (oxycodone), or Demerol (meperidine)- these are have similar effects to heroin.
Moral: If you like sticking needles in your arm, puking all over yourself, then nodding out into the Garden of Euphoria, heroin is the drug for you.
Methamphetamine: Known on the street as Tina, crystal meth, or ice, methamphetamine played a big part in fueling the Nazi regime. Hitler received daily shots of meth from his doctor. It causes its stimulant effects through affecting the dopamine and norepinephrine systems. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter (molecular key) involved in reward, motivation, attention, learning, and movement. Norepinephine is the neurotransmitter involved in movement, mood, and energy. If you compare the molecules dopamine and norepinephrine with methamphetamine, you will discover they are quite similar. Their similar shapes allow meth to directly affect the DA and NE neural systems, causing euphoria, stimulation, motivation, and motor effects. The cops just announced meth is now the biggest illegal drug problem in the United States. Methamphetamine is even given to kids diagnosed with ADD, under the brand name Desoxyn. What twisted logic dictates little kids get dosed with Hitler-worthy stimulant, and others get put in jail for using the same drug- to stay awake, to finish projects, etc. Millions of students are now abusing Adderall or Ritalin as motivation in a pill- energy to study the dry and unending topics forcefed down their throats. The illicit market price is $2-3 a dose, for an intense non-stop night of study.
Moral: In a instant gratification society pressed for time and conveinence, it is little wonder stimulants are popular. One imagines the day when these stimulants are given to anyone who wants them, because they turn people into robotic work machines.
Cocaine- One hell of a drug!
Psilocybin - Found in psilocybin species of mushrooms, this phytochemical
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD/acid) - Invented by Albert Hoffman in 1944
MDMA- Known as ecstasy.
2CB- Also known as Nexus
DMT - The most intense drug
To be continued
Coincidence? Obviously the government wants people to do deadly drugs. The more lethal a drug, the sooner drug abusers croak. That means more land and breathing room for the rest of us. Good thinkan politicians! If the Drug War propaganda seen on television and in schools has you confused, hopefully this page will provide a needed dose of truth.For objective, citable resources on the utter success of the Drug War (in building jails and crime), go to Drug War Facts. Draw your own conclusions!
The goal of this short essay is to stress the illogical and confused pharmaceutical policy. It shows the doomed goals of a Drug Free America, when Americans are the most drugged nation in the world, downing over the counter, prescription, and illegal substances. It is a shame the policy makers in the United States have handed the hard drug market to criminals, thus turning our streets into warzones for the War on Drugs, and our children into targets for dealers and police alike. Only a sane reevaluation of drug policy can rescue our inner cities from the cycle of drugs and violence. What do you think?
TetraHydroCannabinold (THC): The primary chemical in marijuana responsible for its psychoactive effects. THC affects one's cannabinoid receptor systems- namely the CB1/2 receptors. One natural cannabinoid is anadamide-Sanskrit for bliss, isolated in 1989. Evolutionary biologists tell us the cannabinoid system came into existence about 600 Million Years Ago. Cannabinoids are in every living animal on the planet above Hydra and Mollusks, with the exception of insects. Yes, your dog/cat gets high! THC is a sticky molecule which agonizes CB1/2 receptors in parts of the brain responsible for motor coordination, memory, emotions, time perception, attention, and reward systems. The reason for THC's complete safety is the lack of receptors in respiration areas. You could smoke literally a pound of marijuana without neurotoxic effects. Translation: getting high affects your memory capabilities, can cause euphoria (pleasure), increased appetite, motor effects, temporal distintegration (not being with the current situation), analgesic effects, etc. n interesting fact about THC is that it stimulates capsaicin-sentitive sensory nerves. Capsaicin is the spicy oil in hot peppers.
The market-changing potential of hemp, the industrial cannabis fiber grown by Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, explains illegal status of this benign, beautiful, and beneficient organism. Hemp provides paper, fuel, clothing, fiber, and food. If its industrial use was legal in the United States, it could provide paper without deforestation, nutritious food, and tough yet biodegradable fiber, environmentally safe paint, and many other goods. For God sake's, hemp has been utilized by human civilization since the beginning of civilization, until 1937 Marijuana Tax Act- which started cannabis prohibition in the United States today. The recent Supreme Court decision forbidding self-medication in permitting states, combined with the 800,000 yearly marijuana arrests demonstrates the American government's illogical attachment to cannabis prohibition. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE was drafted on cannabis paper!
Moral: Why smoke marijuana when you can cook with the fragrant herb, or vaporize- boil the THC without burning the plant?
Heroin (diacetylmorphine): Heroin, now possessing a strongly negative social stigma, was synthesized by combining vinegar (acetic acid) with morphine extracted from the opium poppy, a plant used medicinally by humans for thousands of years. Bayer started commerically producing heroin in 1898, intially touting it as a wonder drug. It was sold over the counter in lozenges and in liquid formulations. An opiate, heroin triggers the opiate receptors in the body: mu, kappa, theta, and nociceptin. It causes euphoria, reduces pain, and can cause overdoses through its receptors in respiration areas. Much of the danger from heroin arises if users choose to inject the drug, drastically enhancing the euphoric rush, while risking enemas, disease sharing, and overdose. There are people who use heroin recreationally, but a good deal of the people who start down the road of injecting end up ruining their lives. Most people have a pharmaceutical relative of heroin in their medicine cabinets: Vicodin (hydrocodone), Percoset (oxycodone), or Demerol (meperidine)- these are have similar effects to heroin.
Moral: If you like sticking needles in your arm, puking all over yourself, then nodding out into the Garden of Euphoria, heroin is the drug for you.
Methamphetamine: Known on the street as Tina, crystal meth, or ice, methamphetamine played a big part in fueling the Nazi regime. Hitler received daily shots of meth from his doctor. It causes its stimulant effects through affecting the dopamine and norepinephrine systems. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter (molecular key) involved in reward, motivation, attention, learning, and movement. Norepinephine is the neurotransmitter involved in movement, mood, and energy. If you compare the molecules dopamine and norepinephrine with methamphetamine, you will discover they are quite similar. Their similar shapes allow meth to directly affect the DA and NE neural systems, causing euphoria, stimulation, motivation, and motor effects. The cops just announced meth is now the biggest illegal drug problem in the United States. Methamphetamine is even given to kids diagnosed with ADD, under the brand name Desoxyn. What twisted logic dictates little kids get dosed with Hitler-worthy stimulant, and others get put in jail for using the same drug- to stay awake, to finish projects, etc. Millions of students are now abusing Adderall or Ritalin as motivation in a pill- energy to study the dry and unending topics forcefed down their throats. The illicit market price is $2-3 a dose, for an intense non-stop night of study.
Moral: In a instant gratification society pressed for time and conveinence, it is little wonder stimulants are popular. One imagines the day when these stimulants are given to anyone who wants them, because they turn people into robotic work machines.
Cocaine- One hell of a drug!
Psilocybin - Found in psilocybin species of mushrooms, this phytochemical
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD/acid) - Invented by Albert Hoffman in 1944
MDMA- Known as ecstasy.
2CB- Also known as Nexus
DMT - The most intense drug
To be continued
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