Why Do People Do Drugs

Cocaine IVMS-CNS- Pharmacology Intro to Drugs of Abuse III-Stimulants Opiates IVMS-CNS- Pharmacology Intro to Drugs of Abuse II-Opioids Marijuana (THC) and Amphetamines 1 1  Introduction to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC) For Teachers and Learners (Annotations include tips on "How One Would Teach This Lesson") Right click>open Link in New Tab>for Full View 1: Introduction First I will explain how the brain basically works and how drugs such as cocaine, opiates...Read Full Story

Darn that Nancy and always being right… In the 80s the TC couldn’t believe Nancy was hating on crack, coke, and fun, but now we we’re beginning to see what she meant. Drugs really eff you up. And worst of all, they make you suffer from a severe case of  The Uglies. Sure needles are fun, but not when they pock up your face and cause you to forget what a toothbrush is… And just when you thought you couldn’t get uglier…you do! If drugs cause you to perm your hair and get the herps...Read Full Story

Caught up in drug crime Illegal drugs and crime make dangerous bedfellows.  It is difficult to calculate the number of people caught up in the production, distribution, sale, and use of illicit drugs― – and that does not include those victimized by the industry. According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , at least three general categories capture the relationship between drugs and crime rates: Offenses related to drug distribution:  Possession or use of drugs...Read Full Story

One of the first things I noticed as a teenager of the 60s subculture was the people who dealt the ‘powders and pills’ seemed to have a symbiotic relationship with guns, the police, and ‘businessmen’ in suits who generally didn’t use the products they profited from. In the pharmacological-industrial complex, the guns are hired(bodyguards), the police are part of the structure that enforces the laws of a way of life/culture requiring the pills to maintain some semblance of mental ‘balance...Read Full Story

Drugs! So you think you know all about drugs do you? Done your research? No? Take a look here where you will apparently get to do elegantly structured experiments on mice in ordered to discover the meaning to Life, The Universe and Everything! Mouse PartyRead Full Story