PCP: Angel Dust
PCP: Angel Dust
Hallucinogens include drugs that are fascinating yet have alarming effects on a user. According to Gaines and Kremling (2014), “In contrast to antidepressants that make the neurotransmitter serotonin linger in the gaps between brain cells, hallucinogens push the serotonin system into overdrive. Hallucinogens amplify signals from a person’s sensory perception, distorting form and size. Users often talk about “seeing sounds,” or “hearing visual stimuli” (p. 129-130).” Hallucinogens are unlike many drugs for reasons that will be discussed in this paper. The main focus of this research paper will be on the hallucinogen called phencyclidine, or PCP.
Medical Uses and History
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It is important to understand the different types of anesthetics. An anesthetic is a drug that induces a lack of feeling or sensation, the degree that it effects a user or patient depends of the type of anesthetic used and in what form it is used. The average person understands that anesthetics are widely used in the medical field. Examples of a medical anesthetics would be general or local, these make performing surgery possible by helping calm or even completely sedate a patient because they experience some degree of loss of consciousness after being given the drug. The effects of general or local anesthetics are fairly common knowledge due to the fact that most people have either personally gone through some type of surgery or they have seen someone else go through a surgery. According to Drugs.com, with dissociative anesthetics the user does not experience complete loss of consciousness but instead will experience states of amnesia, analgesia, catalepsy and catatonia. Dissociative anesthetics have a history of being produced and used in the medical industry, however are currently used in a recreational …show more content…
Over the years there has be significant evidence that concludes that the negative effects and consequences of this drug far outweigh any possible benefits. For this reason, the drug should be moved from its currents spot as a Schedule II substance on the 1970 Controlled Substance Act to being a Schedule I substance. It can qualify as a Schedule I drug for a number of reasons. It is not widely accepted in modern medicine so it can be said that it lacks “accepted safety for use of the drug under medical supervision.” PCP is mainly used as a recreational drug and is often highly abused. These are solid reasons for it becoming a Schedule I
Hallucinogens include drugs that are fascinating yet have alarming effects on a user. According to Gaines and Kremling (2014), “In contrast to antidepressants that make the neurotransmitter serotonin linger in the gaps between brain cells, hallucinogens push the serotonin system into overdrive. Hallucinogens amplify signals from a person’s sensory perception, distorting form and size. Users often talk about “seeing sounds,” or “hearing visual stimuli” (p. 129-130).” Hallucinogens are unlike many drugs for reasons that will be discussed in this paper. The main focus of this research paper will be on the hallucinogen called phencyclidine, or PCP.
Medical Uses and History
PCP is scientifically known in the medical field …show more content…
It is important to understand the different types of anesthetics. An anesthetic is a drug that induces a lack of feeling or sensation, the degree that it effects a user or patient depends of the type of anesthetic used and in what form it is used. The average person understands that anesthetics are widely used in the medical field. Examples of a medical anesthetics would be general or local, these make performing surgery possible by helping calm or even completely sedate a patient because they experience some degree of loss of consciousness after being given the drug. The effects of general or local anesthetics are fairly common knowledge due to the fact that most people have either personally gone through some type of surgery or they have seen someone else go through a surgery. According to Drugs.com, with dissociative anesthetics the user does not experience complete loss of consciousness but instead will experience states of amnesia, analgesia, catalepsy and catatonia. Dissociative anesthetics have a history of being produced and used in the medical industry, however are currently used in a recreational …show more content…
Over the years there has be significant evidence that concludes that the negative effects and consequences of this drug far outweigh any possible benefits. For this reason, the drug should be moved from its currents spot as a Schedule II substance on the 1970 Controlled Substance Act to being a Schedule I substance. It can qualify as a Schedule I drug for a number of reasons. It is not widely accepted in modern medicine so it can be said that it lacks “accepted safety for use of the drug under medical supervision.” PCP is mainly used as a recreational drug and is often highly abused. These are solid reasons for it becoming a Schedule I