Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug that affects the abuser physically‚ psychologically‚ and neurologically. The history of methamphetamines dates back to 1887 when it was first developed by the Germans. The abuse of amphetamines can be logged back to when the Germans and Japanese would give their factory workers and their soldiers the drug to keep them alert during WWII. “The method they used to produce the drug became known as the Nazi or Birth method”. (Meth Awareness
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Encyclopedias: WIKIPEDIA- Adderall is a brand name of amphetamine salts-based medication used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy‚[1] legal only in the United States and Canada[citation needed] It is a brand-name psychostimulant medication composed of racemic amphetamine aspartate monohydrate‚ racemic amphetamine sulfate‚ dextroamphetamine saccharide‚ and dextroamphetamine sulfate‚ which are all amphetamine salts. It is thought to work by increasing the amount of dopamine
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eatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. Adderall is also used as a performance and cognitive enhancer‚ and recreationally as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant. The medication is a mixture of various salts of the two amphetamine stereoisomers and inactive ingredients; by salt content‚ the active ingredients are 75% dextroamphetamine salts and 25% levoamphetamine salts . Adderall works by increasing the activity of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain
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Adderall is an amphetamine based stimulant that targets your frontal lobe to increase productivity in cognitive thinking and learning. This drug was invented in 1986 and introduced into the market of prescription drugs four years later. There has been critical research and deep cross examination of the effects and effectiveness of this drug. This is an extremely sensitive topic for everyone all the way from the users to the top of the corporations that are marketing the drug to our youth including
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The chemical name for methamphetamine is a-Dimethylbenzene-ethanamine and its chemical formula is C10H15N. The nitrogen means that this compound is an amine. Methamphetamine’s chemical properties are very closely related to the properties of amphetamine except methamphetamine has an extra carbon chain and a few
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Requiem for a Dream Setting: Brooklyn Heights‚ Brooklyn‚ NY Brief summary of video content: Requiem for a Dream follows four main characters‚ whose lives spiral out of control on drugs. Sara Goldfarb‚ played by Ellen Burstyn‚ is the mother to Harry‚ played by Jared Leto. His girlfriend in the movie is Marion Silver‚ played by Jennifer Connelly‚ and Harry’s best friend is Tyrone (Ty)‚ played by Marlon Wayans. All four of them start using drugs and then wind up in the cycle of addiction. Harry
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multi-dose‚ instant-release‚ slow‚ or a time release capsule that came from the original formula used in a weight management drug Obetrol. It has become available in a generic formulation‚ "mixed amphetamine salts". The active ingredients of Adderall include a combination of dextroamphetamine and racemic D/L amphetamine salts. Adderall is prescribed in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)‚ the circumstance in which a child exhibits a short attention span and becomes easily perplexed
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medical use was heroine. Many semi-synthetic drugs followed. After a longer period fully synthetic drugs appeared. Among these where : ephedrine‚ amphetamine‚ methamphetamine‚ phenylpropanoleamine (appetite suppresant)‚ nitroglycerine and amylnitrite. Amphetamine‚ methamphetamine and amylnitrite were abused for their pleasant pharmacological response. Amphetamine and methamphetamine was used as a recreational drug‚ which made the user restless‚ euphoric and alert. Amylnitrite produced strong rushes of
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Critical Issue #10 Analysis Is Ritalin Over Prescribed? Critical Issue Analysis After reading the selected critical issue‚ use the following questions to analyze the issue. 1. What are at least two facts presented by each side of the critical issue? Pro - There were more than a dozen reports of cardiac arrest or heart failure between 1985 and 1997 due to Ritalin use. - In one study‚ Ritalin use reduced the expected monthly weight gain by 25%. Con - Stimulants have proven
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Drug Addiction Assignment: Methamphetamine The powerful and dangerous drug‚ methamphetamine (meth)‚ has recently attracted more and more users around the world. It is an amphetamine drug that is very addictive. Meth users are gaining easier access to the drug‚ since it can be made from common household things‚ like Drano and battery acid. Over 400‚000 Americans are currently addicted to the drug. Meth causes a huge increase in dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the brain. In addition‚ meth
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