Source: ‚ and Linda Carroll. College Students Hooked on Adderall. 2011. Documentary . MSNBC‚ New York. Print. Summary: The article I read was about the abuse and prevention of the ADHD drug Adderall. The general consensus is that stimulant amphetamines like Adderall do indeed increase performance in those that do and do not have properly diagnosed ADHD. The promise of a better GPA with less effort is promise enough for college students across the board to obtain Adderall by any means necessary
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2 uncles being addicted to alcohol and his father being an addict. Andrew stated his father is now in recovery. Andrew reported having started to use marijuana and alcohol as a teenager and currently uses amphetamine frequently and reports using 3.5 grams weekly and reports he used amphetamine for the first time in college to be able to
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was joy” (Posnanski‚ 2010‚ p.553). In the following first paragraph‚ however‚ Posnanski pitched the reader their first bit of cynicism‚ immediately refuting Hamill’s claim with “it’s ridiculous. . . ‘I didn’t know that joy was another word for amphetamines.’” (Posnanski‚ 2010‚ p.553). Right out of the gate‚
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illicit drugs‚ there is no price or quality controls on the illicit drugs such as heroin and ecstasy. This means that a user can never be sure that the drug they are taking is in fact what they think it is; for example‚ PMA which is a toxic form of amphetamine has been sold as ecstasy. The user also cannot be sure of a
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Mammalian Physiology Homework on Drug Mechanisms 1. Release and degradation of the neurotransmitter inside the axon terminal. Drug: Reserpine Pharmacology: Most often used to treat mild to moderate hypertension. Mode of action: Reserpine inhibits the ATP/MG2+ pump responsible for packaging neurotransmitters into vesicles in the presynaptic neuron. This causes the free neurotransmitters to be degraded by MAO‚ leading to a reduction in catecholamines. 2. Increased neurotransmitter release
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1998) (van Rossum‚ 1966). It will be argued in this paper that while the dopamine hypothesis is compelling there are limitations to be considered. Using the study of first generation antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine and sympathomimetic drug amphetamine it will be asserted that the classical theory does not account for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Further‚ using the study of a second generation antipsychotic or atypical antipsychotic‚ aripiprazole‚ it would elucidate that other neurotransmitter
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typically‚ illicit methamphetamine laboratories convert at a rate of 50% to 75%. Methamphetamine has been reported to occur naturally in Acacia berlandieri‚ and possibly Acacia rigidula‚ trees that grow in West Texas. Methamphetamine and regular amphetamine were long thought to be strictly human-synthesized‚ but Acacia trees contain these and numerous other psychoactive compounds (e.g.‚ mescaline‚ nicotine‚ dimethyltryptamine)‚ and the related compound β-phenethylamine is known to occur from numerous
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Lashay Dr. Gahan Rhetoric 351 12/6/13 Revised Paper There needs to be a change in the criminal justice system. Convicted felons who are charged with any drug felony should not be put into jail or prison because it doesn’t help solve the problem. Rudy Haapanen states‚ “It is now generally agreed that the criminal justice system fails to rehabilitate offenders‚ to make them less likely to commit criminal acts as a result of treatment or training; that the system fails to deter potential offenders
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Neurotransmitters are brain chemicals that transmit information throughout our brain and body. They transmit nerve signals electrically and chemically between neurons. Neurotransmitters can affect mood‚ sleep‚ concentration and weight. The two kinds of neurotransmitters are: inhibitory and excitatory which‚ respectively‚ calm and stimulate the brain. Dopamine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter so when dopamine reaches the receptor sites‚ it blocks the neuron from firing. Dopamine is produced in multiple
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Increase Motor Activity * Increase Alertness * Decrease need for Sleep *In case of overdose lead to convulsion and death. Mode of Action * Block neurotransmitters reuptake: Cocaine * Promote neurotransmitters release : Amphetamine * Block Metabolism - MAO inhibitors (monoamine oxidase):ex. Phenelzine * Antagonize the effect of inhibitory neurotransmitter: Picrotoxin & Strychnine Classification of CNS Stimulants * Analeptic Stimulants * Respiratory
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