Schoolies week celebrations can involve large volumes of alcohol and other drugs such as tobacco, cannabis and ecstasy. Confrontations between participants can occur resulting in violent assaults. Other problems and risk associated with schoolies week include sexual health and sexual assault. Injuries and death The risk of injuries increase during Schoolies Week, particularly on the [...]
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Australia It is illegal to use, possess, grow or sell cannabis in Australia, but penalties differ for each state or territory. In the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory there are differing degrees of decriminalization for minor offenses. In New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland the possession of cannabis [...]
According to the EMCDDA, the synthesis of mephedrone was first reported in 1929 by Saem de Burnaga Sanchez, under the name “toluyl-alpha-monomethylaminoethylcetone”, but the compound remained an obscure product of academia until 2003, when it was “re-discovered” and publicised by an underground chemist on The Hive website, working under the pseudonym “Kinetic.” They posted on [...]
Pleasure describes the broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. It includes more specific mental states such as happiness, entertainment, enjoyment, ecstasy, and euphoria. In psychology, the pleasure principle describes pleasure as a positive feedback mechanism, motivating the organism to recreate in the future the [...]
As of 2008, most well known hallucinogens (aside from dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine and dimenhydrinate) are illegal in most Western countries. One notable exception to the current criminalization trend is in parts of Western Europe, especially in the Netherlands, where cannabis is considered to be a “soft drug”. Previously included were hallucinogenic mushrooms, but as of October [...]
The following individual drugs listed under their respective family groups (e.g., barbiturates, benzodiazepines, opiates) are the most frequently sought after by drug users and as such are prohibited or otherwise heavily regulated for use in many countries: *Among the Barbiturates, Pentobarbital (Nembutal), Secobarbital (Seconal), and Amobarbital (Amytal) *Among the Benzodiazepines, temazepam (Restoril; Normison; Euhypnos), flunitrazepam [...]
Observers within the gay and medical communities have published concerns about the culture of circuit parties, particularly the use of drugs (including alcohol, marijuana, Methamphetamine, ecstasy, GHB, Amyl Nitrite and other “party drugs”). They point to the risks of overdose, dehydration, and impaired judgment leading to unsafe sex and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. (See [...]
It is now in general accepted that individuals who take drugs may actually be self-medicating themselves. Drugs like cocaine generate dopamine in the brain and lift a person’s mood allowing to them to escape their negative moods and feelings, and be better able to cope with life, Fortunately, there is a healthy choice for those seeking to escape a serious drug habit permanently: Omega-3 fatty acid supplements can boost the brain’s natural production of both dopamine and serotonin, making people more psychologically resourceful.
Most patients – and physicians – honestly believe that antidepressants constitute “treatment.” But many of these patients would be better off receiving no treatment at all than taking drugs.
The idea of falling in love has nothing to do with the heart and everything to do with chemicals in the brain driven by the genetic urge to procreate.
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