Crack is the common name of the chemical cocaine hydrochloride. Some users chemically process cocaine in order to eradicate the hydrochloride. This procedure is called “freebasing” and makes the drug more potent. “Crack” is a solid form of freebased cocaine. It is named “crack” because it snaps and cracks when heated and smoked. Since crack is a prepared form of freebased cocaine, the user does not have to be exposed to the explosive chemicals associated with freebasing. Crack is most often packaged in vials and sold in small quantities, usually 300-500mg or enough for two to three inhalations.
Read more »
During pregnancy, the woman is greatly at risk and vulnerable to toxins and other harmful substances. Alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs are substances known as teratogens. Teratogens are substances that cause negative effects towards the fetus inside the mother’s womb. These substances would in turn result to a sick or worse, abnormal baby.
Read more »
Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. It is a “downer” that affects the brain’s pleasure systems andinterferes with the brain’s ability to recognize pain. Thus, it is used as pain killer or as a recreational drug. Moreover, it has an extremely high potential for abuse.
Read more »
One of the greatest problems the world is facing today is the problem of addiction. It is “the” dilemma that seems to not end. People use drugs, abuse it, then they become depended to it. They harm their loved ones and they hurt their selves. Their lives crave for the drug and become knotted to looking for means of attaining the drugs. Later on, the person then realizes that life has become worthless and meaningless and that he wants to change. He wants to turn away from drugs but the problem is that he couldn’t easily turn away and say good bye to his long time influential friend- the drug.
Read more »
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause disability that is not expected as part of normal development. A mental illness may be possibly caused by several factors such as genetics, environment, and chemical imbalances in the brain. It is called mental simply because usually, the illness does not involve much anatomical dysfunctions. Usually, the disorder involves a thinking that something is wrong when physically, it seemed as if nothing is wrong. The symptoms are more internal rather than external. People may think that it is normal for someone to be talking to himself for a while. However, when this symptom last longer, longer than a certain period and disrupts bodily functions, then a mental illness may be diagnosed.
Read more »
Methamphetamine Addiction | Methamphetamine Addictions | 
April 27, 2010 7:00 am | 
Comments (0) 