drug week

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this week we will talk about the effects of drugs

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The Most Popular Drugs:

MDMA (Ecstasy, Molly)
Marijuana
Psychedelic Mushrooms
LSD
DMT

Quite dangerous but natural: Datura, Morning Glory Seeds
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​Psychoactive drug:

A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior.

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dimethyltryptamine (dmt)

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psychedelics for mental health, research 

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​shamanic ethnobotanical plants

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Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.

Ethnobotany is the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people. An ethnobotanist thus strives to document the local customs involving the practical uses of local flora for many aspects of life, such as plants as medicines, foods, and clothing. 

Entheogen a class of psychoactive substances that induce any type of spiritual experience aimed at development. The term entheogen is often chosen to contrast recreational use of the same drugs. 

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anything you consider with psychedelics you can consider without psychedelics.  You are here now and do not need anything from outside of you. 

Plant medicines remind us that we are already complete. 

Reflecting on creative ideas, taking inventory of hopes and fears and reflecting on memories can be done without drugs.

Now there is so much information online that you can gain perspective like nobody else has before.

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This class is here to offer perspectives that you can take into consideration.

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meditation vs drugs

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The Difference Between Cannabinoids and Terpenes

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​Not all parts of cannabis are psychoactive: 

https://www.analyticalcannabis.com/articles/the-difference-between-cannabinoids-and-terpenes-311502
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https://www.cannabinoidclinical.com/science-cannabinoids

https://www.green-flower.com/articles/128/beginners-guide-to-cannabinoids?lgf=true

Medical Research:
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30152161
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​Organization that helps with awareness of the effects of psychedelic drugs:
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https://www.erowid.org/ 

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countries that have legalized/regulated

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hard drugs

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White Chyna
Meth
Cocaine
​Speed
Crack
​Lean

Opiates (heroin,hydrocodone (Vicodin)

Oxycodone (Oxycontin,Percocet), morphine)

Benzodiazepines (diazepam)(Valium)

Alprazolam (Xanax), 

Flunitrazepam (Rufilin)

Clonazepam (Klonopin)

Lorazepam (Ativan))

Methamphetamine (meth)

Cocaine

Alcohol

GHB

and Nicotine.

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cocaine, crack, meth

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Meth:

Cocaine

Heroin

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lean

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born addicted

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fentanyl, Carfentanil

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Narcotic: can treat severe pain. High risk for addiction and dependence. Can cause respiratory distress and death when taken in high doses or when combined with other substances, especially alcohol.

Lethal Dose:

https://www.drugfreeworld.org/newsletter/issue13/the-truth-about-fentanyl.html

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narcan

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methadone and suboxone

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nicotine

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dissociatives

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PCP (Phencyclidine)
Ketamine. (may be called K2), K-Hole
DXM (Dextromethorphan)
Salvia divinorum.
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​Dissociatives produce hallucinogenic effects, which may include sensory deprivation, dissociation, hallucinations, and dream-like states or trances.

Cause their effects by disrupting the actions of the brain chemical glutamate at certain types of receptors—called N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors—on nerve cells throughout the brain (Morgan, 2012; Morris, 2005).
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Salvia divinorum works differently. While classified as a dissociative drug, salvia causes its effects by activating the kappa opioid receptor on nerve cells (Cunningham, 2011; MacLean, 2013). These receptors differ from those activated by the more commonly known opioids such as heroin and morphine.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/hallucinogens-dissociative-drugs/what-are-effects-common-dissociative-drugs-brain-body
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The really really really bad drugs

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Krokodil

Fentanyl

Bath Salts/ Flakka

​Spice
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https://www.narconon.org/drug-information/krokodil.html
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how to help someone who is struggling with addiction

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​Meet them where they are, listen to them, let them know that they are not alone, ask them what they need, connect them to local resources. 

​Addiction can happen to any person, any time.

http://www.almadartebio.org/health-page/las-cruces-nm-resources
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Some Consider These Drugs:

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Caffeine
Sugar
Over the counter medication
Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen  
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Chemical Formulas: 

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)          C21H30O2
Psilocybin                                          C12H17N2O4P
​LSD                                                     C20H25N3O
Cocaine                                              C17H21NO4
Heroin                                                C21H23NO5
Salvia Divinorum                              C23H28O8
Caffeine                                             C8H10N4O2
Nicotine                                             C10H14N2​

Carfentanil                                        C24H30N2O3 

Plant sugar sucrose                         C12H22O11
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​Weed Legalization Map

Reasons for Medical Prescription in New Mexico

http://www.almadartebio.org/health-page/week-of-115-to-119-drugs

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​Getting High On HIV Medication (Full Documentary)

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​Hamilton Morris travels to South Africa to interview efavirenz users and dealers and study how the life-saving medicine became part of a dangerous cocktail called "nyaope."

Also Whoonga.

PS: It has rat poison, strychnine​.