BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Dementia, Anorectic, Mptp
4 Apr 2015
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Buyer beware: no way of knowing what is in the drug. Secondary crime: up to 75% property crime elementary schools: white out, markers, nitrous oxide in whipped cream. Resin on plant surface can be ingested in various ways and called hashish. New orleans: had high crime rates therefore got rid of marijuana by taxing it: marijuana tax act: must have a stamp to sell it but there were no stamps present. Reefer madness and government exaggeration: attempt to convince people that it is nasty substance very popular in 1960s due to hippies. Sativex contains thc for multiple sclerosis not a heavy duty pain killer has anti-nausea effects but other drugs are better. Fake pot: plants with no active substance, synthetic analgesics are added which are legal herbal incense and sold on the internet. Cannabinoids: prof did studies with how brain interacts with thc. Jwh-018 more potent than thc: made in basements. Bolivia: chewing coca leaves to get stimulant (coffee)
