Toxicology & Controlled Substances
What is a controlled substance?
A Controlled Substance is...
...generally a drug or chemical whose manufacture, possession, or use is regulated by a government, such as illicitly used drugs or prescription medications.
Marijuana
Containing dry, shredded, green and brown mix of leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, this drug is used to create effects of absent mindedness, happiness, and confusion. Often smoked like a cigarette, this drug can become dangerous when used often due to it's ability to slower your thought process and increase your heart rate. Although often abused, this drug also has the ability to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
Pills
Hydrocodine and many other prescriptions pills are often used, by mouth, to relieve pain in a fast manner, but when used improperly, can cause an addiction to the drug. Mood swings, time away from people, and withdrawal issues are all negative side effects when taken continually. Eventually, your body changes the way it processes the drugs and your brain can eventually reach a point where it thinks that it must have the drug to get you through a normal day.
Heroin
This is an opioid drug used to create a sort of "rush" accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin. It's synthesized from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. It is typically sold as a powder that is "cut" with sugars and other powdered substances. Heroin is sometimes snorted, but often diluted and injected into veins. When abused, this drug can cause an infection in the skin and can lead to amputation of limbs. Although often used illegally, this drug can dilate blood vessels, making transportation of oxygen to the brain and heart simpler and since blood pressure is diminished, damages to these two vital organs are lessened.
What is the Federal Analog Act?
Consequences
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