ANTH106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Turing Lecture, Psychotria Viridis, Ayahuasca
27 Aug 2018
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* it affects people with previous mental health conditions. * dependancy is also due to outside effects not entirely by the actual addiction. * we should be taking care of people not involving law enforcements. * methamphetamine first synthesised in japan over 100 years ago. * used in a natural plant form in teas originally. * nazi germany were the first country to regulate meth amphetamine. * introduced into the armed forces, thought it would increase the capacity. * it wasn"t prohibited, it would lead to great issues. * after the rape of a young girl, after this one incident being reported the image of ice was changed through the media. * 55000 arrests for the holding of stimulants. * it had never been reported in the media previous to this. * violent acts and psychotic behaviour, linked with the drug. * helped to start the first needle help institution. * approved 3 major international drug treaties (1961,1971,1988)
