CHEM 183 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ketamine, Free Base, Methadone

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 183
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Shakespeare has been thought of maybe making use of psychedelic substances he was into some drugs, they found some pipes that he smoked, and residues of cocaine in them. Places that are economically challenged use this because it is cheap and available. Put plastic bag over head with cow dung, gases which are released, mostly methane, can have intoxicating effect. People take them to blow their mind, but this can literally happen. Some drugs have consequence after even first exposure. Historically, substances have destroyed a lot of important people: Elvis presley: not attributed to a single drug. Died sitting on the toilet in memphis, he had so (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) d(cid:396)ugs i(cid:374) his (cid:271)lood so the(cid:455) (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t fi(cid:374)d out (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h e(cid:454)a(cid:272)t o(cid:374)e (cid:272)aused this death. O(cid:373)e d(cid:396)ugs were prescription drug that he had to take because he was previously abusing, but he also had cocaine and morphine as well. John lennon: was not killed because of drugs but did abuse substances.