BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cocaine Dependence, Stimulant Psychosis, Marihuana Tax Act Of 1937

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

All religions on planet used some mind efecing substance at some point. Certain rural areas use cow shit to get high. As methane ferments you can get high from this. These are bad for your health that is why they are illegal. Intoxicaion not such a big problem but is an issue if you are going to work problems for others etc. Intoxicaion in wrong seing can be a problem. Addicive nature causes the situaion that people will become intoxicated at the wrong ime endangering society. Dangerous b/c they are illegal for obvious reasons but secondary crime can be greater issue. Criminal record follows you around for long ime. Going outside of system where it is impossible to know what you are buying. Need to trust the source of where it"s from. Buying ecstasy but limited amount of pills out there that actually have it. Up to 75% of property crime is drug related.