Sociology 3321F/G Lecture Notes - Hallucinogen, Caffeine, Mescaline
1 Feb 2013
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The most common way to ingest nicotine is to smoke cigarettes, which is the single greatest preventable cause of death. Cocaine, the most popular of illegal stimulants, is either snorted up the nose (in a powder form) or is dissolved and injected into the body. Crack is a hardened form of cocaine that people generally smoke with a pipe. They were first developed for the medical treatment of personality disorders and obesity. The most common analgesics include over-the-counter pain relievers like aspirin, ibuprofen (motrin), and acetaminophen (tylenol). Less common, but more problematic, are naturally occurring narcotics, or opiates, such as opium and drugs derived from opium (e. g. , morphine, codeine, and heroin). Opiates are highly addictive: sedative-hypnotics include barbiturates and tranquilizers. Medically, these drugs are used to produce two effects: relaxation (sedation) and sleep (hypnosis). The psychological effects of these drugs are similar to those of alcohol.
