Street Drugs
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem - Kurt Cobain
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From the Lab to the Street: How 3 Illegal Drugs Came to Be
We're not going to need pseudoephedrine," Walter White mutters through clenched teeth. "We're going to make phenylacetone in a tube furnace, then we're going to use reductive amination to yield methamphetamine."
The chemistry lab is the heart of AMC's Breaking Bad. Although this lab may have had scrappy beginnings, it is still a lab, a home of science. And that's fitting: Many illicit drugs today have their origins in formal laboratories, though ones that were much more above board than that of Walter White's.
This points to an interesting and unexplored dichotomy in the history of drugs: There's a huge gap, temporally and culturally, between the inventors of illicit…
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Fentanyl Tainted Pills Bought on Social Media Cause Youth Drug Deaths to Soar
Teenagers and young adults are turning to Snapchat, TikTok and other social media apps to find Percocet, Xanax and other pills. The vast majority are laced with deadly doses of fentanyl, police say.
How coronavirus is changing the market for illegal drugs
Now that we are all self-isolating, a perfect set of ingredients come together: anxiety, boredom, escapism and loneliness. All of these are candidates for self-medicating with more drugs – as are the abrupt change of routine and being cooped up with family. Just as we’ve seen people panic buying toilet rolls and paracetamol, consumers of recreational drugs will, if they have the means, stockpile their drug of choice.
How Stigma Created Japan’s Hidden Drug Problem
There's extreme social shame around doing drugs, and yet the underground drug scene is thriving in Tokyo.
The rise in meth and cocaine overdoses, explained
America’s drug overdose crisis could be reaching a new phase.
The truth behind 8 common misconceptions about drugs
Your spine doesn't store LSD, and MDMA doesn’t put holes in your brain.
How scientists rank drugs from most to least dangerous — and why the rankings are flawed
There probably isn't a perfect way to evaluate and present all drug harms. Researchers will always need to balance making information simple and accessible for policymakers and the public with the inherent complexity of drugs and their effects. This makes the task of building scientific drug policies very challenging.
Prescription Drugs Are More Deadly Than Street Drugs
Contrary to popular mythology, prescription drugs are more lethal than illegal or street drugs. Prescription drug abuse and addiction kill far more people in the U.S. every year than all illegal drugs combined.
The new street drugs some of your patients may be using that you have never heard of
This article will quickly highlight how some of the more well-known street drugs are being adulterated by new synthetic drugs as well as mention a few of the more potentially deadly street drugs that your patients may be taking with or without their knowledge.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
Working in America’s everyday black-market economy.
From the Lab to the Street: How 3 Illegal Drugs Came to Be
There's a huge gap, temporally and culturally, between the inventors of illicit drugs -- usually rather austere, cerebral, and disciplined -- and their consumers.
StreetDrugs.org
Drug education for professionals.
Know Your Source
Fentanyl may be hiding in the drugs you’re using. You won’t see it, smell it or taste it, but it can kill you. BE DRUG SMART. Don’t use alone. Start with a small amount. Learn about naloxone.
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