Amphetemines
{draw:g} {draw:g} {draw:g} Holly King December 11, 2008 Drug Research Paper Wouldn’t it be totally awesome for the need to sleep to be diminished? You would have all the time in the world to get everything you need done. What about the need to eat? That’s even more time freed up. How would it be to have induced feelings of power, strength, energy, self-assertion, focus, and enhanced motivation? Feelings would be intensified to the point where you feel you can take on the world. These are just a few things that can happen to you under the influence of amphetamines. “Amphetamines may be sniffed, swallowed, snorted or injected where the release of dopamine typically induces a sense of aroused euphoria which may last up to several hours” (amphetamines, 1). This paper will discuss amphetamines in the three main topic points; the history of amphetamines, the medical factors of amphetamines, and the danger factors of this as a street drug. First off, the history of amphetamines. It was first marketed in the 1930’s as a prescription drug. By 1937 it was available in tablet form. “During World War II, amphetamines were widely used to keep the men going; both dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine) and methamphetamine (Methedrine) became readily available” (streetdrugs, 1). As use of amphetamines spread, so did their abuse. Amphetamines became a cure-all for helping truckers to complete their long routes without falling asleep, for weight control, for athletes to train and perform better, and for treating mild depression. Soldiers on both sides the war were able to consume millions of amphetamine tablets. From 1942, Hitler received daily methamphetamine injections from his quack doctor Morell. “This corrupted his judgment, undermined his health, and probably changed the course of the war” (amphetamines, 4). Amphetamine sulphate was aggressively marketed for asthmatics, hay-fever sufferers and basically anyone else with a cold. Becoming available in pill form, “pep pills” were...
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