The following information is provided for information purposes. In most cases, the procedures described below should be reserved for individuals subject to court order drug testing, or those individuals in drug rehabilitation programs. For routine...
Phencyclidine (PCP, Angel Dust) is a cheap and popular drug often concentrated in selected socioeconomic groups. PCP may be characterized as a hallucinogenic drug due to the wide range of bizarre behaviors associated with individuals under the...
Volatile substances include the most frequently abused drug - ethanol. Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol) is the most widely used intoxicant, legal unless it impairs one's performance to operate a motor vehicle or other machinery.
Benzodiazepines are generally classified as minor tranquilizers useful in the management of anxiety. Benzodiazepines include drugs such as diazepam (Valium®), chlordiazepoxide (Librium®), oxazepam (Serax®), lorazepam (Ativan®), alprazolam (Xanax®)...
Opiates are a very old class of drugs derived from the exudate of the opium poppy and used for centuries for pain relief. Morphine is the principal alkaloid in opium and the name morphine was derived from the Greek god of dreams - Morpheus. The...
What depressing reading your WDDTY vol 14 no 10 made - rightly headed ‘Depression’. It seems that Big Pharma will go to any lengths to sell its products, irrespective of whether they have been tested or not.
The American Food and Drug Administration is planning to tighten up drug labelling so that manufacturers have to give more information about their likely effects on children. ...
For years the immediate precursor in the synthesis of methamphetamine was tightly controlled until a clandestine chemist devised a synthesis of methamphetamine from the easily available precursor; ephedrine, a sympathomimetic amine widely used in...
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