Whois & Analysis for drugfreeworld.org

Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug.

It is commonly snorted, inhaled, or injected into the veins.

Mental effects may include loss of contact with reality, an intense feeling of happiness, or agitation.

Physical symptoms may include a fast heart rate, sweating, and large pupils.

High doses can result in very high blood pressure or body temperature.

Effects begin within seconds to minutes of use and last between five and ninety minutes.

Cocaine has a small number of accepted medical uses such as numbing and decreasing bleeding during nasal surgery.

Cannabis, also known as marijuana among several other names, is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or medicine.

The main psychoactive part of cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); one of 483 known compounds in the plant, including at least 65 other cannabinoids.

Cannabis can be used by smoking, vaporization, within food, or as an extract.

Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, despite adverse consequences.

Despite the involvement of a number of psychosocial factors, a biological process – one which is induced by repeated exposure to an addictive stimulus – is the core pathology that drives the development and maintenance of an addiction.

The two properties that characterize all addictive stimuli are that they are reinforcing (i.e., they increase the likelihood that a person will seek repeated exposure to them) and intrinsically rewarding (i.e., they are perceived as being inherently positive, desirable, and pleasurable).

Alcohol abuse is a previous psychiatric diagnosis in which there is recurring harmful use of ethanol despite its negative consequences.

In 2013 it was reclassified as alcohol use disorder (alcoholism) along with alcohol dependence.

There are two types of alcohol abuse, those who have anti-social and pleasure-seeking tendencies, and those who are anxiety-ridden people who are able to go without drinking for long periods of time but are unable to control themselves once they start.

Binge drinking is another form of alcohol abuse.

According to surveys, the heaviest drinkers are the United Kingdom's adolescents.

In 2013, 139,000 deaths globally were directly due to alcohol abuse and an additional 384,000 to cirrhosis from excess alcohol consumption.

Methamphetamine (contracted from) is a strong central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity.

Methamphetamine was discovered in 1893 and exists as two enantiomers: levo-methamphetamine and dextro-methamphetamine.

Methamphetamine properly refers to a specific chemical, the racemic free base, which is an equal mixture of levomethamphetamine and dextromethamphetamine in their pure amine forms.

It is rarely prescribed due to concerns involving human neurotoxicity and potential for recreational use as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant, among other concerns, as well as the availability of safer substitute drugs with comparable treatment efficacy.

Dextromethamphetamine is a much stronger CNS stimulant than levomethamphetamine.