Chemistry and Recreational Drugs
The objective of this study is to examine chemistry as it relates to recreational drugs. Toward this end, this study will review literature in this area of inquiry and report on the same.
Recreational drugs refer to drugs such as marijuana, methamphetamine, ecstasy, cocaine, and other such drugs. The chemistry of each of these recreational drugs is unique and each cause specific effects to the individual taking these drugs. The top five recreational drug chemists include: (1) Raphael Mechoulam known as the king of cannaboid research and to have identified delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol as an active ingredient of Cannabis Sativa in 1964; (2) Albert Hofmann -- famous for LSD research; (3) Charles Romley Alder Wright -- lecturer on chemistry at St. Mary's hospital Medical School in London who synthesized heroin in 1875 in his search for a non-addictive alternative to morphine; (4) Anton Kollisch who synthesized MDMA in 1912 for Merck; and (5) Nagai Nagayoshi who discovered ephedrine and synthesized methamphetamine from it in 1893. (A Synthetic Environment, 2007)
I. Clinical Toxicology of Recreational Drugs
The work of Hill and Thomas (2011) entitled "Clinical Toxicology of Newer Recreational Drugs" reports that novel synthetic designer drugs "with stimulant, ecstasy-like (entactogenic) and/or hallucinogenic properties have become increasingly popular among recreational drug users in recent years. The substances used change frequently in response to market trends and legislative controls and it is an important challenge for poisons centers and clinical toxicologists to remain updated on the pharmacological and toxicological effects of these emerging agents." Hill and Thomas report a comprehensive review of literature and report that the new novel synthetic stimulant, entactogenic or hallucinogenic designer drugs "are increasingly available to users as demonstrated by user surveys, poisons centre calls, activity on internet drug forums, hospital attendance...
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