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Essay / The effects of recreational drugs on the body:...
Causing changes in the mind and body such as convulsions, delirium, vomiting and nausea, and even death, and causing Bizarre about drug users, recreational drugs called bath salts have become infamous. The drug is not only highly addictive, but it is also powerful. Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive drugs on the market, but research shows that bath salts may actually be more addictive. Although people think that bath salt is dangerous due to addiction and hallucinations, this is not the case. They are dangerous due to lack of sleep and dosage. There are two different types of hallucinations: one is where you become paranoid, which is the type you would have while using bath salts, and the other is where you see things like a lizard dancing, which is the type you would get when using acid. Even though bath salts are addictive and have this effect on dopamine in your brain, it is not as intense an effect as cocaine has on your brain. A group of substances with similar chemical properties is what bath salt does not refer to as any medicine. The two drugs that most strains contain are related to khat and these two drugs are mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). Even though they are illegal in the United States because, according to the DEA, they contain a Schedule 1 drug. Khat Found in East African and Middle Eastern countries, it is a organic stimulant. Since the 1920s, mephedrone has been circulating in laboratories, and since the 1960s, methylenedioxypyrovalerone has been present in laboratories. So while these drugs are not new, their recreational use is new. Researchers believe the two main problems with bath salts are not addiction, but lack of sleep which causes high levels of stress hormones, depression...... middle of paper .... .. it was in 2010 that bath salts first appeared. attracted the attention of the authorities. Sold under different names and in individual sachets, bath salts are sold online. Although MDPV is more common in the United States, mephedrone is most common in Europe. How your body metabolizes bath salts and how your brain responds to them is still unclear, which is why it is so dangerous and difficult to treat people with a bath salt overdose. Since no one really knows how a person's body will react with bathing. salts or what exactly it contains, medical professionals find it difficult to treat overdose. There are different ways to use bath salt, some smoke it, some snort it, some inject it with a needle, and some simply swallow it. Violent behavior, cold fingers, rapid heart rate, nausea, headaches, hallucinations and paranoia are all symptoms reported after taking bath salts...