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 Club drug safety needed
Covington County has more than its fair share of illegal drug use and abuse, which ...
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Meth tightens toxic grip on girls
Sitting in a circle in a basement classroom at the Turning Point girls' residence, five ...
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ECSTASY DEPLETES BRAIN OF MOOD CHEMICAL
Using the recreational drug Ecstasy reduces the amount of a brain chemical that controls mood, ...
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Ecstasy side effects 'not minor'
The effects of the drug ecstasy cannot be dismissed as minor, according to an intensive ...
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Italy's Docs Failing to Report Adverse Drug Side Effects
FLORENCE (Reuters Health) - Many Italian doctors are not reporting on adverse reactions in patients, ...
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OxyContin's deadly side effects
Health professionals warn Western Michigan University students about the dangers of a new drug that's ...
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Mother of two withdrawals from meth in jail cell
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. - The physical withdrawal from methamphetamine wasn't so bad. It was knowing what ...
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Panhandle woman gets 10 years for hubby's honeymoon drug death
SHALIMAR -- A bride has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the honeymoon ...
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Drug Facts
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The researchers found that the nerve cells (neurons) damaged by ecstasy are those that use the chemical serotonin to communicate with other neurons.
Darvocet produces psychological and physical dependence like other narcotics, and treatment for Darvocet addiction is much the same.
Alcohol is a DOWNER that reduces activity in the central nervous system. The alcohol intoxicated person exhibits loose muscle tone, loss of fine motor coordination, and often has a staggering "drunken" gait.
Heroin can cause infection of heart lining and valves.
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Xanax
Side Effects 
Xanax is prescription tranquilizer
which depresses the nervous system in a way similar to alcohol. Xanax has found
its way from pharmacies to drug dealers, and is being abused by young, healthy
people who want to get high. These club-hopping, twenty-something, casual ``Xannie
poppers'' are using the drug in combination with other stimulants, from alcohol
to cocaine.
Xanax has depressant side
effects on the brain areas that regulate wakefulness and alertness, very similar
in side effects to alcohol and sedative barbiturates. They enhance the action
of receptors that inhibit central nervous system stimulation, and conversely,
inhibit the action of receptors that stimulate the nervous system. In other
words, if the nervous system were a car, these drugs help press down the brakes
but make it harder to press down on the gas.
Xanax side effects include
but are not limited to:
- difficulty concentrating
- "floating"
or disconnected sensation
- depressed heartbeat
- depressed breathing
- excessive sleep and sleepiness
- mental confusion and
memory loss
- addiction
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