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• Medicinal Use: Psychedelics Part 7

  Posted on October 18th, 2011 How to pass

  Recently a study was approved, but sadly not funded by Government research grants, to look into the physical and emotional responses of patients exposed to psychedelic drugs. Monitoring their so called ‘trip’ to see if the patient experiences any relief of pain (whether physical or emotional).  THC was once seen as a dangerous drug, but it’s medicinal properties can no longer be denied when so many terminally ill patients receive such a great benefit and relief from painful physical symptoms. The hope from this recent study is to determine if THC is the only ‘street drug’ that has a medicinal use for relieving pain without being as addictive as many of the current painkillers doctors use.

  This study culminates 25 years of efforts of the scientific community to take a closer look at this particular drug. It will be the first time in that period that a doctor will be allowed to administer a psychedelic drug in a therapeutic setting. The study’s main goal is to determine if a patient’s life can be improved through carefully monitored and administered psychedelic drugs. We  were testing and studying the effects of psychedelics back in the 60’s when the movement of ‘Hippies’ and ‘Free-love’ made the government intervene and determine that the drugs most commonly associate with this subculture of society should be outlawed and had no use beyond a street value. The truth is that throughout the 50’s 60’s and 70’s even research into psychoactive drugs like these was widespread, many European countries were actively doing research into the topic determining that as all participants were adults legally able to make their own choices and decisions that they get to examine the drugs like they would any other. That to refuse the possibility for study would be close-minded and narrow – but that is of course what happened soon thereafter.

• How Long Does this Stuff Stay In My System? PCP

  Posted on October 17th, 2011 How to pass

  Hey man, let’s smoke some dust! Smoking dust is another term for using PCP or Phencyclidine.  PCP is also known as angel dust, boat, hog, and love boat or peace pill.  It can be injected, snorted or swallowed and sometimes marijuana is laced with it and smoked. Smoking PCP gives the user a more rapid effect since it goes directly into the bloodstream.  Usually the marijuana or cigarette is dipped into a liquid form of PCP then set to dry.  This is known as “getting wet”.

  Detection time in the urine for a one time small dosage use can be from seven to fourteen days. The cutoff level for an immunoassay urine drug test is 29 ng/ml.  Detection time in a saliva drug test can be up to twenty four hours for a one time small dosage use.  If the person using it has a larger body mass or has been using PCP for a while the detection time may be longer.

  The psychoactive effect of PCP may only last for a few hours but it may remain present in your body for much longer than that.   Some research has found that use of PCP in rats and humans has induced symptoms of schizophrenia.  PCP was first produced in 1926 and was later tested after World War II to be used as an anesthetic but because of the adverse side effects like hallucinations and disorientation its use was discontinued until the 1950’s.  In 1953 it was patented and named Sernyl by Parke-Davis but was again shelved for use on humans because of its side effects.  In 1967 it was renamed Sernylan and was reintroduced as a veterinary anesthetic but was again discontinued because of its side effects.  This is why some people refer to it as horse tranquilizers.

  Low doses of PCP can result in a numb feeling, like being intoxicated, where it will cause the person to stagger, slur their words, lose balance and have bloodshot eyes.  Higher doses may lead the person into convulsions.   Those are the physical ramifications.  The psychological effects can range from suicidal impulses to hallucinations to paranoia to a highly euphoric feeling. The mood swings are highly unpredictable.  The individual may be prone to feelings of invincibility and strength which can occasionally turn into violent behavior.

• False-positives – what you need to know: Apo-Naproxen

  Posted on October 14th, 2011 How to pass

  When submitting a specimen for a drug testing, you are required to disclose all the medication that you are currently taking or had taken in the past week or month. The reason why it is important to provide all the prescription names is that sometimes drugs interfere with each other and a test results comes up “false-positive” for something you had not taken. The detailed list of prescription or over-the-counter drugs that may influence the drug test results follows below.

  Last time we spoke about Aleve.

  Today we will talk about Apo-Naproxen.

  General drug information:

  Apo-Naproxen is used for the relief of minor aches and pains, such as muscle, bones and joints pain; it treats the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis; relieves mild to moderate pain accompanied by inflammation due to injuries, such as strains and sprains, and other typical pains NSAIDs treat. The higher dosage of the drug (PO 1,000 to 1,500 mg) is release only by prescription.

  Possible side effects:

  Apo-Naproxen should not be used if you are allergic to any of the ingredients. It also may cause drowsiness or dizziness, especially when taken with alcohol. Do not take more than the recommended dosage or use longer than recommended by a physician; serious stomach bleeding or ulcers can occur when the drug is taken for extended period of time. Should be used with caution by children and elderly, not recommended for use while pregnant and breast-feeding.

  Apo-Naproxen can interfere with the results of certain lab tests, so be sure to let lab personnel know that you take this drug. False positive drug tests results are more common that one might think, so prepare yourself and consider taking a Fast THC detox kit to make sure that your urine is free of any possible pollutants. As an alternative – synthetic urine will provide a clean, toxin-free sample for the upcoming drug test.

• Medicinal Use: Psychedelics Part 6

  Posted on October 13th, 2011 How to pass

  Another big question surrounding Hallucinogens and Medical use and research is the question of how and why Psychedelic drugs were even classified as a Schedule 1 drug. For reference sake I’ll define schedule one by the currently accepted dictionary definition: “Substances in this schedule have a high potential for abuse, have no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and there is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug of other substance under medical supervision”. So basically the government decided that all drugs they want to label with this can be deemed dangerous and unworthy of further examination. The same way the patriarch of the 17^th century determined that only lower class individuals would use or say the word AIN’T – which for the record folks, is a perfectly acceptable and existing word.

  A large part of why psychedelic drugs have been labeled as Schedule 1 comes back to the 60’s and the backlash of the government against the ideas of free love and hippies. Truth be told these drugs were originally used with medical intentions, but recreational use grew so large during the Hippie-Era that the growing stigma connecting these drugs to nothing but misuse and ‘heavy tripping’. A great deal of research proving that these drugs were dangerous and had serious side effects was published around the same time that the government was finally warming to the idea of making the drugs illegal. It was only in recent years that most of this so-called research was proven to have been either faked or simply retracted by their original authors. So, what little research that is currently available and hasn’t been proven false suggest that this classification is not only wrong, but just plain close minded.

• How Long Does this Stuff Stay In My System? Suboxone

  Posted on October 12th, 2011 How to pass

  People who have developed an addiction to opiates, heroin or pain killers are now most likely being prescribed Suboxone to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms during their recovery.  Suboxone is an FDA approved medication also known as Buprenorphine or Subutex that along with behavior modification counseling can help wean the addict of pain killers.

  Suboxone is still an opiate although it is considered a partial opiate and much less potent than the pain medications that the addict is trying to recover from so it is recommended for out patient treatment thus allowing the patient to avoid a lengthy hospital stay to detox from the particular substance that they were abusing.

  For a single use of a small dose of Suboxone the detection time in the urine drug test can be from two to six days. A small dose of Suboxone can be detected in the saliva drug test for up to twelve hours.  With a longer use of the drug or for a person with a higher body mass the detection time can be longer.

  As with any opiate, overdosing on Suboxone can have drastic ramifications sometimes resulting in disability or even death.  Injection Suboxone or taking Suboxone with alcohol is the most common reason that overdosing can lead to death.  Suboxone is not a cure for opiate addiction but merely a means by which the addict can get some relief from the withdrawal and cravings that accompany addiction.  Methadone is a similar substitute for opiate addiction relief. Suboxone blocks the receptors in the central nervous system that are normally activated by pain killers and other opiates.

• False-positives – what you need to know: Aleve

  Posted on October 11th, 2011 How to pass

  When submitting a specimen for a drug testing, you are required to disclose all the medication that you are currently taking or had taken in the past week or month. The reason why it is important to provide all the prescription names is that sometimes drugs interfere with each other and a test results comes up “false-positive” for something you had not taken. The detailed list of prescription or over-the-counter drugs that may influence the drug test results follows below.

  Last time we spoke about Advil.

  Today we will talk about Aleve.

  General drug information:

  Aleve is a pain reliever and fever reducer. It is available over the counter for such common causes as headaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, backache and muscle pains, tendonitis, etc. As any NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug), Aleve blocks the production of certain natural substances in a body that cause inflammation. It is also recommended (and very popular) for use to relieve joint pain, swelling and stiffness that is associated with arthritis, bursitis, and gout disease; however, for thorough treatment of such conditions, especially if it is chronic, a non-drug treatment should be used. This drug should not be used to relieve pain cause by any type of injury.

  Possible side effects:

  Side effects of Aleve include, but not limited to: nausea, upset stomach, heartburn, drowsiness, dizziness, mood changes, difficulty swallowing, bleeding or easy bruising. When taken in higher than prescribed dosage, this drug can cause adverse effects to the liver and kidneys. If upon taking Aleve you notice a dramatic change in urine color, persistent nausea, yellowing eyes, vision changes, sharp abdominal pain – stop taking it right away and seek medical attention. Also, there is a rare possibility of allergic reaction to this drug – seek immediate help.

  If you have an unexpected drug test and you know you had taken Aleve in the past week, ensure successful test results with such simple solution as specialized THC-Marijuana-Detox-Kits_c27/”>detox pills or detox drinks – easy to use, fast-acting formulas will help you avoid an embarrassing situation of receiving drug test results indicating false positive for marijuana or amphetamine.

• Medicinal Use: Psychedelics Part 5

  Posted on October 10th, 2011 How to pass

  One of the biggest arguments for the research into psychedelics as medication is the usefulness to patients suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Most of the people currently suffering from PTSD are veterans (25 million or so according to the latest statistics). The current treatments for this particularly nasty psychological disorder are not currently consistent or successful in the long term. But without the continuing research there is no need to worry about patients currently suffering from this disease, as currently there is no help for them in the long term. Why worry about something that cannot be helped? However, if research into Psychedelics were to continue, there is strong hope for those currently suffering long-term effects.

  Another reason why research is so slow is because the follow-up work with patients in these trials. It is not just an administering of a drug and then never seeing the doctor again. It’s a continual therapy of both drug administration and talk therapy that brings about the most data and effective results. Beyond all of that long term research there is the rather ugly side of data collection on this drug and that is its adverse side effects on the patients. Psychedelics are proven to cause a depressive state in a patient to worsen and become destructive and unsupervised use can become dangerous to the patient and those around them. And unlike many other drugs that could be tested through animals before humans, psychedelics cannot as it’s a psychological drug, recreating the disorder PTSD in a rat for example would be near impossible.

• How Long Does this Stuff Stay In My System? Oxycodone/ OxyContin

  Posted on October 7th, 2011 How to pass

  Abusing prescription drugs has always been a pervasive trend in society.  It is just the drugs being abused that change over time.  In the sixties, The Rolling Stones wrote about amphetamine abuse in their song “Mother’s Little Helper” and today one of the most abused over the counter drugs is OxyCodone or OxyContin.

  OxyCodone is classified as an opiate analgesic and is prescribed to alleviate moderate to severe pain by altering the way that the brain and the central nervous system respond to pain.  For a one time use of OxyCodone or OxiContin the detection time in a urinalysis would be approximately eight to twenty four hours and in a saliva swab test it would be six to twelve hours.  If the person is a frequent user or of a larger body mass with a slow metabolism it would be a longer detection period.

  A few of the side effects associated with Oxycodone include memory loss, fatigue, dizziness, headache, nausea, constipation and dry mouth. OxyCodone can be highly addictive and if you have been taking it for a few days consecutively and suddenly stop taking it you may experience withdrawal symptoms like restlessness, watery eyes, sneezing, runny nose, chills, joint pain, anxiety, trouble sleeping, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite and irregular breathing patterns.  If you are prescribed OxyCodone, your doctor will probably reduce your dosage gradually so that you don’t experience these side effects.

  People who take OxyCodone without a prescription find that they need to continue taking it to avoid these unpleasant symptoms. It is a widely held belief that OxyCodone is a gateway drug to heroin by people who abuse it because heroin has a similar effect on the user and it is a cheaper alternative.  The unprescribed use of OxyCodone or OxyContin soon becomes a vicious circle of addiction.

• False-positives – what you need to know: Advil

  Posted on October 6th, 2011 How to pass

  When submitting a specimen for a drug testing, you are required to disclose all the medication that you are currently taking or had taken in the past week or month. The reason why it is important to provide all the prescription names is that sometimes drugs interfere with each other and a test results comes up “false-positive” for something you had not taken. The detailed list of prescription or over-the-counter drugs that may influence the drug test results follows below.

  Last time we spoke about Atripla.

  Today we will talk about Advil.

  General drug information:

  Advil is an over-the-counter drug that is used to reduce fever and also to relieve minor body pains caused by headache, backache, toothache, common cold, menstrual cramps, minor arthritis pain, etc. This drug is not intended to treat or prevent any possible causes of the pain. Advil is a NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) that blocks the production of prostaglandins – the inflammatory process in the body that produces pain and fever.

  Consult your physician if you are currently taking any other drug – any possible interaction with Advil should be eliminated before intake. Make sure to follow the directions – excessive intake may cause undesirable effects.

  Possible side effects:

  Advil is not recommended to be taken if you have ulcers or prone to stomach bleeding. When taken in higher than prescribed dosage, this drug can cause adverse effects to liver and kidneys. Among metabolic side effects are SIADH (syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone) and hyponatremia, and also hypoglycemia, acidosis, and gynecomastia. Hyperkalemia has been reported in the cases of overdose.

  Advil belongs to the group of over-the-counter drugs that can not only interfere with marijuana drug test, but also can cause false positive for amphetamine. To avoid an embarrassing situation, prepare yourself in advance – with the help of such products as detox drinks or synthetic urine, you can rest assured that the drug test results will be exactly what you want them to be – no surprises!

• Medicinal Use: Psychedelics Part 4 – Mushrooms 3

  Posted on October 5th, 2011 How to pass

  It is important to note that trying this at home is not advisable. Currently the change in people’s personalities is viewed and valued by experts and civilians alike as a positive outcome, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that on your own at home you can recreate such results. This was a carefully controlled dosage in a carefully controlled study and much more research needs to be done before a definitive answer to the question of medicinal usefulness can be reached. The main reason that this research can be seen as such a breakthrough is the effect on personality. Currently your personality is viewed by the psychological community as something that is inherently a part of who you are and is fairly cemented into being by your late 20’s and definitively by your early 30’s. The fact that a change can be made at any point with the use of a drug as opposed to a violent traumatic experience is already newsworthy, even greater is the fact that unlike the other ways to change a person’s cemented personality, this would be a positive effect instead of a negative one, which was until thought to be the only potential change a personality could take on in later life.

  The major downside to continuing said research currently is that at some point it will no longer be in such a well controlled environment, and in the past psychedelics have been shown to cause a person with paranoia and other depressive states a sense of further depression from where they normally reside. Meaning that those who have participated in studies up until this point were carefully screened before hand to make sure that the more negative side effects of the psychedelic would have little to no effect on these patients, but at some point a study will have to commence when that isn’t the case, and currently that would mean that those currently suffering from such strenuously debilitating mental diseases like agoraphobia and others in that category could potentially become even worse.