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Tetrahydro-cannabinol (THC) and Fatty Tissues

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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THC and brain fatty tissues:
The nervous system has billions of neurons with two free energies (electrical and chemical) that are responsible for all behavioral processes, mental and psychological. Among all the walls of neurons and in the intercellular spaces that are fatty tissue deposits is parked and THC. Neural walls thicken. We studied the brains of two monkeys who smoked two or three “joints” per week (with only 2% THC power) for three months and was found in biopsies of brain that had large accumulations of THC in the intercellular spaces.

Brain biopsies of monkeys that did not use “dope” and the neurons were not thickened and the neural system functioned normally. How the THC affects the animal and human behavior?. In principle it is a nervous system significantly slower. Concentration decreases, distorted time perception, altered reflexes. Peripheral vision is reduced. The eye movements are slower.

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Marijuana

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

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Marijuana filled pages of newspapers, on the one hand is mentioned as a drug somehow light and innocuous, is overlooked or minimized its effects on physical health, mental and social. Insidiously mention that alcohol and snuff more damage.

Actually in the last 20 years the brain biochemical re-search is inconclusive about the lasting effects on behavior and sickening.

We will disclose various data that confirm these assertions:

1 – Each marijuana cigarette is composed of over 800 chemicals. It has various carcinogens, including benzene. The tar yield is 10 to 20 times more than the one with the cigarette (responsible for bronchitis, emphysema and general destruction of lung tissue). Marijuana is 6 to 7 times more carcinogenic than snuff.

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Cocaine Production

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

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Shrub:
The shrub called Erythroxylon coca develops fully in the geographic area of the plateau, whose growth is favored by wet weather and temperature prevailing in the area.

Of this shrub and its leaves are properly extracted a white substance, crystalline, known cocaine hydrochloride.

It is distinguished from other shrubs, because their whole leaves shortly petiolate, oval, obtuse, 2 to 7 cm. long by 1.5 to 4 cm. wide, eventually lattice, with prominent midrib. Are about equal on each side of the midrib and about one third of the distance is on the verge, has two curved lines, clearly visible. They are grayish-green, sometimes brownish, stiff and hairless, weak aromatic odor and bitter taste, astringent and slightly bitter.

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Source of Cocaine

Monday, January 18th, 2010

coca leaf

Cocaine is the main alkaloid obtained from the leaves resulting in the percentage with 0.5 to 1.5% variable.

The extraction is relatively simple, being able to make with items readily available reagents and not requiring the infrastructure of a laboratory for the process.

One of the most common method for obtaining cocaine is macerated coca leaves with lime for three days, then separating the active part of the coca leaf. This post is mixed with kerosene and liquid thus obtained is combined with sulfuric acid thereby obtaining a precipitate of the active substance sulfate. The next step is to undertake a dry substance obtained, and again it is combined with sulfuric acid and potassium permanganate, all to obtain a purified solution, filtering and adding more acid.

The solid product is separated and dry once you get the coca paste or cocaine base. As a last step we add the paste is dissolved in acetone and ether, then adding hydrochloric acid. This solution is filtered and alcohol added, yielding after 3 or 4 hours a precipitate crystalline solid known as “cocaine hydrochloride” with an approximate purity of 90% .-

Cocaine hydrochloride, is sold illegally in the form of small envelopes, which contain 0.5 to 1 gram of drugs, commonly known as “ravioli” .-

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Effects and Dangers of cocaine use

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

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When cocaine is introduced through the nose, start feeling the effects within a few minutes. These effects include: dilated pupils, increased blood pressure, the heart pulse rate and respiration, as also denoted a marked increase in body temperature. Also some regular users of the drug claim feelings of restlessness, irritability, anxiety and insomnia. In some people, even low doses of cocaine can create serious psychological problems. With high doses may suffer paranoia or experience what is called “cocaine psychosis“.

The occasional use can cause runny or blocked nose, while chronic aspiration can ulcerate the mucous membrane of the nose.

Although few people understand it, deaths can occur when injecting excessive doses, smoke or take drugs. The deaths are the result of multiple attacks suspension followed by respiratory and cardiac activity. Anyone addicted to this drug is subject to a fatal outcome when least expected, because cocaine in all its forms creates such physical and psychological dependence that consumers are using in increasing quantities in order to achieve the results we obtained in its inception, this being the cause of excess and therefore death from overdose .-

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Cocaine

Friday, January 15th, 2010

cocaine

Cocaine is a drug extracted from coca leaves (a plant that grows in South America). Cocaine appears in various forms. Cocaine hydrochloride is the most available drugs. It is often a fine white powder-like crystal, but sometimes comes in larger pieces. Usually snorted or cocaine is inserted through the nose, although some addicts will inject or smoke as a drug called “free base”.

The “free base” is a form of cocaine that is manufactured chemically converting cocaine hydrochloride to a purified substance and subsequently altered to smoke it is more appropriate and which is commonly known as Crake. There is also another form of “crak” (which is commonly achieved by low value) arising from processing wastes to hydrochloride .

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