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Swerdlow, N.R., and Koob, G.F. Separate neural substrates of the locomotor-activating properties of amphetamine, heroin, caffeine and corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) in the rat. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 23 303-307, 1985. 

According to the estimates performed, cocaine is the most consumed drug, followed by cannabis, amphetamine, heroin, MDMA, and methamphetamine. On the contrary, official national annual prevalence data points out cannabis as the most abused illicit drug, followed by cocaine, MDMA, amphetamines, and heroin. This suggests that the drug consumption pattern in the studied areas of the Ebro River... 

This young man had been poisoned by GHB that was added to his soft drinks without his knowledge. It is worth noting that primary toxicological screens did not identify the presence of GHB. There must be a strong suspicion of GHB use or abuse in order to test for its presence. It is not one of the five drugs—forms of marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, and PCP—for which standard drug tests normally screen. 

Non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis is often secondary to alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, etc, and is characterized by laboratory features that reflect the release of muscle cell contents into the plasma. Early detection can prevent progression to acute renal insufficiency (211). 

In most forensic laboratories, the largest amount of HPLC time is taken up with the analyses of drugs of abuse (often called street drugs) i.e. amphetamines, heroin, cocaine, LSD, etc. The purpose of any drug s HPLC analysis is to confirm the identity of drug and provide a quantitative result. With the exception of LSD, relatively large quantities of a drug sample are usually available and UV detection is preferred since it offers... 

The predominant effects of serotonin are inhibitory. It enhances the action of the GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter. Serotonin has an excitatory effect by increasing the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in love, sex, and feelings of well being. Reduction in serotonin activity makes people incapable of experiencing normal positive rewards. Dopamine activity is enhanced by alcohol, cocaine, amphetamine, heroin, and risk-taking behavior. 

Frishman,W. H., Del Vecchio, A., Sanal, S., and Ismail, A. (2003) Cardiovascular manifestations of substance abuse part 2 alcohol, amphetamines, heroin, cannabis, and caffeine. Heart Dis. 5, 253-271. 

If amphetamines are detected in a suspect s head hairs, the suspect may be arrested under stimulant control law and the hairs can be used as evidence in a trial. Furthermore, various drugs contained in human hairs not only provide evidence of crime under drug control laws but also important clues to hair comparison for other criminal investigations. Many cases of drug abuse have been established by using human hair. These drugs are stimulants (amphetamines), heroin, phencyclidine, cocaine, barb rates, etc. 

For instance, heroin, cocaine, crack, amphetamine, crystal meth (methamphetamine), cannabis, PCP, nicotine, alcohol. 

Drugs with no therapeutic use (cannabis, LSD) and so are not prescribed Drugs with medical use — heroin and morphine for pain relief, amphetamine for narcolepsy and cocaine... 

Swerdlow N. R., Vaccarino F. J., Koob G. F. (1985). Effects of naloxone on heroin-, amphetamine- and caffeine-stimulated locomotor activity in the rat. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 23, 499-501. 

Omstein TJ, Iddon JL, Baldacchino AM, Sahakian BJ, London M, Everitt BJ and Robbins TW (2000). Profiles of cognitive dysfunction in chronic amphetamine and heroin abusers. Neuropsychopharmacology, 23, 113-126. 

As it can be observed in Fig. 2, three out of the 16 investigated compounds, namely, heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and its metabolite 2-oxo, 3-hydroxy-LSD (O-H-LSD), were not detected in any wastewater sample. Two other target analytes, 6-acetyl morphine (6ACM) and A9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), were only present in influent wastewaters and with low detection frequencies. The most ubiquitous compounds, present in all influent and effluent wastewater samples analyzed, were the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, and the amphetamine-like compounds ephedrine (EPH) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy). Cocaine, cocaethylene (CE, transesterification product of cocaine formed after the joint consumption of cocaine and ethanol), and morphine (MOR) were detected in all influent, but not in all effluent wastewaters (see Fig. 2). 

The consumption indicator is the metabolic byproduct excreted at the highest rate. It may be a metabolite, as it is the case for cocaine (BE) and heroin (MOR), or the drug itself, as it is the case of amphetamine-like compounds. THC, the most psychoactive cannabinoid of the cannabis herb, is highly metabolized before excretion, thus, the consumption indicator selected (THC-COOH) presents an excretion rate of 0.6%. Despite the fact that OH-THC presents a slightly higher excretion rate (2%), this analyte was not selected to back calculate cannabis use due... 

Considering that the consumption pattern observed in the area of the Ebro River basin studied, which covers about half of the population living in the basin, could be representative of the whole Spanish country, the estimated average consumption data were used to calculate the annual consumption of each drug in the whole basin and in the Spanish territory. According to the extrapolated figures, which are shown in Table 2, around 21 tons of cocaine, 8 tons of cannabis, 3 tons of amphetamine and ephedrine, 300 kg of ecstasy and heroin, and 7.5 kg of methamphetamine are annually consumed in Spain. These amounts would move in the black market for around 1,100 million Euros. 

Opiates (Heroin, Demerol, morphine, opium, etc.), non-hal-lucinogenic amphetamines (Methedrine, Preludin, "bennies," etc.) and barbituates ("reds," "yellows," etc.) are all addictive, lend... 

Talhout R, Opperhuizen A, van Amsterdam JG (2007) Role of acetaldehyde in tobacco smoke addiction, Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 17 627-636 Tanda G, Pontieii FE, Di Chiara G (1997) Cannabinoid and heroin activation of mesolimbic dopamine transmission by a common mul opioid receptor mechanism. Science 276 2048-2050 Taylor JR, Robbins TW (1984) Enhanced behavioural control by conditioned reinforcers following microinjections of d-amphetamine into the nucleus accumbens. Psychopharmacology 84 405 12... 

Drugs of abuse Alcohol Amphetamines Cocaine Marijuana Opiates (heroin, prescription narcotics) PCP (phencyclidine) Sedatives... 

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