Posts Tagged ‘central nervous system’


Drug misuse

Drug misuse is a term used commonly for prescription medications with clinical efficacy but abuse potential and known adverse effects linked to improper use, such as psychiatric medications with sedative, anxiolytic, analgesic, or stimulant properties. Prescription misuse has been variably and inconsistently defined based on drug prescription status, the uses that occur without a prescription, [...]

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Iboga World Ibogaine

What is It Ibogaine? Ibogaine is the psychoactive alkaloid from the root bark of the African bush Tabernanthe Iboga. Ibogaine is both a therapeutic and psychoactive addiction-breaker. In recent years, the knowledge of the ability of Ibogaine has increasingly grown on how to break drug and alcohol addiction. Scientific studies also show that a single [...]

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As a value judgment

As a value judgment Philip Jenkins points out that there are two issues with the term “drug abuse”. First, that constitutes a “drug” is debatable. For instance, GHB, a naturally occurring substance in the central nervous system is considered a drug, and is illegal in many countries, while nicotine is not officially considered a drug [...]

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