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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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Heroin can cause infection of heart lining and valves.
Pharmacologically, ritalin works on the neurotransmitter dopamine, and in that respect resembles the stimulant characteristics of cocaine.
At intoxicating doses, alcohol can decrease heart rate, lower blood pressure and respiration rate, and result in decreased reflex responses and slower reaction times.
Once they are addicted, the heroin abusers' primary purpose in life becomes seeking and using heroin. Heroin literally changes their brains.
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Dexedrine
Side Effects 
Dextroamphetamine
(Dexedrine) is an amphetamine, belonging to the group of medicines called central
nervous system (CNS) stimulants it is a Schedule II controlled substance. Dexedrine
was often used in the late 60s and early 70s as a prescription diet aid, because
one of the effects of such stimulant drugs is to suppress appetite. Dexedrine
(and its more potent cousin Benzedrine) was also commonly (and illegally) used
by college students, either for the stimulant high it provided or as a study
aid.
Dexedrine side effects include
but are not limited to:
- addiction
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agitation/irritability
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insomnia
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dry mouth
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headache
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nausea
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weight loss
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hallucinations
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liver irritation/toxicity
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increased heart rate
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tics
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Tourette's syndrome
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sexual difficulties
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behavior disturbance
- elevation
of blood pressure
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over stimulation
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restlessness
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dizziness
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euphoria
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headache
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exacerbation of motor skills
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diarrhea
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constipation
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