400 likes | 527 Views
John P Morgan M.D. CUNY Medical School. History of Methamphetamine. “MOST PEOPLE DON’T LIKE MOST DRUGS” HARRY G. LEVINE. FOR SOME PEOPLE THE ONLY AMOUNT OF DRUG WHICH IS ENOUGH IS TOO MUCH. IT’S THE DOSE WHICH MAKES THE POISON .
E N D
John P Morgan M.D.CUNY Medical School History of Methamphetamine
“MOST PEOPLE DON’T LIKE MOST DRUGS” • HARRY G. LEVINE
FOR SOME PEOPLE THE ONLY AMOUNT OF DRUG WHICH IS ENOUGH IS TOO MUCH
THERE IS NO DEMONSTATED DIFFERENCE IN HUMANS BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE
THERE IS ONLY ONE AMPHETAMINE, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE “AMPHETAMINES” • (alphamethylphenylethyl amine)
ALL DRUGS THAT HUMANS LIKE, AND SOME OTHERS, INTERACT WITH A PRE-EXISTING ANATOMICAL, FUNCTIONAL SUBSTRATE
COMPOUNDS INJECTED INTRAVENOUSLY BY HEROIN USERS • COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE • AMPHETAMINE SULPHATE • METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE • METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE • PHENMETRAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE