Synthetic drugs



Synthetic drugs

Thesis Statement

The term 'synthetic drugs' refers to psychoactive substances manufactured by a chemical process whose main elements are not derived psychoactive substances present in nature. In this paper we have discussed unregulated compositions and harmful long term effects of Synthetic drugs and laws and punishments to prohibited synthetic drugs.

Introduction

The term "synthetic drug" began to be used as a synonym of drugs associated with dance and recreation after the onset of ecstasy (MDMA) and other substitutes for amphetamine ring in recreational settings drugs, although non-synthetic drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and magic mushrooms, are also consumed in these places. The manufacture of synthetic drugs is also meeting new demands in the illicit economy. Chemically manufactured drugs such as amphetamines or “speed” have had links to British and North American rebellious youth cultures of rock 'n' roll and motorcycles for decades.

They once relied on the diversion of pharmaceuticals such as benzedrine, but nowadays a new industry that manufactures an array of illegal synthetic drugs is meeting the increasing demand here. Ecstasy pills (“E”) are easily produced for illicit markets in bulk, for example, and are then sold with international brand names known to consumers. They are often used en masse at dance parties and rave scenes and have been associated most with the British independent music coming out of Manchester in the 1990s as well as with select, international tourist locations for young people, ranging from Ibiza to Goa. Other designer drugs that are now appearing include “fantasy” and “GBH.”

Likewise, the production of ATS or “amphetaminetype stimulants” such as methamphetamine in Burma is fuelling a new drug consumption culture in Thailand. The use of methamphetamine, known worldwide as “ice” or as yaa baa (meaning “madness”) in Southeast Asia, is associated with students and workers as much as with partygoers and nightclubs but still threaten serious psychological, generational, and socioeconomic damage. Related factors in controlling the problem's spread are the small size, mobility, and number of drug factories that can now easily and quickly change location so as to evade detection by the authorities, with minimal disruption of their illegal operation.

Human beings have always sought and used substances that cause psychological or mental effects. These have been used for religious, medical or ceremonial and one of the earliest references dating from 6,000 BC and refer to opium, a powerful drug with addictive and derived drugs such as morphine. In almost all cultures have used substances that "produce pleasure", causes psychological and physical changes completely alter reality, creating patterns of absolute dependence. These include the snuff, caffeine, alcohol, many drugs and other substances for being prepared for the sole purpose of creating addiction in the person who consumes have been termed "illicit drugs".

During the past four decades, the development, sale, trafficking and consumption of drugs whose sole purpose is the growth of a market that produces big profits and consumers that elicit a strong addiction, has grown in such a way that not only have increased markets, consumers, especially ...