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The Pulp song "Sorted for E's & Wizz" refers to British slang terms for ecstasy and amphetamines. English gothic rock band The Sisters of Mercy refers to the drug in their song "Amphetamine Logic" from their first album, First and Last and Always, and their singer Andrew Eldritch is associated with amphetamine use.
Mephedrone, also known as 4-methylmethcathinone, 4-MMC, and 4-methylephedrone, is a synthetic stimulant drug belonging to the amphetamine and cathinone classes. It is commonly referred to by slang names such as drone, [5] M-CAT, [6] White Magic, [7] meow meow,and bubble. [8]
[245] [250] In 1981, [245] Clegg had coined "Ecstasy" as a slang term for MDMA to increase its marketability. [ 240 ] [ 244 ] Starting in 1983, [ 245 ] the Texas Group mass-produced MDMA in a Texas lab [ 244 ] or imported it from California [ 240 ] and marketed tablets using pyramid sales structures and toll-free numbers. [ 246 ]
The prescription medicine Adderall (dextroamphetamine sulfate/amphetamine sulfate/dextroamphetamine saccharate/amphetamine aspartate monohydrate) is also frequently used recreationally. However, using non-prescribed drugs, using non-prescribed dose regimen, can cause polysubstance dependence , or combined drug intoxication which may lead to ...
Adderall and Mydayis [11] are trade names [note 2] for a combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine.The mixture is composed of equal parts racemic amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, which produces a (3:1) ratio between dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine, the two enantiomers of amphetamine. [13]
Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.
Long-term amphetamine exposure at sufficiently high doses in some animal species is known to produce abnormal dopamine system development or nerve damage, [36] [37] but, in humans with ADHD, long-term use of pharmaceutical amphetamines at therapeutic doses appears to improve brain development and nerve growth.
Mephedrone is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. Slang names include drone [133] and MCAT. [134] It is reported to be manufactured in China and is chemically similar to the cathinone compounds found in the khat plant of eastern Africa.