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The "chasing" occurs as the user gingerly keeps the liquid moving in order to keep it from overheating and burning up too quickly, on a heat conducting material such as aluminium foil. Another use of the term "chasing the dragon" refers to the elusive pursuit of a high equal to the user's first in the use of a drug, which after acclimation is ...
Toxic leukoencephalopathy is a rare condition that is characterized by progressive damage (-pathy) to white matter (-leuko-) in the brain (-encephalo-), particularly myelin, due to causes such as exposure to substance use, environmental toxins, or chemotherapeutic drugs.
As a recreational drug, it is becoming more common to inhale ("Chasing the Dragon"), but, for medical purposes, intravenous (IV) injection is the most common method of administration. Morphine is subject to extensive first-pass metabolism (a large proportion is broken down in the liver), so, if taken orally, only 40% to 50% of the dose reaches ...
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Ya ba (Thai: ยาบ้า, Lao: ຢາບ້າ, literally 'crazy medicine') is a drug containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine. [2] [3] It was formerly known as yama (Thai: ยาม้า; literally 'horse drug'). Although it is illegal, it has considerable use in Southeast Asia. [4]
A drug combination chart designed for harm reduction by TripSit [1] Polysubstance use or multisubstance use is the use of combinations of psychoactive substances with both legal and illegal substances. This page lists polysubstance combinations that are entheogenic, recreational, or off-label indicated use of pharmaceuticals.
This article is completely off. Aside from the fallacies such as "Though it requires more skill, "chasing the dragon" is safer than injecting heroin", the entire premise of this article is incorrect. Chasing the dragon refers to chasing your first high. It may have originated as a term to smoke opium, but the modern term encompasses much more.
One of Hollingshead's experiments studied the effects on web-weaving by spiders under the influence of the drug. Hollingshead claims to have first tried LSD by licking the spoon of a batch of LSD-laced cake icing he had packed in a mayonnaise jar for transport. (This jar was to become the object of psychedelic legend.)