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About 780 new psychoactive substances were added to the list from 2011 to 2014. The drug-makers avoided all the bans by making slight changes to the drugs. In the autumn of 2014, more than 2000 Spice consumers in Russia sought medical attention, 1000 were admitted to hospitals, and 40 people died. [139]
Marketed under the names spice, spike, flamingo, or K2 — this underground drug has become one of the most inexpensive and dangerous ways to get high, reports say. Videos surfacing online have ...
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (abbreviated MDPV, and also called monkey dust [3]) is a stimulant of the cathinone class that acts as a norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was first developed in the 1960s by a team at Boehringer Ingelheim . [ 6 ]
There has been increasing attention in recent years surrounding the use of aphrodisiac drugs. [12] In 2020, Brian Earp and Julian Savulescu published a philosophy book entitled Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships (UK title Love Is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships). They argued that certain forms of medications can ...
The drug melange (spice) in Frank Herbert's Dune universe acts as both an entheogen (in large enough quantities) and an addictive geriatric medicine. Control of the supply of melange was crucial to the Empire, as it was necessary for, among other things, faster-than-light (folding space) navigation. [citation needed]
A 2-year-old boy who died in 2022 consumed a combination of drugs that could have killed an adult, Pennsylvania authorities say. Now, four adults designated as the caregivers for the toddler have ...
Metformin is a medication in a class of compounds called biguanides, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. These medications reduce the amount of glucose the body absorbs from food ...
Melange (/ m eɪ ˈ l ɑː n ʒ / [1]), often referred to as "the spice", is the fictional psychedelic drug central to the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert and derivative works. In the series, the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe is melange, a drug that gives the user a longer life span, greater ...