Hacking the Brain

HACKING THE BRAIN) Humans have used drugs for every purpose imaginable: caffeine to energize, alcohol to loosen up, nicotine to calm down, marijuana to chill out, ayahuasca to meet God. Today's neurological performance enhancers allow people to customize the experience of consciousness to a degree previously unimaginable. But few neuro-enhancement drugs are widely approved, so many users acquire them illicitly without sufficient research. POPULAR SUBSTANCES NEUROLOGICAL ENH ANCEMENTS BENZEDRINE ADDERALL ATTENTA FOCALIN DESOXYN RUBIFEN CONCERTA RITALIN DEXEDRINE METHYLIN MODALERT ALERTEC PROPANOLOL ADRAFINIL MODIODAL ATENOLOL METAPROLOL INDERAL PROVIGIL HUPERZINE DONEPEZIL RACETAMS DIMETHYLETHANOLAMINE ( DMAE I VINPOCETINE ROLIPRAM BRAIN BOOSTERS ADDERAL, BENZEDRINE, DESOXYN, DEXEDRINE, VYVANSE AMPHETAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTERS RELEASED: o DOPAMINE o NORADRENALIN o SEROTONIN THE EFFECTS LAST 10 TO 13 HOURS AND AFFECT SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE BRAIN: VENTRAL TRIATUM MESOLIMBIC REWARD PATHWAYS MESOCORTICAL REWARD PATHWAYS NEGATIVE EFFECTS: ADDICTIVE 1. PROPERTIES RISK OF PSYCHOSIS 2. RISK OF HEART 3. 4. JITTERS ATTACK PRIME SUSPECTS: AIR FORCE PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE POKER PLAYERS STUDENTS COST: 33 CENTS 3-5 DOLLARS 78 CENTS WITH INSURANCE ON THE STREET ONLINE (ILLEGAL IN U.S. WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION) 2$ ADDERALL AND OTHER AMPHETAMINE DRUGS ARE USED RECREATIONALLY FOR A EUPHORIC EFFECT. RITALIN, CONCERTA, FOCALIN, ATTENTA, RUBIFEN, METHYLIN METHYLPHENIDATE THE MOST COMMON METHYLPHENIDATE IS RITALIN. THESE DRUGS ARE ALSO FOR PATIENTS WITH ADHD. THE PRIMARY USER BASE IS THE SAME AS AMPHETAMINE SALTS. THE EFFECTS LAST 4 HOURS AND CAUSE: o INHIBITION OF MONOAMINE TRANSPORTATION o INCREASED NOREPHINEPHRINE AND DOPAMINE NEGATIVE EFFECTS: 1. ADDICTION 3. DEPRESSION 4. IRRITABILITY 2. PSYCHOSIS 5. ANXIETY COST: 33 CENTS 3-5 DOLLARS $1.39 WITH INSURANCE ON THE STREET ONLINE 2$ (ILLEGAL IN U.S. WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION) 2$ METHYLPHENIDATES ARE STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR TO COCAINE BUT ARE NOT AS INTENSE WHEN CONSUMED ORALLY. THERE IS NO FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VARIOUS TYPES. PROVIGIL, MODALERT. ALERTEC. MODIODAL, MODAFINIL ALSO ADRAFINIL MODAFINIL IS INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WITH OR OTHER SLEEP DISORDERS. THE DRUG ELICITS THE RELEASE OF DOPAMINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE. RCOLEPSY EFFECTS: SPATIAL TASK PROFICIENCY o WAKEFULNESS NEGATIVE EFFECTS: 1. RASH 3. IRRITABILITY 2. INSOMNIA 4. AGITATION USERS: SCIENTISTS PROFESSORS RESEARCHERS COST: 1 DOLLAR 3-5 DOLLARS $1.07 WITH INSURANCE ON THE STREET ONLINE (ILLEGAL IN U.S. WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION) 24 } ADRAFINIL NEEDS TO BE METABOLIZED INTO MODAFINIL BEFORE THE BODY CAN PROCESS IT. WHICH MAKES IT TOUGH ON THE LIVER. NEURO STIMULANT USER WHO'S HIGH, AND WHY? MANY STUDENTS ILLICITLY USE STIMULANT DRUGS TO BECOME STUDY FIENDS. IN ONE STUDY 8.3% OF 4,580 STUDENTS HAD USED STIMULANT DRUGS ILLICITLY 5.9% 95.3% 38.1% HAD DONE SO IN REPORTED REPORTED THE LAST YEAR ORAL CONSUMPTION NASAL INHALATION ADDERALL vs RITALIN 75.9% 24.5% OF PAST YEAR USERS REPORTED REPORTED AMPHETAMINE METHYLPHENIDATE AGENTS AGENTS * STUDENT DRUG PREVALENCE. '06 STUDENTS WHO HAVE USED AMPHETAMINES: 5.2% 9.0% 12.2% OF 8TH GRADERS OF 10TH GRADERS OF 12TH GRADERS RACIAL TRENDS: HISPANICS CAUCASIANS MORE LIKELY THAN MORE LIKELY THAN AFRICAN AMERICANS ASIANS RISK FACTORS FOR ADDERALL: D+ SOCIAL JEWISH LOW FRATERNITY RELIGIOUS GRADE POINT OR SORORITY AFFILIATION AVERAGES MEMBERSHIP UNORTHODOX MEDICINES NOOTROPICS ARE THOUGHT TO IMPROVE BRAIN PERFORMANCE BUT REMAIN CONTROVERSIAL. HUPERZINEA DIMETHLETHANOLAMINE BETA BLOCKERS ENHANCE MEMORY PERFORMANCE AND LUCID DREAMS INCREASE ALERTNESS REDUCE PERFORMANCE AND MOOD ANXIETY AVAILABLE ONLINE AND NO PRESCRIPTION REQUIREDI NO PRESCRIPTION REQUIREDI IN HEALTH FOOD STORES AVAILABLEONLINE AND DANGERS ASSOCIATED: DANGERS ASSOCIATED: IN HEALTH FOOD STORES VIVID NIGHTMARES INSOMNIA NAUSEA BREATHING ITCHINESS INSOMNIA HYPERACTIVITY DANGERS ASSOCIATED: NONE REPORTED VINPOCETINE DONEPEZIL ROLIPRAM INCREASE CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW. NEUROPROTECTIVE IMPROVE COGNITIVE HEALTH AND MEMORY BOOST MEMORY AND COGNITION USED FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AVAILABLE OVER-THE-COUNTER CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RESEARCH PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED DANGERS ASSOCIATED: NO DANGERS ASSOCIATED DANGERS ASSOCIATED: HEADACHE NAUSEA VIVID NIGHTMARES NAUSEA DIARRHEA FAINTING SELEGILINE VASOPRESSIN IMPROVE ENCODING AND MEMORY RECALL IMPROVE MEMORY. MOOD USED TO TREAT DIABETES AND CONTROL VARICEAL PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED BLEEDING DANGERS ASSOCIATED: AVAILABLE OVER-THE-COUNTER RASH NAUSEA HALLUCINATIONS DIFFICULTY BREATHING DANGERS ASSOCIATED: COMA NAUSEA DIFFICULTY SLEEPING SEVERE HEADACHES ANGINA WHEEZING BELCHING SOME PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING CHEMCALS ARE PRODUCED NATURALLY IN THE BRAIN AND ARE BENEVOLENT. BUT MOST COMMERCIAL BRAIN-DRUGS ARE ILLEGAL WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. OUR RECOMMENDATION? PLEASE AVOID DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL OR UNSAFE. YOUR BRAIN MAY BE BEST JUST HOW IT IS. IF NOTHING WILL STOP YOU, RESEARCH AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, LET FRIENDS KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. AND DOSE CONSERVATIVELY. SOURCES http://teens.drugabuse gov/facts/facts_stim1.php http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cg/viewcontent.cgi?article=1321&context=honors http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/issues/ntalin.html http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/abuse/drug_data_sheets/Stimulants.pdf http://ipharmacylist.com/buy-ritalin-pharmacy-online.html http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/issues/ritalin.html http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/amphetamines/amphetamines.shtml http://ipharmacylist.com/buy-adderall-pharmacy-online.html http://monitoringthefuture.org/data/11data/prl 1t1.pdf http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1761861/?tool-pubmed http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794223/ METHYLPHENIDATE MODAFINIL SOPRES 3SNVAAA AMPHETAMINE BETA-BLOCKERS