Reddit reviews Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy (Third Edition)
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1st: Read Buzzed. Great book.
2nd: You're going to run into a lot of different drugs. Assuming you've never used an illegal drug, you don't know what an altered patient is going through. Keep that in mind. The key to most "party" drugs is to be empathetic. Try to be calm and reassuring. Generally, most care will be supportive. 3: O2 is your friend. Consider nasal cannula or blow by. NRMs are not always well tolerated. 4: Festivals are a little different than other environments. There are going to be kids who don't have health insurance. Don't transport without reason (over 18). Picking up a few grand in med bills can screw up a kid's year. Just because they decided to experiment with something that was over their head doesn't mean they need to suffer unnecessary long term consequences. 5: Don't let the med tent turn into a drunk tank. 6: Have fun. Really.
There you have it; a few random thoughts from an experienced festival/rave medic. Let me know if you have any questions.
What rave is it?
The following book is used as an undergraduate textbook. I haven't read the whole thing but received a promotional copy at one point and skimmed it. It seems pretty interesting and also covers some of the histories and legal issues of use. http://www.amazon.com/Buzzed-Straight-Alcohol-Ecstasy-Edition/dp/0393329852
I think it's possible that marijuana impacted adnan's memory. It's a known side effect and just as common with habitual smokers, if not more.
>recent studies have indicated that adolescents may be at greater risk than adults for THC induced impairment of learning and memory
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Buzzed-Straight-Alcohol-Ecstasy-Edition/dp/0393329852
I also wonder if paranoia (from smoking) and/or legit worry about the consequences of getting caught. Law enforcement took weed a lot more seriously circa 1999.
I recommend this book as a source of relatively unbiased info on drugs. It's got a slight anti-drug bias but that's not hard to correct for. Essentially everything is written in a worried tone.
My girlfriend has tried smoking probably 8 or 9 times in the 3.5 years we've dated but only when she is around my friends (I don't really hang out with anyone who doesn't smoke) or somewhat drunk. And I don't think either of those situations is ideal for someone trying a drug for the first few times. Her housemates all staunchly oppose marijuana, so she's torn between upsetting her friends and fitting in with mine.
I'm actually reading this with her in the hopes that she'll see the hypocrisy behind drug laws in general.
Not sure if this is what your looking for but ...
Buzzed
Illegal Drugs
From Chocolate to Morphine
> In that time, the alcohol, is burning away any water you have in the body, as to why alcohol is dehydrating your body during it cant be filled up
What? The ETOH is not burning away any water in your body. Your liver is using a small amount of water to metabolize the ETOH. Second, if what you're saying is that you can drink beer, or you can drink water, but if you are drinking beer then drinking water is useless, then you are dead wrong. ETOH metabolism and water absorption are two different processes that do not interfere with each other.
> So two beers is 3 an half, four hours. and that is if you havent drinking any waterdepriving fluids
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
You're right, it's about 3 hours to metabolize 2 beers. But, that's because the liver can only metabolize about 1 oz of ETOH in about 90 minutes. This really has nothing to do with water.
Again, the ETOH metabolism process and the water absorption processes are independent of each other.
> so its somewhat along the line of this.. one beer is one hour of your body not being able to hydrate
Bullshit.
Source: Clinical psychologist with tons of experience in cognitive research using ethanol in a dose dependent manner in a research setting - we were damn sure to know how ETOH was metabolized and worked in the body long before we used it for research purposes. I've had hundreds of hours of training in regards to neuropsychopharmacology (drugs, brain, and behavior). I've also worked in substance abuse treatment where I learned the metabolic processes for many drugs in an effort to educate my patients. For an easy read, this book should have all this information in it:
http://www.amazon.com/Buzzed-Straight-Alcohol-Ecstasy-Edition/dp/0393329852/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395421941&sr=8-1&keywords=Buzzed
Fair enough.
I had just read this book : Buzzed, that references, among other studies, this source : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17127537
I took a drugs and the brain college course a year ago and the booked we used in the course was this one: Buzzed. Here's a quote from the book about LSD and hallucinogens. It's the only thing I could find about permanent changes to the brain:
> FLASHBACKS...
> Persistent symptoms might actually reflect long-term changes in how the brain processes sensory images. Studies of vision of habitual LSD users (when they are not under the influence of the drug) show that their brains may continue to respond to visual stimuli after the stimuli are removed. This response suggests that repeated LSD usage may cause some neuroplastic changes that persist. (115-116)