How Does MDMA work? Is Combining MDMA and SSRIs Actually Dangerous?
Ahhh MDMA, one of the hall of famers of recreational drugs. A magical pill/powder that takes away your worries and replaces all your negative thoughts with overwhelming love, affection, euphoria, and contentness. A veritable love potion if one can even exist. Millions swear by this little compound, but few understand how it really works.
The Drugnerd Combo: An Exploration Into Mimicking the Effects of Drinking Alcohol
Ah alcohol, man’s true best friend. But despite its long storied history with humanity, it is also one of the most risky and dangerous common available drugs out there. Luckily, with modern science, we can postulate potential mixtures of other compound that work together achieve the complex set of pharmacological effects of Ethanol while minimizing its toxic organ damaging effects.
What’s the Deal with Synthetic Cannabinoids… Are They All Dangerous?
Ah weed, one of the most popular and lowest risk recreational substances out there. Although not without any dangers, weed itself is generally seen as one of the safest drugs to ingest with regularity. However, there’s a lot of talk about synthetic cannabinoids and their seemingly huge risk potential. So…
Various Drugs that Affect the GABA A Receptor
Gamma Amino Butyric Acid aka GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain and it acts to oppose Glutamate, the primary excitatory neurotransmitter brain. As mentioned previously, there are two primary Gabanergic Receptors: the Ionotropic GABA A receptor, and the G-protein coupled GABA B receptor.
The Major Drug Classes and Their Subjective Effects
There are thousands upon thousands of psychoactive compounds and seemingly millions of different possible effects! How do we make sense of all of this? Is there a catalog of all the possible types of drugs and what they do?