Essays about: "psychoactive substance"

Found 4 essays containing the words psychoactive substance.

  1. 1. Characterization of hepatocyte derived metabolites of various New Psychoactive Substances using LC-QTOF-MS.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Sarah Ingvarsson; [2020]
    Keywords : 4-fluoro-CUMYL-5-fluoro-PICA; synthetic cannabinoid; incubation; metabolites.;

    Abstract : New psychoactive substances are becoming increasingly common in many parts of the world, and some of them are marketed as “legal highs” and are produced to circumvent the drug legislation, and they come in many unregulated forms. The aim of this research was to characterize the metabolites of a new psychoactive substance and hence provide the fundamental data needed for further research of toxicity and future drug testing. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gender, Drugs and Techno music: Investigation of the motivation of drug consumption among raving communities in Skåne region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Iryna Yankovska; [2019]
    Keywords : drug consumption; rave; techno music; gender; ecological system analysis; patterns of drug use; drug policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rave parties are referring to legal, illegal and semi-legal dance parties organized in various venues with the main focus on electronic dance music (EDM) performed by the DJ. These types of parties are typically described through strong community ties, which form the rave culture, and demolition of hierarchal structures among the participants, which allows the transgressive force to exist in this particular context. READ MORE

  4. 3. Are you sick, poor or just having fun? : A study of drug discourses in the world´s largest cocaine producing country, Colombia

    University essay from Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan

    Author : Josefin Månsson; Meilin Hedén; [2010]
    Keywords : Colombia; consumption; drugs; psychoactive substance; professionals; discourse theory;

    Abstract : In this study we explore the present discourses on drugs and drug consumption in Colombia, a country known for its drugs, and foremost its cocaine production. Interviewing and analyzing the statements according to discourse theory made by the professional key actors in the country, the study asserts that three discourses are present in the Colombian context, namely the public health discourse, the deprivation discourse and the pleasure discourse. READ MORE

  5. 4. Purification of psychoactive biomolecules in plants using size exclusion chromatography

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Ludwig Ring; [2009]
    Keywords : Size exclusion chromatography; Psychoactive; Drug; Plant; Gel permeation chromatography; Gel filtration chromatography;

    Abstract : Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) was applied for purification of psychoactive biomolecules from plants. These molecules are in the same molecular weight range, but do not necessarily share other chemical properties, that makes the SEC technique efficient. READ MORE