Sudafed & the Orgy Fest

There’s a lot in the news about drugs these days. Sudafed and its contribution to the production of crystal meth and more importantly the greater effect of amphetamines on men as opposed to women. Could this be why they claim their not as moody? Stimulate the “pleasure centre” in the brain and it becomes a little difficult to be depressed No? And here we are thinking chocolate ice-cream makes all our worries disappear.... They’ve just been hogging the good stuff! The more I read about this stuff the more I’m fascinated with how complex we are. I think if we ever really fully understood how everything worked we’d be a lost cause. I mean who would have “thunk” we’d barely scratch the surface of understanding how the brain works and all of a sudden we’re inventing drugs to inhibit and manipulate them.
Take ecstacy for example. Also called XTC, MDMA Adam, Beans, Biscuits, Bombs, Candy, E, E-Bombs, Eccies, Eileen, Googs, Irene (in East Asia), Jack and Jills, Junnov (in East Europe), "Kissing Potion", MaDMAn, Mollies, Pills, Rolls, Scoobies, Smarties, Tabs, Thizz, Vitamin E, Vitamin X, Yaotou (in East Asia), and Yokes.
It’s a prolific example of people dabbling and playing with the idea of overriding the brains natural controls.
I suppose a brief description of how I understand the process is in order… Neurons are a major class of cells in the nervous system. The best way to picture them is a tree and its roots only these roots are very closely positioned to the roots of a different tree. Our brain sends signals from the tip of one neuron (root in our analogy) to another via neurotransmitters. These Neurotransmitters are basically mini messengers that travel from one tip of neuron to the next. Each neurotransmitter has a function. Serotonin and Dopamine are two such transmitters and what E basically does is both numbs and blocks the neurons so that the spaces between them are flooded with these neurotransmitters. Since Serotonin is considered responsible for the regulation of mood, sleep, emesis sexuality, and appetite it becomes abundantly clear that a lot of that stuff floating around in the brain is bound to heighten all those feelings. Now Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter because a lack of it can affect motor functions, memory, attention and problem solving skills, in women it controls the release of prolactin which stimulates mammary glands to produce milk… the wonderful thing about prolactin is that it is a natural contraceptive. It is said to be more than 90% effective in the first month of post partum. Now with that said… Just think… A drug that makes you more sexually expressive, less inhibited and in a better mood… all the while reducing your memory, attention span, problem solving skills and ability to get pregnant sounds like a drug for what? A big orgy party! Not only that… but a big orgy party with a hidden male agenda in mind. Very Sneaky Men… But I’m ONTO YOU!