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Koung Kham
Professor Altman
English 113A
8 December 2014
Pleasurable Drugs
What do you think about when drugs come to your mind? Drugs can be good or they can
be bad. In this case, people are consuming drugs that allows them feel better. Drugs such as:
antidepressants, painkillers, etc. are being consumed nearly every day. Some of you might think
this is a good thing because it allows people to feel much better and allow them to function better
in their daily routine, but by taking too much drugs may cause serious problems in the future.
Many people chose to abuse their drugs because of addiction, which will cause them to use it as
a gate way to an alternate world of peace and serenity. There are over the counter drugs and
doctor prescriptions drugs that can be bought at any pharmacy. There are many stories being told
about how people abuse pleasurable type drugs. Although pleasurable drugs may have some
beneficial side effects, drugs that are mood enhancers are horrible because it allows patients to
consume these drugs to the point where their brains tells them they need to take it or else all the
feelings that they were trying to get rid of will come back even stronger.
Drugs such as antidepressant are beneficial because of the effect they have on your body
and brain. They have been researched and tested for more accurate effects it should have
compared to the previous drugs. Drugs have been made to help reduce pain or feel no pain
whatsoever. Its hard to believe that our nation has advanced this far with medical research. It

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allows people not to be afraid to go to the doctor. Some people are afraid to go to the doctor due
to pain they feel they might receive. In the book, Brave New World there is a drug named Soma
with allows people to feel pleasure. In reality, we also use drugs similar to soma. There are drugs
such as marijuana, which allows ones body to be relaxed and cause their brain to slow down. It
also allows you forget some of the things are that bothering you. You are required to have a card
for medical marijuana because it is bad for someone who does not need marijuana medically;
which is why it is used medically and not recreationally. Some states have made it legal to smoke
marijuana; however the majority of the states require a card given by a doctor.
There are other drugs besides marijuana such as painkillers. Painkillers are used to help
stop pain momentary and doctors prescribe this to patients with any sort of pain in their body that
is minor. One of the most dangerous and addictive drugs on the street is cocaine. This is the type
of drugs that allows the consumer feel as if they have an abundance of energy. Different types of
pleasurable drugs offer a variety of effect on users. The one most noticeable drug is cocaine. It is
a very dangerous and addictive drug. It is one of the most expensive drugs that can be purchased
off sellers on the streets. Once someone gets hooked onto cocaine, they are willing to do
anything for a piece of it. This relates to soma because like soma, cocaine is a gateway for some
people to feel good. Having too much to cocaine or too much of any drugs can kill you. For
example, Linda, a character from Brave New World, she felt so much pain and decided to take
soma, but then overdosed which led her into a coma and her death. There are other ways to deal
with these types of complicated and stressful situations. One is to seek a specialist that may help
you live a drug free life. For some, it may be too late already because they have become hooked
on. Many drugs can become addictive and might trick the consumers brain telling them that they
need certain things to feel self-satisfaction.

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On the news and television, there are things that people should not do with drugs. One of
them is to not overdose or abuse it. It is important to stick with the instructions. Instructions are
made to help keep the consumer safe. Taking too much may harm your body. Some people end
up addicted to their drugs and become tempted to take more than their bodies can handle.
Instructions are very important to their health because it can cause some serious effect that may
last a life time. A girl named Linda from Brave New World, died from an overdose from soma,
which caused her to be in a coma and die later on. There are also cases where consumers take
drugs that serve the same purpose, but were not prescribe to them. This happens a lot because of
the effect consumers think they might have, but instead they either suffer a serious side effect or
end up dying. Negative consequences vary based upon antidepressant class and pharmacology,
but these have included seizures, confusion, and psychotic-like symptoms, (Evans). It is crucial
to not take drugs unless prescribed by the doctors. Taking drugs are fine as long as there is an
understanding of the side effects that come along. Drugs have a negative connotation because of
the news that gets broadcasted. Doctors and scientists have enough knowledge of the drugs
before they think about prescribing it to a patient. Drugs are also crucial for operations such as
surgery.
There are many other ways to make you feel better without the help of drugs. It is
understandable that people need it in extreme cases, but other than that, there are plenty of ways.
One of the ways to feel better is to go to a psychiatrist. They can help you through depression
with treatments that they offer. Its proven that regular exercise training helps improve
depression- like behavior. Regular exercise training also has antidepressant action and increases
hippocampal neurogenesis, (Kiuchi). Antidepressant drugs are known to be the most common
drug taken to help the patient feel better. It is also known to be very addictive and when once it

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runs out, the emotional feeling will come back harder than before. Despite the prevalence of
antidepressant use increased over time, incidence did not, which is most likely explained by a
longer treatment duration and recurrent episodes (Aarts). Sometimes this is one of the main
causes for suicidal thoughts because of the emotional pain they feel that hits harder than the first
time.
Many people think that drugs are good because it helps them feel better and increase their
energy levels. However that is the wrong mentality to have because there are researches that
have been done by professionals. They say that drugs are addictive and there are other ways to
get rid of depression. We need to keep that in mind that drugs are made to help us, not harm us.
It is safe to say that as long as you can control yourself you will not overdose on drugs. However
there are cases where the drugs does become addictive and cause an overdose. Drugs are used
everywhere and every day. We need to reduce the amount of people using drugs to help them
feel better. In some cases, the different body type can have a different effect that can be harmful
instead of helping. This is why it is crucial to take drugs prescribed by your own doctor. Drugs
are a good thing because we need it in order to survive and it is used to help our army. Drugs that
are made for pleasure are not bad either because someone might need it to survive. It is just a
matter of that persons medical condition. We all have different body content. We need to keep
in mind that we cannot always turn to drugs for answers. We need to use them medically and for
the right purpose. There are times where we grow old and rely on drugs to help us. The older we
become, the weaker our bodies become and it restricts us. Drugs are a powerful creation that can
benefit many people if used properly.

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Works Cited
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Evans, E, &Sullivan, M 2014, Abuse and Misuse of antidepressants, Substance Abuse &
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Kiuchi, T., H. Lee, and T. Mikami. Regular exercise cures depression-like behavior via VEGFFlk-1 Signaling in Chronically Stressed Mice. Neuroscience 207. (2012):208-217.
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