brownies (especially dexedrine aka dextroamphetamine and spanules- (brown capsule), hi speeds, high speed, L.A. turnarounds (especially biphetamine which is an amphetamine/ dextroamphetamine combo), lip poppers, speckled birds, speckled eggs,and turnarounds and west coast turnaround (both are especially referring to biphetamine).
Terms:
pillhead - heavy user of barbituates or amphetamines.
wired - addicted to heroin or intoxicated from amphetamines.
Max - a gamma hydroxy butyrate dissolved in water and mixed with amphetamines.
Methods of Use: snorting, sniffing, swallowing, or injecting.
Amphetamines, dextroamphetamine, and methamphetamine are collectively reffered to as amphetamines. Their chemical properties and actions are so much alike that even continuous users often don't know exactly which drug they have taken. Amphetamines are powerful psychomotor stimulants. Their use causes a release of dopamine and noradrenaline (norepinephrine) which are excitatory nuerotransmitters, from storage vesicles in the central nervous system. The release of dopamine usually causes a feeling of euphoria, a high that can last several hours. The consumption of amphetamines also arouses a strong sense of power, strength, assertiveness, energy, and focus or hightened motivation and the need for sleeping and eating is gone. Following the euphoric high is an intense depression and fatigue, as the drug depletes neuronal storage of dopamine in the mesolimbic pleasure centers of the brain.
Occasional light usage is probably harmless; however, frequent use can lead to strain on the cardiovascular system, depressive disorders, and among other things, "amphetamine psychosis".
Amphetamine was first discovered by Edeleano in Germany during 1887, but wasn't used in clinical medicine until the late 1920s, when the psychostimulant side of its use was recognized. Similar to ephedrine, it dilates the brachial sacs of the lungs, a huge relief for people with breathing disorders. It was then marketed during the 1930s in the form of an inhaler for people with asthma or hay fever. Soon it was available in a pill form and was sold over the counter as a pep pill for several various ailments. Doctors began prescribing it for depression, ADHD, epilepsy, motion sickness, obesity, narcolepsy, impotence, and helping athletes perform and train better and longer.
During World War II amphetamine was given to soldiers on both sides to keep men fighting, which sometimes resulted in states of quasi-psychotic aggression.
With the rise of "speed freaks" it became clear that the dangers of amphetamines greatly outweighed its therapeutic uses.