Trends Adrenaline is the new party drug in NT

[Lunar Loops]

SWIS prefers the natural route. This from theage.com.au :

Adrenaline is the new party drug in NT

Drug users in the desert town of Alice Springs have started injecting illegal adrenaline, prompting police to warn "the new speed" could kill.
The drug, normally used by medics to treat people suffering extreme asthma attacks or allergic reactions, is being sold on the streets in glass containers with blue stoppers.
Detective acting Superintendent Michael Murphy called it a "new health threat" and has warned the public to be wary of the new party drug.
"This new recreational drug has the potential to cause death in some people," Detective Murphy said.
"Adrenaline is usually only used in cases of extreme emergency for such things as severe allergic reactions or during acute asthma attacks for breathing difficulties.
"Used outside these circumstances, it has proved fatal in the past and the community should be warned of the potentially fatal consequences," he said.
Other symptoms of adrenaline overdose include, massive haemorrhage into the brain, weakness, dizziness, convulsions, nausea and vomiting, abnormal heartbeat or palpitations, visual distortion and major anxiety.

[Mint boi]

they're actually inecting adrenaline? fair enough. has anyone tried this?

[springplain]

Never tried it but I have fond memories of laughing out loud to Hunter S Thompson's description in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'.

[Abrad]

Having had the misfortune of being injected with adrenaline because of an allergic reaction I have to say I cannot imagine how anybody would consider it recreational.

[Psych0naut]

The description in Fear and loathing was about adrenochrome, the molecule one gets after oxidising adrenaline.

[Mint boi]

that wasnt adrenaline it was adrenochrome, or so swim thinks, and the book/movies description of the drug are exagerated, swim has heard it being similar to mild magic mushroom dose

:edit: psychonaut got there first!

[~lostgurl~]

SWIM was injected with adrenaline after an allergic reaction and the experience was not pleasant, her hands were shaking so much she couldn't even sign her name. It was an edgy feeling like drinking way too much coffee and not feeling comfortable in your own skin.

[Mint boi]

swim really does doubt the abuse potential of adrenaline, seems like desperation. unless the report is wrong, you never know with newspapers/sites they could have gotten Epinephrine mixed up with ephedrine or something stupid

[Evil GIR]

People will do anything to get high and by not allowing safe drug use the laws cause people to try more dangerous legal things.

[Nagognog2]

Yep. That's up there with huffing gasoline or glue. Blech!

[darawk]

I swear australia is the dumbest country in the world. Every drug related news story(the only kind I read) I hear out of that place is more ridiculous than the last.

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	this judgemental post contributes nothing
	judgemental and worthless

[Rio Fantastic]

Wow, I've never even heard of injecting adrenaline before, but I can't imagine it being much of a party drug.

[Fantasian]

SWIF's friend stole some adrenaline as he worked as a lifeguard on a beach from the medic there. He was an IV heroin user and was looking for morphine. He injected half the dose of adrenaline used for an allergic reaction and he describes it as "the scariest experience of his life." He ran for 25 minutes before lying down and thinking he was gonna die.

[fnord]

Originally Posted by mint boi

they're actually inecting adrenaline? fair enough. has anyone tried this?

yes someone has,he says he did it outside in the middle of a maine winter ended up taking off the jaket and two sweetwhirts he was wearing sweating,heart pounding he could of sworn he wass going to have a heart attact right then and there,he wouldent call it much of a party drug but he found that low doses helped him wake up better in the morning.kinda like coffee for the mentally ill.

[tayo]

Several years ago, Junkie decided to find raw adrenaline gland in capsules, it was from cows but it was still raw, freeze dried bovine adrenal gland, anyway, Junkie smoked a few of the capsules and had a strange rush, seemingly missing memory, and the whole thing lasted about 15-20 minutes, then a huge crash, headache and to sleep, it also caused alot of discomfort and he was walking around that whole 15 minutes not really thinking but just kept moving around.

Not worth it.

[Evil GIR]

Though adrenaline is just another name for Epinephrine which is found in cold medication and used to make meth. They might as well inject caffine.

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good call on the epi

[Mint boi]

pseudoepinephrine is what you find in cough medicines, and more commonly
pseudoephedrine. swim has never heard of epinephrine in cough medicine, doesnt mean its not...

Edit: never having synthesised meth before swim is no expert but wouldnt one use ephedrine or pseudoephedrine as opposed to epinephrine

[Abrad]

Epinephine is not found in cold meds.
Ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are, they have no relation to adrenaline.

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thanks for correcting information

[Mint boi]

ephedrine stimulates the release of Norepinephrine from the adrenal gland which along with epinephrine causes the fight or flight response. so its a loose relation

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good information

[fnord]

epineprine is found in a certain nasel inhalor.


Primatene Mist Active Ingredients: Epinephrine Inhalation Aerosol
Representative Names: Primatene Mist

[Rio Fantastic]

Ah, well that makes more sense. Injecting adrenaline would basically be a panic attack, wouldn't it?

[BIG-TRON]

swim would only think of using this when swim was sure he would have to fight someone Reealllly Big!

[robertone]

Adrenaline is known as the fight/flight hormone. It's depending on someones state how it will work. At the proper dose and mental state its should, however, give a pleasent rush. Think about all those adrenaline junkies who base jump of high places to get an adrenaline rush. It has to be noted that under dangerous (scary) circumstances the body glands also release some noradrenaline together with the adrenaline.

Swim suffered several years ago at an overactive kidney gland (can't find the proper name) by which he had an higher level of adrenaline in his blood then normal, which caused a higher blood pressure, a higher physical activity and aggressivity then considered normal.

[Mint boi]

epineprine is found in a certain nasel inhalor
Primatene Mist Active Ingredients: Epinephrine Inhalation Aerosol
Representative Names: Primatene Mist

primatene is an oral inhaler for asthma

kidney gland

adrenal gland?

[Nagognog2]

None of you will set foot in the Lab of Bongo. He had a glass-sealed ampule 0f Epinephrine. No - he didn't shoot it up and act like a horney schoolgirl trapped in a gay bar.

He oxidized it to adrenochome and then did an alkaline re-arrangement to adrenolutin. Having tried a calculated dosage, he was informed this was the day his psychology class was to visit a mental-hospital! Hurry! Hurry! Oh boy!