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When was Amphetamine discovered or made?
Romanian chemist, Lazar Edeleanu is the man who made Amphetamine, in Germany. Lazar made it to dilate the bronchial sacs of the lungs and clear breathing passages for those who suffer from asthma, hay fever or the common cold. -
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Used in pharmaceutical drugs or for medical purposes -
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A tablet form was developed -
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Amphetamines would quickly become one of the most widely abused substances -
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The Benzedrine Inhaler was introduced -
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American Medical Association approved amphetamines in the form of a Benzedrine Sulfate tablet -
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Effects of amphetamines and medications that contained amphetamine was first realize -
What is Amphetamine?
Amphetamine is a potent central nervous system stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, narcolepsy, and obesity. It must be created in a lab, through synthesis of other naturally and unnaturally occurring products. -
Is it legal or illegal?
Amphetamine is legal if under prescription of a doctor, but the action is made illegal. It is still at use today, for treatment of ADD and ADHD. It looks like powder and different kinds of looking pills, injection. -
Effects of the drug while on the drug
Quicker reactions, Feelings of energy/wakefulness, Excitement, Feelings of euphoria, Increased attentiveness and concentration -
Famous people who had died from Amphetamines
Philip Seymour Hoffman, W.H. Auden, Graham Greene, Ayn Rand, Jean-Paul Sartre, Paul Erdos, Philip K. Dick, Winston Churchill
