subject: Getting The Highs And Lows On Party Pills [print this page] The birth of methamphetamines, ecstasy pills, and stimulants can be generally attributed to an increasing need for euphoria, or an opportunity to temporarily escape the mundane trappings of everyday society. For years, people have been using recreational drugs that aim to give the user an uplifted feeling or an altered state of being.
Psychoactive drugs have been illegal in most countries for years because of the detrimental effects that they had on the central nervous system. They are chemical substances that act primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function. This results in changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior. These drugs may be used recreationally, to purposefully alter one's consciousness, for ritual or spiritual purposes, as a tool for studying or augmenting the mind, or therapeutically as medication. The way these drugs work induce subjective changes that the user would feel pleasant, such as alertness or a feeling of euphoria. This is why they often tend to be abused, or used in excessive doses.
Because drugs such as ecstasy and methamphetamine have been considered illegal in most countries, many have begun looking for other sources of induced euphoria. This opened the market for legal prescription drugs that mimic the effects of psychoactive drugs.
Euphoric pills, or psychedelic pills, are experiencing increased commercial interest. Many psychoactive drugs, known colloquially as party pills, contain benzylpiperazine or BZP, which has been banned in many countries, including the United States. For this reason, a new set of legal party pills began circulating, often marketed as alternatives for ecstasy.
Euphoric pills affect serotonin and dopamine, and resemble ecstasy and speed. These pills are part of a class of drugs known as Piperazines. Piperazine has been used for a long time to treat worm infections in the gut. It kills parasitic worms through its effect on the inhibitory neurotransmitters.
Those who use euphoric pills experience sensations such as a feeling of being in an altered state of mind. It affects a persons perception, and in extreme cases causes a person to go into a trance-like state. The legality of some euphoric pills however is still the subject of debate in many places.
