Methylated spirit is very poisonous and frequently causes blindness coma and death from acidosis
Methylated spirit is very poisonous and frequently causes blindness, coma and death from acidosis. Worst forms of physical damage include dietary deficiencies, liver and stomach disorders and brain damage. Dependency (alcoholism) can occur.history: part of everyday life in Britain for centuries. In 1495 an Act was passed giving magistrates the power to close troublesome alehouses, seen as places where political discontent was stirred up. Increased intake can lead to double vision, loss of balance, unconsciousness. No medical use.outlaw status: can be bought by adults of 18 and over, drunk at home by children of five and over, licence needed for selling.price: anything from 50p (supermarket lager).highs: loss of inhibitions, increased sexual appetite (unfortunately combined with decreased sexual performance) Relaxes and animates.
Some research indicates that moderate use can be good for you.lows: after the equivalent of four pints of beer, drinkers become more uncoordinated and emotional reactions are exaggerated. Tolerance develops in two or three weeks of continued use.history: discovered in 1857, amyl nitrite was originally used to treat angina. It became popular with gay men in the 1960s because it relaxes the muscles, making anal sex easier.alcoholic drinks booze, jar, shot in the arm, get pissed, get hammered, get bladdered "If he tried to go to answer the telephone, the yoke, the mercury, the poisoned mass, would shift and roll and rupture the sac, and his brains would fall out...the beast would come popping to the surface on its own and show its filthy snout." Description of a hangover in The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfescience: active ingredients: ethyl alcohol or ethanol (beers, wines, spirits, liqueurs); methyl alcohol (methylated spirit, meths). Excessive use may result in a lack of oxygen in the blood, known as methaemoglobinemia - symptoms include vomiting, cyanosis (blueness on the skin and lips), shock and unconsciousness. Acute attacks of this condition have caused deaths but this is rare and usually seen in those who have swallowed the drug rather than inhaled it. The drug passes rapidly through the body so there appear to be no long-term effects. Sniffed from small bottles.highs: a "rushing" sensation, enhanced sexual pleasure, light-headedness and giggling.lows: headaches, vomiting and dermatitis.
Medical use: amyl nitrite is an antidote to cyanide poisoning outlaw status: amyl nitrite is a pharmacy medicine. Other forms are currently unrestricted and available in a sex shop near you. price: from pounds 5.form: clear, yellow, volatile and inflammable liquids which smell sweet when fresh and like "dirty socks" when stale. alkyl nitrites poppers, rush, locker room science: a group of chemicals including amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite and isobutyl nitrite Reduce blood pressure by enlarging the blood vessels. The overall image suggests a "return to self" via a mainstream herbal de-stresser.. "Chewing is reassuring and relaxing, making dope literally palatable for middle England." Elixir's design language borrows from indulgent personal care products - like aromatherapy oils - and what Collis calls "nutraceutical" products such as vitamin supplements.
"The test is whether the pack would look out of place in a Boots shopping basket," says Chris Collis of Turner Duckworth, whose clients include Levi's and Schweppes. "It has to be positioned far away from drug culture." Avoiding the word "cannabis", the pack instead emphasises the active component THC "Pastilles are a friendly format," says Collis. The image and the name suggest the drug's giggly, uplifting aspects."OFF THE SHELF:When we asked them to package cannabis for a legalised market, design and brand consultants Turner Duckworth came up with Elixir, a packet of cannabis-laced pastilles. Put that in your Camberwell Carrot and smoke it.ON A BILLBOARD NEAR YOU?When invited to design an ad for cannabis in a legalised market, the London ad agency Draft Worldwide thought humour would be the best approach: "We think cannabis brands could be similar to drinks brands rather than cigarettes," says Chris Arnold, the agency's joint creative director, who has worked for Death Cigarettes, Femidom and Everywoman magazine. "You'd get social hash like lagers; hash to enjoy on your own like malt whiskeys, and quality hash for parties, like wine." For this ad, Arnold decided to "dramatise the effects in a light-hearted way.
Most people would be looking for the brand that gives them the best experience. they will find nothing miraculous in hashish, absolutely nothing but an excess of the natural". Even the Methodist church called for the end of prohibition earlier this year. "The only people who would lose out are the gangsters," says Dr Marks. "Profits generated from the tobacco industry cover the annual cost of the NHS seven times over, and an equivalent sum in cannabis duty currently goes to mobsters." Yet the herb remains politically problematic: Clare Short's recent slap-down by the Labour Party for daring to suggest that cannabis be legalised shows that it is still considered a vote loser in the moral heartlands.This illustrates that rather than speak to the converted, the real marketing challenge will be to demystify cannabis in the shires, and this will inevitably focus on the drug's normality As Baudelaire wrote in 1858, "... He believes that cannabis use can now be considered "normative behaviour".His views are supported by an increasing number of officials. In 1994, four out of five police chiefs supported the end of prohibition, as did 70 per cent of general practitioners.