Earth Song

I'm here today to blog about something quite interesting; cough mixture addiction. Why? Well.. It seems that one of my friends is starting to get addicted to it, and I don't want HER to get into trouble before it's too late. Well, just to let ya'll know what cough mixtures contain.. I'll get straight to Phensedyl. Phensedyl, the most common form of cough mixture available over the counter in clinics in Malaysia, but tightly controlled by the government due to abuses are known to be the commonly abused drug here. For your information a 120 ml bottle of Phensedyl cough linctus contains 216mg ( 9mg per 5ml ) of Codeine Phosphate BP, 18mg of Promethazine Hydrocloride BP. It also contains sugars 68%, Sodium Sulphite 0.1%, Sodium Benzoate 0.1% and Sodium Metabisulphite 0.1%.

What is Codeine? Codeine is an opiate used in the treatment of pain and to reduce coughing. It occurs naturally in the opium poppy and as such has a long history of human use that we're starting to abuse it. The chemical name for Codeine would be (5alpha,6alpha)-7,8-Didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-ol. Okay.. The side effects of codeine addiction.. Interesting.. People seeking codeine experiences from medications that contain acetaminophen may be putting themselves at risk for acetaminophen-related complications such as liver damage. Ahh.. Sounds like there's not much harm in Codeine addiction? Usually Codeine is being taken as a Heroine substitute by acute drug users, which is very difficult to obtain even on the streets. This may sound funny, but since the drug abusers take Codeine as a substitute to Heroine, is there a chance that a Codeine addict will take Heroine as a substitute, or just experimental to get even more high? And I'm sure ya'll know well the side effects of Heroine addiction. Go google it up if you don't.

Just F.Y.I., there is another type of cough medicine known as DXM, or Dextromethorphan. DXM (cough medicine) is available as an over the counter medication at just about any pharmacy, and can be purchased by minors as well as adults in large enough quantities not only to get high, but also to cause the inability to move arms or legs or to talk, slowed breathing, permanent brain damage, cerebral hemorrhages, stroke, and even death (from stopped breathing.). Street names for these drugs include Dex, DXM, Robo, Skittles, Syrup, Triple-C, Vitamin D, Tussin, and Red Devils.

So think about it. You wanna stay on as a Codeine addict, it's up to you. But think about the side effects before you decide. I'm here to ' rehab ' you if you ever need it. Heh. Enough about cough mixtures, move on to another topic.

Anyone know what day it is today? 22nd April. Ahh, the Earth Day. The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. A second Earth Day, which was founded by US politician Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in the late 1960s, is celebrated in many countries each year on April 22.

Don't we just love Earth? I mean, it's the only known planet in the whole universe that is able to sustain life, and we human are doing nothing much to help keep Earth in it's original state, but rather abusing it's natural resources, spoiling it and causing global warming. I personally ' love ' how we face it. Today, my class had a 1-hour video clip / movie titled An Inconvenient Truth by Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. Mostly about human's doings on Earth and global warming, I find the video quite informative and useful, and we should definitely do something about what's happening around us. But what I've noticed is that, once the lights are switched off & the video starts, more than half the class will go to sleep. How could they be so ignorant?? I don't know much, but the sight of them sleeping, drooling while the video is being played triggered my anger. It is this kind of ignorance that caused us to face whatever we're facing right now. They took no initiatives to learn about mother nature and how to preserve it. I'm not going any further, I think my message is quite clear already.

Here's Earth Song by Michael Jackson for today.. Happy Earth Day...

-MXV-