Many hallucinogens are alkaloids, which means that they synthesized using metallic salts. Magic Mushrooms were used by the Vikings. The enzyme that is responsible for alcohol metabolism is called alcohol oxygeanse. Tetrahydrocannabinoid, the active ingredient in marijuana, has a chemical structure similar to steroids. College students have the highest caffeine intake in proportion to body weight.
Women metabolize alcohol more quickly than men.
Once a person breaks out of addiction and stays clean for six months, social or occasional recreational use is no more likely to induce addiction than in a person who never was addicted. Children who show risk behavior or are disruptive in school, have an increased likelihood to try alcohol. Men are more likely to become alcoholic and woman are more likely to become clinically depressed. Alcoholics and heavy social drinkers have a smaller frontal cortex. Artists who use hallucinogens are more creative than those who relie on their chemicals.