Excited Delirium

Excited delirium is a brain disorder.

This disorder is usually drug-related (cocaine or "crack", PCP or "angel dust", methamphetamine, amphetamine), but can occur in non-drug users as well.

The presentation of excited delirium occurs with a sudden onset, with symptoms of bizarre and/or aggressive behavior, shouting, paranoia, panic, violence toward others, unexpected physical strength, and hyperthermia. Hyperthermia is a harbinger of death in these cases.

Neurochemical systems in the brain are abnormal in this disorder. At the molecular level, excited delirium is characterized by dysregulated dopamine transporters (hyperdopaminergic state), elevated heat shock proteins (hyperthermia), and immediate early gene activation as a marker of paranoid aggression (c-fos protein). These molecular changes serve as biomarkers of the disorder.

While many factors are associated with sudden death in individuals requiring restraint for excited delirium, these individuals develop a disturbance in thought, behavior and mood, and become agitated and violent. This abnormal behavioral state is due to CNS mechanisms which are the cause of lethality. The brain controls the heart and respiration. Abnormal brain activity leads to the psychosis and sudden death

http://www.exciteddelirium.org/

screwed mind

"Q: CCC is now based in Brooklyn, but the project was born in Texas. Could you let us know the greatest and/or weirdest psychedelic experience you associate with Texas?

W: I used to take acid in the suburbs and wander around outside, listening to “The Diamond Sea” by Sonic Youth and exploring abandoned buildings.

H: Probably discovering “Power Moves the Table” by South Park Mexican screwed by DJ Screw (RIP) after being up for a few days on glass while tripping on ketamine. It was the first time I listened to Screw and it felt like the music had a consciousness of its own."

[CCC interview w/ Le Bain]

the shake and bake method

"You've got Coleman fuel, you've got ammodium nitrate, you've got lithium strips, so virtually what you have is a bomb."

dream home is meth lab nightmare

"Jenn Friberg and Rob Quigley bought their four-bedroom house on Jefferson Avenue in March. The 108-year-old house had everything they were looking for in a starter home: old world charm, a backyard and plenty of space for a nursery in the future. Roughly five days after they moved in, Quigley learned from a neighbor that the house had been a meth lab. hocked, he retreated indoors and typed his new address into a Google search bar. There it was in black and white: Their home was listed on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's National Clandestine Laboratory Registry, a list of addresses where local authorities have reported finding drug manufacturing facilities or dumps. The couple complained of having headaches, sore throats and difficulty breathing after moving in -- all symptoms of possible methamphetamine exposure. "It was really odd," Quigley said. "I would go to work and it would go away. I would come home and it would just start again." Quigley and Friberg said they can't afford the cleanup or a lawyer. They are paying nearly $2,000 a month for the mortgage, utilities and storage fees. The thought the house being foreclosed makes them sick. They've started the blog Our Meth House to vent their frustrations and seek help. "We never would have imagined in a million years that this could have potentially been a meth house. It's totally unreal to us," Friberg said. "I want justice."

"Couple's First Home is a Meth Lab" (CNN)

http://ourmethhouse.blogspot.com/

Hello Meth Lab in the Sun

Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe and Alexandre Singh, Hello Meth Lab in the Sun, Marfa, 2008

Meth lab (III)

Meth lab (II)

Meth lab (I)

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