WHAT
AM I DOING RIDING AROUND IN THIS CLOWN CAR?
i suppose he wants me to be
another one of his _ucking logo's to wear;
another flag to wave off the emptiness...
he keeps trying so hard
to convince me
to give in to this cherished little life of delusion but...
Normal brain patterns show smooth activity
across the surface. Among drug abusing brains there is a wavy, rough, sea-like
look on the surface as if someone had poured acid on it. Not a pretty
sight!
TOP VIEW
OF HEALTHY BRAIN
BOTTOM
VIEW OF HEALTHY BRAIN
SPECT is an acronym for Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography.
It is a sophisticated nuclear medicine study that looks directly at cerebral blood
flow and indirectly at brain activity (or metabolism). A radioactive isotope
is injected into the patient's vein where it runs throughout the blood
stream and is taken up by certain receptor sites in the brain.The
patient then lies on a table for 14-16 minutes while a SPECT camera rotates slowly
around his head. The camera has special crystals that detect where the injected
isotope has gone. A supercomputer then reconstructs elegant 3-dimensional images
of brain activity levels. How's that for KEEN-O!
What
are SPECT brain images?
Here is the brain
of a 24 year old after two years of frequent cocaine use. YIKES! This poor
brain is starting to look like swiss cheese. Those huge gaping holes look
like they were made by gophers but they simply indicate where the brain
has decided to shut down. Do you still want another line?
click-on
this brain to see the difference between
healthy and with some primo cocaine added
click-on
this brain to see the difference between healthy and with some kick-ass homegrown
marijuana added to the mix
Here is the brain
of a 28 year old after ten years of weekend pot use. Looks like someone
has been poking stubby fingers into cookie dough. And now there's more
space to fill up with stuff like paranoia and spider dreams and cheese
nachos since much of this brain is on holiday.
Talk about feeling light
headed!
click-on
this brain to see the difference between healthy and with some cold beers and
cocktails poured on top
This is a 38 year
old brain after 17 years of heavy weekend boozing. Looks like we have room to
park a small car in these holes! At least if this brain was sitting in
front of you at a movie theatre you would have an un-obstructed view.
Brain activity is stunted and rather sad looking.
Put a cork in it!
A BRAIN ON
FRUIT, FIBRE, BOOKS AND CLEAN COUNTRY AIR
A BRAIN SURFIN'
ON HEROIN
TOTAL
MANIPULATION 2000 -2011
...MAYBE IT'S ALL IN YOUR
HEAD!
What's the
deal with all these WHACKBAGS and their CELLPHONES?
Can you say: "BRAIN TUMOURS AT TEN CENTS A MINUTE!"
By the way, LOSER, It sounds like you're calling
me from a SUBMARINE!!
My name is Doctor
Inga Fluehauser Welcome to The Skull Cheddar Clinic!
There
tends to be several similarities seen among abused drugs. The most common is that
the brain has an overall toxic look to it. In general they look less active,
more shrivelled, and not exactly like something you'd like to show your friends
except maybe on Hallowe'en.
... was last night
really his idea of a good time?
I
WON'T BE A WILLING CITIZEN IN SUCH
A PUNY WORLD OF GLITTERING SHAM!!
