Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 2, 1908. He was the great-grandson of a slave who was born in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo; his grandfather was also a slave. His original name was Thoroughgood, but was eventually shortened to Thurgood in second grade because he disliked spelling it.
DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Bupropion hydrochloride is an antidepressant medication that affects chemicals within the brain that nerves use to send messages to each other. (Forfivo XL is an extended release form of bupropion hydrochloride.) Chemical messengers are called neurotransmitters.
Doctors are warning that an antidepressant sold under such names as Wellbutrin, as well as a smoking cessation drug called Zyban, is increasingly being abused by drug users â with often fatal results. The drug is a medication called bupropion that has long been hailed as a wonder drug. Itâs an antidepressant that has been used at different strengths for years to helped thousands of Canadians battle mood disorders, depression, seasonal affective disorder and to quit smoking. Bupropion doesnât produce many of the side effects of other antidepressants and is considered non-habit-forming. But drug abusers have recently discovered that if the pills â particularly Wellbutrin -- are crushed and then snorted or injected, they produce a high similar to that from amphetamines or crack cocaine.