CHAPT 1; LESSON 2; STIMULANTS Flashcards
- These are drugs that produce excitation, alertness, and wakefulness, intense feeling of “highness” and in some cases, a temporary rise in blood pressure and respiration.
STIMULANTS (UPPERS)
- It works by increasing the activity of the brain chemicals dopamine and norepinephrine.
STIMULANTS (UPPERS)
cocaine is a natural produce obtained/extracted from the leaves of .
Erythroxylum coca (scientific name) or the Coca Bush
affects blood vessels, blood pressure and heart rate, blood sugar, and breathing.
- Norepinephrine
is involved in the reinforcement of rewarding behaviors ; hormones responsible for the movement, attention, mood of a person
- Dopamine
- This is a natural produce obtained/extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylum coca (scientific name) or the Coca Bush.
Cocaine
Cocaine is first isolated in (year) by (name)
in 1860 by Dr. Albert Nieman.
made by mixing baking soda or ammonia into the powder form of cocaine.
- Crack
- There are basically three chemical forms of cocaine
the hydrochloride salt, “freebase” and the Crack.
are a group of drugs that increase the activity of certain chemicals in the brain.
Amphetamines
- They are derived from ephedra (Ephedra sinica), a plant native to China and Mongolia.
Amphetamines
Amphetamines are derived from ____ , a plant native to China and Mongolia.
ephedra (Ephedra sinica)
- SLANG NAMES Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu)
“upper or speed”, “Shabs”, “Tubas”, “S”, “Spoil”, “Ha”, and “Ice”.
ephedra (Ephedra sinica), contains ___ and _____ which are natural alkaloids, or nitrogenous organic compounds that cause a physiological response in humans.
ephedrine and pseudoephedrine
- These chemicals are the basis on which amphetamines (including methamphetamine) were created.
ephedrine and pseudoephedrine,
- Slang names of amphetmamine
“Beanies”, “copilots”, “football hearts”, “pep pills”, “ampies”, “Speedballs”
- It is considered as the poor man’s cocaine and was 1st synthesized in JAPAN (1919) “Kakuseizai”.
Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu)
- It is white, colorless, crystal or crystalline powder with a bitter numbing taste.
Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu)
Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu) was 1st synthesized in (place, year) (name)
JAPAN (1919) “Kakuseizai”.
The feeling as if grains of sand are lying under the skin or small insects are creeping on the skin.
- Meth bugs / Magnan’s Symptoms -
Flakka is also known as
Bath salts, Ivory Wave, The zombie drug
flakka came from
_____ of East Africa and Southern Arabia
- Khat plant
- People who use it have gone on mad, violent, zombie-like rampages.
flakka
- It is a drug that is present in coffee, tea, chocolate, cola drinks and some wakeup pills.
Caffeine
