chapter 6 Flashcards
1
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Stimulants
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Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions.
2
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Cocaine history
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5000 B.C. Inca Empire COCA PLant
3
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early use of cocaine
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Coca paste
cocaine hydrochloride
freebase
crack
4
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Benefits of cocaine
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local anesthesia
increases energy
increases well-being
5
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Amphetamines history
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1900’s Chloral hydrate, Paraldehyde(Bad odor, bromides)
1903 Barbiturates
50’s-60s Meprobamate “Happy pills”
60’s Benzodiazepines
80’s body builders, more common in stores
2000’s scheduled by U.S.
6
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dangers
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Acute and chronic toxicity
Dependence potential - extremely high
7
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Methamphetamines
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easy to make
designed for injection
