Chapter 6: Stimulants Flashcards
A bush that grows in the Andes and produces cocaine
Coca
The active chemical in the coca plant
Cocaine
A crude extract containing cocaine in a smokeable form
Coca Paste
The most common form of pure cocaine, it is stable and water soluble
Cocaine Hydrochloride
A method of preparing cocaine as a chemical base so that it can be smoked
Freebase
A street name for a simple and stable preparation of cocaine base for smoking
Crack
Another name for crack
Rock
A chemical formed when ethanol and cocaine are co-administered
Cocaethylene
A sympathomimetic drug used in treating asthma
Ephedrine
A drug that stimulates the sympathetic branch of the atomic nervous system
Sympathomimetic
A synthetic CNS stimulant and sympathomimetic
Amphetamine
A disease that causes people to fall asleep suddenly
Narcolepsy
The combination of her ion and cocaine injected together
Speedball
A street name for cocaine, and then later amphetamine
Speed
A street name for illicilty manufactured methamphetamine
Crank
