Stimulants (E2)

Question 1

Do stimulants speed up or slow down the central nervous system (CNS)?

Answer 1

Speed up

Question 2

Name 2 mild stimulants you would encounter in day-to-day life.

Answer 2

Caffeine & nicotine

Question 3

Amphetamines are derived from this drug.

Answer 3

What is ephedrine?

Question 4

Does ephedrine stimulate the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 4

Sympathetic

Question 5

What 2 neurotransmitters does ephedrine increase production of?

Answer 5

1) Dopamine
2) Norepinephrine

Question 6

Amphetamines were initially introduced to the market as a drug called…

Answer 6

Benzadrine

Question 7

What are the 4 absorption/administration routes for amphetamines?

Answer 7

1) Oral
2) Intranasal
3) Intravenous
4) Smoking

Question 8

This effect of amphetamines is interesting because it can either be acute or chronic, but it is primarily chronic.

Answer 8

What is weight loss?

Question 9

A way more potent form of amphetamine 1st synthesized in 1893 and crystallized in 1919 by Japanese scientists.

Answer 9

What is methamphetamine?

Question 10

Nazi and Imperial Japanese soldiers heavily used methamphetamine in this war.

Answer 10

What is WWII?

Question 11

With there being such a boom in meth usage following WWII, where was this meth being produced?

Answer 11

Clandestine (home) labs

Question 12

What are the 4 types of media/forms of methamphetamine?

Answer 12

1) Crystal
2) Powder
3) Liquid
4) Base

Question 13

What is the major chronic effect of methamphetamine that affects the mouth?

Answer 13

“Meth Mouth”

Question 14

List 4 common ingredients found in meth.

Answer 14

1) Red phosphorus
2) Lithium
3) Ammonia
4) Sudafed

Question 15

Cocaine is derived from this South American plant.

Answer 15

What is the coca plant?

Question 16

What did the Incas and other South American cultures do to experience the effects of the coca plant?

Answer 16

They would chew coca leaves

Question 17

What was German chemist Albert Niemann’s big accomplishment with coca leaves in 1859?

Answer 17

He chemically isolated cocaine from the leaves

Question 18

What are the 3 forms/media of cocaine?

Answer 18

1) Cocaine HCl
2) Freebase
3) Crack

Question 19

This form/media of cocaine is the salt form and is 99% pure.

Answer 19

What is cocaine HCl?

Question 20

This form/media of cocaine removes the HCl from the salt form, which allows it to be smokable.

Answer 20

What is freebase?

Question 21

List the 3 routes of administration/absorption for cocaine.

Answer 21

1) Inhalation (snorting or smoking)
2) Intravenous
3) Orally

Question 22

List 3 acute effects of stimulants.

Answer 22

1) Increased alertness
2) Decreased appetite
3) Euphoria

Question 23

List 3 chronic effects of stimulants.

Answer 23

1) Tolerance
2) Dependence
3) Addiction