Substance abuse

Question 1

stimulants

Answer 1

substances that can keep a person going mentally and physically

restricted - cocaine and amphetamine

available - caffeine and nicotine

Question 2

cocaine history

Answer 2

coca - bush grows in andes
coca leaves - reduce fatigue and increase productivity
coca wine - Angelo Mariani

medical use -
Dr WS Halsted - experimented with cocaine as local anesthetic - delivered via newly developed hypodermic syringe (father of modern surgery )

psychiatric use-
Sigmund freud - studies cocaine as a treatment for depression and morphine dependence

Question 3

forms of cocaine

Answer 3

coca paste - extract created during the manufacture of cocaine

cocaine hydrochloride - most common form of pure cocaine, water soluble salt, often insufflated

freebase - extraction of the cocaine base with a solvent (ether), can be heated and vapors inhaled

crack cocaine - lumps of cocaine base prepared by mixing cocaine with water and baking soda, can be heated and the vapors inhaled