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What are stimulants?
Drugs that activate then central nervous system, causing feelings of energy, happiness, and power, a decreased desire for sleep, and a diminished appetite.
What are two types of stimulants that are associated with severe substance related disorders?
cocaine and amphetamines.
In the US what percentage of all substance-related cases seen in hospital emergency rooms and sudden deaths were substances involved.
40-50%
What is cocaine?
A white powder extracted from the coca plant.
What is the most highly addictive substance known?
Cocaine.
How can you use cocaine?
Snort, inject, or smoke.
What is the most powerful type of cocaine?
Freebase.
What is one from of Freebase Cocaine that is boiled down into tiny chunks or rocks which are usually smoked.
Crack cocaine.
What is one from of Freebase Cocaine that is boiled down into tiny chunks or rocks which are usually smoked.
Crack cocaine.
What area of the brain does cocaine effect?
Cocaine activates the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens, which are the areas of the brain that register reward and pleasure.
What area of the brain does cocaine effect?
Cocaine activates the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens, which are the areas of the brain that register reward and pleasure.
What does cocaine do to the brain?
Cocaine blocks the reuptake of dopamine into the transmitting neuron, causing dopamine to accumulate in the synapse, maintaining the pleasureable feeling.
What are some of the psychological affects of cocaine?
A sudden rush of intense euphoria, followed by self esteem, alterness, energy, competence, creativity, and social acceptability.
What happens when Cocaine is taken at high doses or chonically?
Leads to grandiosity, impulsivness, hypersexuality, compulsive behavior, agitation, and anxiety, reaching the point of panic and paranoia.
What happens after cocaine is withdrawn?
After stopping the use of the substance, users may feel exhausted and depressed and sleep a great deal.
What are some disadvantages to coke?
It wears off quickly, is expensive, and people can develop a tolerance to it and have to increase the amounts.
What are some medical complications that coincide with Coke?
-HIV-from sharing needs and unsafe sex
-Irregular heartbeat
-heart attacks
-chest pain
-respiratory failure
-strokes
-seizures
-headaches
-gastrointestinal issues
-abdominal pain
-nausea
What are some physical issues that are associated with coke?
-Chest pain
-blurred vision
-fever
-muscle spasms
-convulsions
-coma
What percentage of all people in the US have tried cocaine at least once in their lives?
14%
What is the most common way that amphetamines are taken?
These drugs are most often swallowed as pills but can be injected intraveneously, and methanphetamines can be snorted or smoked.
What are some street names for amphetamines?
-Speed, meth, chalk
How do amphetamines work?
Amphetamines have their effects by causing the release of the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinepherine and by blocking thier reuptake.
What are some of the symptoms of amphetamines?
Euphoria, self confidence, alterness, agitation, and paranoia.