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