[PSYC62H3] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (26 pages long)
30 Mar 2017
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Methylphenidate: fairly common prescription, used to treat adhd, weak psychostimulants when compared to others. If we change the way that a drug gets to a site of action, we change the effects of abuse of that drug. From a recreational standpoint, it is not uncommon to use a different route of administration (in terms of drugs getting to site of action via. speed and concentration). If we change the way that drug gets to a site of action, we change the way addiction takes place. Cathinones: derive used as psychostimulants, also known as bath salts, because they look like bath salts as they were sold at gas stations because they weren"t regulated and was a way of getting around fda. Cocaine: publicised by sigmend freud, a well known and respected physician that became aware of the properties and he was one of the first to write a medical academic journal describing the properties of cocaine.
