HSCI 180 Chapter Notes -Cataplexy, Chloral Hydrate, Psychoactive Drug
26 Sep 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Stimulants are substances that keep a person going mentally and physically. Caffeine and nicotine are readily available stimulants. Stimulates cns, create intense feelings of pleasure, increase alertness and decreases appetite and need for sleep. Cocaine is classified into schedule i in the controlled drugs and substances act. After soaking, mixing and mashing, excess liquid is filtered leaving coca paste (can be mixed. In manufacturing illicit cocaine, coca leaves is mixed with an organic solvent. with tobacco and smoked). The paste can be made into cocaine hydrochloride (most common form), a salt that dissolves easily in water and cannot be heated for inhalation. Extract cocaine hydrochloride into a volatile organic solvent (eg ether) and extract it into freebase (can be heated and the vapors inhaled) dangerous b/c flammable. Mix freebase with simple household chemicals (eg baking soda or water) then drying to form. Crack or rock (lump of dried, smokeable cocaine)
