HSCI 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sigmund Freud, Stimulant, Active Ingredient
16 Mar 2019
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Substances that keep a person going mentally and physically. Coca is a bush that grows in the andes and produces cocaine. Coca has been harvested for thousands of years and actively cultivated for over. 800 years natives of the andes chewed coca leaves to give them greater strength and endurance. The coca lead was an important part of inca culture. Cocaine was an ingredient in many patent medication in north america. Studied use of cocaine as a treatment for depression and morphine dependence. Later opposed use of the drug after nursing a friend through cocaine psychosis. Cocaine use began to increase again at the end of the 1960"s. Prior to 1985 the major form of the drug available was cocaine hydrochloride which was snorted. Cocaine was relatively expensive and its use was associated with status, wealth and fame. Then an inexpensive (-10 a hit) form of smokeable cocaine became available - crack.
