PSYC 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vin Mariani, Crack Cocaine, Topical Anesthetic
22 Oct 2018
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Mostly used for a boost in energy as well as oral hygiene. People realized that people who chewed coca (as an anesthetic) had sustained energy. Gradually change until end up with crack. Coca chewing practiced by incas in peruvian and bolivian andes. Goes through 1st pass, amount delivered to cns very little so no high. Alfred niemann (chemist) isolates cocaine as active ingredient in coca leaves. Import coca because it didn"t grow everywhere, so we isolate it and give people small amounts. Angelo mariani markets a mixture of coca and wine called vin mariani. Exepppttttt men go off to work and start making actual money (rather than. Idea is that concentration of the drug is higher trading), women stay at home and are using the substances dependency produces female histeria. Our boy sigmund freud (psychiatrist) praises cocaine use to cure psychiatric diseases (addiction, depression, anxiety) Had to administer cocaine in order to be open and make it through psychotherapy.
