PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Stimulant, Pseudoephedrine, Methylphenidate
15 Mar 2016
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Psychostimulants: a large variety of substances aka sympathomimetics because they increase sympathetic nervous system activity amphetamines - amphetamines and methamphetamines cathinone - cathinone and pyrovalerone, synthetic cathinone: methcathinone and mephedrone. Psychostimulants: herbal remedies, prescription drugs, and substances of abuse. Cocaine cocaine - psychostimulant desirved from erythroxylon coca leaves leaves are proken down and made into a coca paste, dried and sold used recreationally or sent to crystal labs (where cocaine is converted into a high purity salt) salt is purer than cocaine and allows for insuffation or injection base form can be smoked changing from salt to base again requires the removal of hydrochloride mlecule - freebase form crack cocaine freebasing - heating and smoking the freebase form of cocaine. Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the primary psychostimulants in ephedra. The freebase form of cocaine (crack cocaine) can be smoked formed. Chapter 6 - psychostimulants | evernote web used for religious purposes, appetite suppresion enhanced stamina.
