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Drugs and Society 3 Pt.2
Chapter 3 Pt.2
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Undergraduate 1
03/31/2010

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Effects of Amphetamines
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Small to moderate dose increased heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure

Extended use or large doses severely deplete energy supplies

Prolonged use leads to lethargy, depression, and paranoia, hallucinations, and other effects

Prolonged use leads to lethargy, depression, and paranoia, hallucinations, and other effects

Prolonged use leads to lethargy, depression, and paranoia, hallucinations, and other effects

Binges or "runs" produce high energy episodes followed by a crash and depression

Used by sexually active people, but extended use results in a diminished sex drive
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Steps of treatment: for cocaine/amphetamine
Definition
detoxification, initial abstinence, long-term abstinence, and recovery
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Endogenous craving
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craving is caused by depletion of dopamine and is treated by abstinence and possibly medications that stimulate dopamine
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Environmentally triggered craving
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occurs when environmental cues, people, or places stimulate memories of drug use
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Amphetamine congeners
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Drugs that have the effects of amphetamines but different chemical structures (thereby avoiding legal restrictions)
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Ritalin
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has been often prescribed as an antidepressant
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Diet pills
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involve stimulation, loss of appetite, and mood elevation as well as undesired side effects
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Lookalikes
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Legal, over-the-counter drugs which look like prescription stimulants
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Khat
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is widely used in Arab and African countriesis widely used in Arab and African countries
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Cathinone is the working agent that produces
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amphetamine-like highs as well as insomnia, anorexia, etc.
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Betel nuts are used by more than
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than 200 million people in the Arab world, India, and elsewhere in Asia
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Yohimbe
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the spicy extract from the African yohimbe tree, is used as a stimulating tea or a medicine
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Ephedra
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is a mild stimulant used as a medicine
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