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9.2 Notes Depressants, Stimulants, Club Drugs

9.2 Notes Depressants, Stimulants, Club Drugs. Objectives Name and classify the commonly abused drugs

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9.2 Notes

Depressants, Stimulants, Club Drugs

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Objectives Name and classify the commonly abused

drugs

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DepressantsAlcoholBarbituratesTranquilizersGlue Sniffing

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Alcohol (ethyl alcohol)Most widely used and abused drug in the USA $40 billion industryActs to suppress the CNS by affecting the brain’s control of thought and muscle coordinationCauses the user to display a wide variety of extreme behaviors

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BarbituratesDownersFive well-known derivatives include barbitals (amo, seco, pheno, pento, buta)Yellow jackets, blue devilsQuaalude (methaqualone)

Non-barbiturate depressant acts as a sedative and muscle relaxant

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TranquilizersProduce relaxationDoes not impair higher order thinkingReserpine and chlorpromazine used with mental patients to reduce anxietyMiltown, Librium and ValiumCan cause both dependencies with repeated high dosages

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Glue SniffingContain volatile or gaseous substances that act on the CNSToluene is solvent of choice

Others include naphtha, methyl ethyl ketone, gasoline, and trichloroethylene

Produce slurred speech, euphoria, impaired judgment, double visionNot physically addicting it damages liver, heart, brain and can cause death

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Stimulants

Amphetamine Cocaine Club Drugs

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AmphetaminesStimulates the CNSCalled uppers or speedIncreased alertnessDecreases fatigueCauses loss of appetiteMost serious abuse is meth by IV injectionEvaporated form called ice, which is smokedOther drugs similar are used for weight control

Phenmetrazine and Phendimetrazine

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CocaineExtracted from leaves of coca plant (erythrooxylon)Original use was painkiller or anesthetic

Replaced by procaine and lidocaine

Sniffed or snortedCrack = Cocaine mixed w/ baking soda & water , then heated & dried

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Cocaine Stimulates alertness, energy, euphoria

As levels drop, causes depression, anxiety, and pleasurelessness

Only a small percentage are ever cured of habit Can cause cardiac arrest, seizures,

respiratory arrest ¾ of the total cocaine smuggled into the

US comes from labs located in Columbia, SA Growers are paid $200 for leaves to make 1 lb Refined it will bring $1000 Street value will be $20,000

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Club DrugsSynthetic

used at nightclubs, bars and ravesEcstasy (MDMA)

Popular at rave scenes Original patented as a appetite suppressant

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Club Drugs cont GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) Rohypnol (roofies)

CNS depressants Used for date rape and robbery Cause dizziness, sedation, headache, nausea,

and loss of memory Ketamine

Used as animal anesthetic but causes euphoria in humans

Methamphetamine