Exam 6: Stimulants

The process for making illicit methamphetamine has been "on the streets" since the 1960s.

According to Canadian authorities working at international airports, there is an increasing trend to smuggle cocaine by which means?

Which of following was NOT one of the early medical uses for amphetamine when it was first studied in the 1930s?

Describe the effects of cocaine use as described by Health Canada (2014) and identify the routes of administration (intake).

The psychoactive effects of coca can be made stronger by adding which of the following?

Before 1985 how would cocaine have been described in North America?

What are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity characteristics of?

What is meant by the term "Smart Pills", when studying the topic of methamphetamine?

When laboratory animals are given unlimited opportunities to self-administer cocaine injections what will most of them do?

Which of the following best describes cocaine?

Describe the history of coca wine.

In reference to cocaine who said, "I find it, however, so transcendently stimulating and clarifying to the mind that its secondary action is a matter of small moment?"

According to the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse's 2014 report, who are the majority of cocaine users?

In what year was the first report released suggesting that amphetamine, a stimulant, was effective in reducing activity in hyperactive children?

How were amphetamines used during World War II?

Snorting cocaine is the most common route by which the drug is used recreationally.

Amphetamine was developed initially as a substitute for a closely related chemical derived from the Chinese herb ma huang. What is the chemical name?

Which term is used to describe the most common form of pure cocaine?

What is the ability of stimulants to improve mental performance?

Amphetamines increase the release of all of the following from their storage vesicles EXCEPT ______.