Exam 4: The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines

Evidence indicates that chemical changes in the brain caused by chronic methamphetamine use can be somewhat reversed by abstaining from the drug for a minimum of one year.

The acute effects of amphetamine closely resemble the acute effects of __________.

The most successful commercial use of cocaine in the nineteenth century was a mixture of coca and wine.

While superficially similar, cocaine and amphetamines actually produce very different acute effects.

Symptoms of cocaine psychosis include __________.

Discuss the relationship between raw coca leaves, cocaine hydrochloride, free-base cocaine, and crack cocaine, in terms of the processing necessary to produce all except the raw form of cocaine.

Cocaine hydrochloride contains about ______ pure cocaine.

Amphetamines have been taken by all of the following individuals or groups of individuals, EXCEPT for __________.

The stimulant properties of amphetamines were considered superior to those of cocaine because amphetamines __________.

Treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder decreases norepinephrine and dopamine activity in the brain.

An early champion of cocaine use was __________.

Which drug or class of drugs is a substantially less powerful stimulant than cocaine?

Cocaine abusers develop a pattern of ________ in motor behaviour and brain excitation.

Removal of hydrochloride from the salt form of cocaine is called __________.

Formication hallucinations are components of cocaine psychosis.

What is the most characteristic reaction when using cocaine?

Discontinuation of amphetamine-like drugs used to treat nasal congestion can produce__________.

Autonomic effects of cocaine can lead to __________.

Which type of cocaine carries the increased risk of flammability?

Cocaine's only legitimate medical use is as a local anaesthetic.