Stimulants
By: Joseph Pepper, Sarah
Coates, Chaniqua Jordan
Nicotine
• A colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic,
liquid alkaloid, C1 0H1 4N2, found in tobacco
and valued as an insecticide.
• Rapid heartbeat
• Increased blood pressure
• Rapid, shallow breathing
Caffeine
• a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid,
C8H10N4O2, usually derived from coffee
or tea: used in medicine chiefly as a
nervous system stimulant.
• mildly stimulates the nervous and
cardiovascular systems
• decreased fatigue
• increases the heart rate
Amphetamines
• A colorless, volatile liquid, C9H13N, used
as a central nervous system stimulant in
the treatment of certain conditions, such
as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
depression, and narcolepsy, and abused
illegally as a stimulant.
• Can cause mod swings
• irregular heartbeat
Methylphemidate
• a central nervous system stimulant, C1
4H1 9NO2, used in the control of
hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
• Damages the lungs
• Lower birth weight
• Can cause fatigue and depression
Crack Cocaine
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Typically is available as a rock. White in color and vary in size and shape
Mostly smoked-delivers large quantities to the lungs producing an immediate
high
Used by all ages- National Household Survey on Drug Abuse estimated that
people from 12 and older used crack at least once in their lifetime. Nearly 4%
of high School seniors in the U.S. used the drug once in their lifetime and more
than 1% used in the last past month
Crack Is powerfully addictive drug- When smoked addiction develops more
quickly( experience acute respiratory problems, coughing, shortness of breath,
and lung trauma and bleeding. Also abuse aggressive and paranoid behavior)
24-7, Bedrock, Candy, Crunch & Munch, Devil Drug, Electric Kool-aid,
French fries, Glo, Hard rock, Ice Cube, Jelly bean, Nuggets, Paste, Rock,
Snow coke, Tornado
Methcathinone
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Snorted, taking by mouth mixed with coffee or soft drinks, injection, smoking in
crack pipe or added to tobacco or marijuana
Short-Term- stimulation of heart rate and respiration, feeling euphoria, loss of
appetite, increased alertness, dilated pupils, and temperature may be slightly
elevated; acute intoxication at higher doses may also result in insomnia, tremors,
and muscle twitching, fever, headaches, convulsions, irregular heart rate and
respirations, anxiety, restlessness, paranoia, hallucinations and delusions.
Long-term- Chronic use of Meth produces problems as paranoia and delusions,
hallucinations, including a sensation of bugs crawling under the skin, anxiety
followed by depression, tremors and convulsions, anorexia, malnutrition, and
weight loss, sweating, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalance, stomach pains and
nausea, nose bleeding and eventual destruction of nasal tissues and erosion of the
nasal septum, elevated blood pressure and heart rate body aches. severe
psychological depression, and suicide ideation. deaths have been reported, and are
related to heart failure, lethal overdoses, drug-related violence, and manufacturing
accidents.