PSYC 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Analeptic, Pseudoephedrine, Sympathomimetic Drug
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Meth (dope) problems in tennessee: easy to find, so cheap, so available, shake and bake: easy to create with the items available in household. Water: makes people feel good, feel like you can run miles for days, meth destroying your life, but laughing doing it, meth changes people: person in jail. Meth makes people violent to(cid:454)ic; destro(cid:455)s people"s lives. Most meth production in pharmaceutical factories: some still homemade, or from a drug dealer, some effects from the solvent. Major effects in humans: amphetamine: autonomic functions: fight or flight response. Drive blood centrally to brain and muscles: effects on the cns. Being awake for several days, then crash for several days. Used to use amphetamine for weight loss. Major effects in non-human animals: amphetamine: autonomic effects: same as humans, psychomotor stimulant effects. Ticks: grooming the same spot repeatedly: reinforcing effects. Most autonomic effects: hardens the arteries.
