PSYC 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Coca Wine, Local Anesthesia, Chronic Toxicity
19 Dec 2016
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Learning objectives: discuss the history of cocaine and amphetamines, describe early psychiatric uses of cocaine, describe how cocaine hydrochloride and crack cocaine are processed from coca, compare and contrast the illicit supply sources for cocaine and methamphetamine in. Substances that keep a person going mentally and physically. Caffeine and nicotine are readily available stimulants. Coca is a bush that grows in the andes and produces cocaine: coca has been harvested for thousands of years and actively cultivated for over. Natives of the andes chewed coca leaves to give them greater strength and endurance. The coca leaf was an important part of inca culture: used in religious ceremonies and as currency, still available (peru, bolivia) Coca wine: angelo mariana (1863: used coca leaf extract in many products including lozenges, tea, and especially, wine, coca extract was later used in the united states in early versions of coca-cola and in many patent, medicines. Local anesthesia: karl koller in asutria eye surgery.
