PSYC62H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reuptake, Heart Rate, Dental Caries
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Pharmacies regulates sales to reduce production of methamphetamine. Class of psychostimulant drugs that share a similar structure. Methamphetamine: synthesized from ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or the organic solvent phenylacetone. Crystallized form referred to as: crystal meth, crystal, speed, crank. Recreational often involves grinding up drug and snorting it. Psychostimulant derived from the leaves of catha edulis, referred to as khat. Derivatives of cathinone can be used as psychostimulants: Derived from the leaves of the coca plant. Coca paste: liquid paste from the breaking & mixing of coca leaves. Crystal labs convert cocaine from bases into high purity salt that can be insufflated or injected. Therapeutic usage: oral administration in pill or liquid form. Reinforcing effects: intravenous injection, insufflation (nose through nasal mucosa), and inhalation. Salt forms allow for intravenous injections ionic, dissolve in liquid (blood) Substance that response to high heat and combustion to form gas.
