History
What year was Fentanyl introduced as an illicit U.S. drug supply?
2013-2014
A drug that increases activity of the central nervous system.
Stimulants
What are two hallucinogens?
LSD, PCP, mushrooms
True or false: fentanyl an expensive option
false
A stimulant is a drug that increases the activity of the central system.
What is a stimulant?
Where are most of the world’s supply of coca grown and refined into cocaine?
Colombia
What are the effects of stimulants?
Increased activity, anxiety and agitation
What is the most notorious hallucinogen?
LSD
Name 1 drug that fentanyl is regularly mixed with-
heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
Chemicals that produce vapor capable of causing hallucinations and creating intoxicating and euphoric effects.
Inhalants
For at least 4,500 years, people in _________ and __________ have chewed the coca leaves to lessen hunger and fatigue.
Peru/Bolivia
Barbiturates do what?
It depresses the central nervous system.
Hallucinogens can be natural or _____
synthetic
What is 1 of the 2 countries that primarily produces fentanyl-
China or Mexico
LSD, PCP, and Mescaline are all considered:
Hallucinogens
Pure cocaine was first isolated from the leaves of the “______________” in about 1860.
Coca bush
What are commonly used stimulants?
Cocaine, Amphetamines and Methamphetamines
What are the two categories of hallucinogens?
Classic hallucinogens and dissociative hallucinogens
When was fentanyl introduced into illicit US drug supply-
2013-2014
Name the commonly used Stimulants:
Cocaine, Amphetamines, methamphetamine.
What was the name of the psychiatrist who prescribed cocaine as a treatment for many ailments such as depression and addiction to alcohol and opiates?
Sigmund Freud
What are Barbituates commonly prescribed for? Name at least 3
Tension, Muscular strain, sleep, problems, anxiety, panic attacks and treat alcohol withdrawals
Three effects of hallucinogens
increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure/temperature, muscle tremors, goosebumps, nausea, euphoria, shortened attention span, introspection, distorted perceptions
How much more potent is fentanyl than heroin-
30-50x
How is cocaine made? Name at least 3 steps.
Step 1: Workers harvest the coca leaves. Step 2: Leaves are soaked in Kerosene or gasoline. Step 3: The kerosene/gasoline is drained. Step 4: The cocaine base is dried. Step 5: The cocaine base is dissolved in a solvent like acetone, ethyl acetate, or ether before heating it until it boils. Step 6: Excess solvents are removed, and it is dried into bricks.