Major Stimuluants - Studylist

cocaine (source, forms, routes of administration)
 
    history of cocaine use

    common street names

    mechanism of action of cocaine

    effects on body

    behavioral effects

    time course

    risks with long-term or high dose use

    cocaine psychosis

    dependence; relative risks of various routes of administration; withdrawal symptoms

    adverse effects (both physical and psychological/behavioral)

    effects on fetus

amphetamines (source, different types, routes of administration)
 
    history of amphetamine use
 
    common street names
 
    similarites to and differences from cocaine
 
    mechanism of action

    body effects

    behavioral effects

    characteristics of tolerance and dependence; relative risk of various routes of
        administration

    risks with longterm or high dose use

    amphetamine psychosis

    withdrawal symptoms

    medical uses and pros and cons of such use

    possible adverse effects of Ritalin

    if you died from cocaine or amphetamine abuse, what are the likely causes of death

    "amphetamine-like drugs"

treatment of cocaine and amphetamine addictions