stimulants

description

• Stimulants are drugs that increase activity in the brain
• Stimulants Cause Brain Chemical Imbalances
• Stimulants cause psychotic behaviors
• Stimulants can lead to heart & respiratory problems
• Cause you to be more alert
• Can be swallowed, injected in liquid form, or crushed & snorted

street names

• coke
• snow
• flake
• candy
• hearts
• uppers
• pickups
• bennies
• meth

Short term effects

• Depression
• Exhausting
• Apathy
• Lasting exhaustion that leads the stimulant user to want the drug again. Soon he/she isnt trying to get "high" , theyre trying to get "well" to feel energized.

long term effects

• Addiction
• Paranoia
• Extreme weight change
• Result in dangerously high blood temperature & irregular heartbeat

USER POPULATION (Cocaine)

• 1.5 million people used cocaine (including crack).
• People aged 18 to 25 were more than twice as likely to use cocaine compared with other adults.
• Men (0.8%) were twice as likely to use cocaine compared with women (0.4%).

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