Human Behavior

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Human Behavior

• Stimulants Caffeine, Nicotine, Amphetamines, and
  Cocaine

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Caffeine

• Occurs naturally in coffee, tea, and cocoa.
• Stimulant
• Drugs including amphetamines and cocaine,
  stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and
  produce feelings of optimism and boundless energy
• Caffeine lengthens the time it take to fall
  asleep and reduces total minutes of sleep
• Found in many beverages
• Large doses can cause insomnia and diarrhea
• Addictive

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Nicotine

• Psychoactive drug in tobacco
• Probably the most addictive stimulant today
• Causes health issues with prolonged use
• Can cause a high
• Withdrawal symptoms include drowsiness,
  headaches, irritability and intense cravings
• Younger users are likely to increase to bigger
  drugs

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Amphetamines

• First used in the 1930s as a nasal spray to help
  asthma
• Used in military during WWII to reduce fatigue
• Pep pills for night workers
• Also prescribed as diet pills
• Amphetamines
• Stimulant drugs that initially produce rushes
  of euphoria often followed by sudden crashes
  and sometimes severe depression

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Amphetamines Continued

• Amphetamine Psychosis
• Paranoia, delusions, and hallucinations, much
  like paranoid schizophrenia
• Methamphetamine
• speed or fire
• ice, crystal, and crank (smoking form)
• Stimulant and hallucinogen

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Amphetamines Coninued

• Short-Term
• Teeth clenching
• Chills or sweating
• Aggression
• Axons stop firing
• Birth defects
• Lower intelligence

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Cocaine

• Cocaine
• Derived from the coca plant that, although
  producing a sense of euphoria by stimulating the
  sympathetic nervous system, leads to anxiety,
  depression and addictive cravings
• Physician use (Novocain and to cure alcohol and
  morphine addictions)
• Smoked as crack
• coke and snow

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Cocaine

• Less then 10 seconds to the brain for crack
• Last 5-20 minutes
• Used on Wall Street to stay up and deal in the
  1970s
• Quick high
• Fast and Long depression after high