1. Stimulants: A drug that speeds up activities of the central nervous system

2. Types of Stimulants Caffeine –Dehydrates you Methamphetamines –One of the world’s most powerful stimulants –More addictive than cocaine Cocaine Nicotine/Tobacco

3. Street Names Meth Beannies Brown Chalk Chicken feed Cinnamon Crink Crypto Fast Getgo Methlies Quik Mexican Crack Pervitin (Czech Republic) Redneck cocaine Speed Tick tick Tweak Wash Yaba (Southeast Asia) Yellow powder Crystal Meth Batu Blade Cristy Crystal Crystal glass Glass Hot ice Ice Quartz Shabu Shards Stove top Tina Ventana

5. Cocaine Street Names Aunt Nora Bernice Binge Blow C Charlie Coke Dust Flake Mojo Nose Candy Paradise Sneeze Sniff Snow Toot White

6. Side Effects of Cocaine Short Term Intense depression Craving for more of the drug Loss of appetite Increased heart rate Muscle spasms Convulsions Paranoia Anxiety Increase risk of heart attack, stroke, seizure, or respiratory failure Dilated pupils Violent behavior Long Term Increase in tolerance Sleep deprivation Loss of appetite (malnutrition) Can become psychotic Hallucinations Liver, kidney, and lung damage Permanent damage to blood vessels in heart and brain Severe depression

7. Crack Cocaine Street Names 24-7 Apple Jacks Badrock Ball Base Beat Candy Chemical Cloud Cookies Crack Crumbs Crunch & Munch Devil drug Dice Electric kool-aid Fat bags French fries Glo Gravel Grit Hail Hard ball Hard rock Hotcakes Ice cube Jelly beans Kryptonite Nuggets Paste Piece Prime time Product Raw Rock(s) Rock star Rox/Roxanne Scrabble Sleet Snow coke Sugar block Topo (Spanish) Tornado Troop

8. Side Effects of Crack Cocaine The effects are the same as powdered cocaine, but they will be more immediate and more intense. This increases addictive potential.