Effects

Question 1

List the short term effects of low dose stimulants

Answer 1

• ‘Highs’ - experience euphoria
• Mood amplification
• Increase energy
• Insomnia
• Restlessness
• Talkativeness
• Arousal

Question 2

List the short term effects of high dose stimulatns

Answer 2

• Irritability
• Extreme energy
• Total insomnia
• Rambling
• Decreased sexual arousal
• ‘Come-down’ following use - tiredness and depression

Question 3

List the long-term effects of stimulants

Answer 3

• Drug dependence - psychological with stimulants
• Withdrawal symptoms (fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance, anorexia)
• Overdose
• Retreat from society
• Cardiovascular failure or seizures from sustained heart rate or blood pressure
• AIDs, hepatitis etc. from injection
• Interaction with other drugs
• Loss of money