Hispanic Latino Drug Information Sites, Specific Drugs, Stimulants, Amphetamines, Ritalin

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Hispanic/Latino Drug Information Sites:
Specific Drugs -- Stimulants

STIMULANTS are drugs that increase alertness, cellular activity, heart rate, and blood pressure. They have been used for centuries for their psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. AMPHETAMINES are powerful stimulant drugs that increase activity in the central nervous system. Their effect is similar to that of the body's own adrenalin. Even though amphetamines mimic the effects of adrenalin, they act for a much longer time in the body.

"LOOK-ALIKE DRUGS" are tablets or capsules that are made to look like real amphetamines and roughly imitate their effects. They usually contain varying amounts of legal substances such as caffeine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine, which are found in over-the-counter diet pills and decongestants. They are sold on the street as "uppers" or "speed" and often are purported by the sellers to be authentic amphetamines.

--Courtesy of Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University

Web Sites or Documents in Spanish or Portuguese

Multiple Drug Coverage
	NIDA. NIDA en Español. Spanish
	National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. La Anti-Droga.com. Spanish
	Drug Strategies. For youth. Información veraz y exacta sobre las drogas. Spanish/English
	National Library of Medicine. Medline Plus. Información de Salud para Usted. Escoge "Temas de Salud." Abuso de Substancias." Spanish/English
	Grupo As drogas e seus efeitos. Solventes. Escolher "solventes" da lista de publicações. Incluye: Definição, Efeitos no cérebro, Efeitos no resto do corpo, Efeitos tóxicos, Aspectos gerais. Portuguese
	Proyeto Viver Bem. UNISEFP. Escolhe "Drogas" dos "Panfletos" e "Solventes ou inalantes." Portuguese
	Brazilian Antidrogas.org. Tipos. Portuguese

Amphetamine
	Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein. Program de Alcool e Drogas (PAD). Alcool e Drogas. Anfetaminas. Portuguese
	Proyeto Viver Bem. UNISEFP. Anfetaminas. Portuguese
	www.antidrogas.com.br. Tipos. Anfetaminas. Portuguese
Cocaine
	Grupo As drogas e seus efeitos. Solventes. Escolher "cocaina" ou "crack"da lista de drogas. Incluye: Definição, Efeitos no cérebro, Efeitos no resto do corpo, Efeitos tóxicos, Aspectos gerais. Portuguese
	Unidade de pesquisa em Alcool e Drogas (dept. of Psiquiatria) Escola Paulista de Medicina. Animação da Ação da Cocaína e Crack no Sistema Nervoso Central. Portuguese
	Within this web site visit page on "Cocaine" (includes Crack Cocaine).
Methamphetamine
	NIDA. Información sobre la metanfetamina. Spanish
	NIDA. INFOFAX. Metanfetamina. Spanish
Ritalin
	NIDA. INFOFAX. Ritalin. Spanish

Selected Sites on Stimulants for the General Population.

Stimulants as a Group or within a single web site
	Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Drug Resource. Select the drug "name" from the "Drug Guide" dropdown list. Site includes information on drugs by name, slang, and photos. English
	U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Drug Descriptions. English
Amphetamine
Cocaine/Crack
	Within this web site, see page on "Cocaine" (includes Crack Cocaine). English
Methamphetamine
	U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Methamphetamine Factsheet. English
	U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Diversion. Pseudoephedrine. English
	California Department of Justice. Attorney General. StopDrugs.org The Meth Crisis. This web site is entirely about the problem of methamphetamines. English
	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Methamphetamine. English
	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). INFOFAX on Methamphetamine. English
	OJP. Office for Victims of Crime. Children at Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs: Helping Meth’s Youngest Victims. English
	IPRC. Methamphetamine Factline. English
Methcathinone or "Cat"
Ritalin® or Methylphenidate
	U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Methylphenidate (Ritalin®). English

	NIDA. INFOFAX. Methylphenidate (Ritalin). English

	Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) Ritalin Harms "Teen Spirit." English

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