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What does amphetamine mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
  2. (informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.
  3. (informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
  4. (medicine) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.
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At that point, they either come to treatment or they switch to another drug, typically amphetamine.
The claimant said that she committed her offences in order to raise cash for drugs, those drugs being originally amphetamine and later heroin.
In fact, daily use of tobacco seems to correlate more to the use of cocaine and amphetamine than does occasional use of cannabis.
Ritalin is a stimulant whose effects are similar to those of amphetamine, methamphetamine and cocaine.
Cocaine and amphetamine have been associated with non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema and a dilated cardiomyopathy.
Heroin, amphetamine, cocaine and cannabis were hidden in large canisters of glue.

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