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The psychostimulants are a class of medicines that increase activity in the nervous system, producing wakefulness, alertness, and a sense of energy. They range from the mild psychostimulants of everyday life, such as caffeine, to powerful medicines used for attention disorders and narcolepsy, and to potent substances of misuse. Their history runs through exploration and commerce, and it returns repeatedly to a single difficulty: the properties that make a psychostimulant useful are also the properties that make it liable to misuse.
The psychostimulants are a class of medicines that increase activity in the nervous system, producing wakefulness, alertness, and a sense of energy. They range from the mild psychostimulants of everyday life, such as [[caffeine]], to the diverse and powerful [[Amphetamines]]. Their history runs through exploration and commerce, and it returns repeatedly to a single difficulty: the properties that make a psychostimulant useful are also the properties that make it liable to misuse.


== Coca and the isolation of cocaine ==
== Coca and the isolation of cocaine ==