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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 the diverse and powerful [[Category: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.		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 [[Category:Amphetamines\|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 ==