Definition of "stimulants" [stimulants]

• Plural form of stimulant. (noun)

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• "Her drive to abuse stimulants is therefore identical to the child with ADHD, who actually needs stimulant medications to "calm down" and foucs in order to have the control to interact productively with whatever life throws at them."
• "Specifically, that means eating less sugar and caffeine (which are short term stimulants) and more protein and complex carbohydrates (which are more sustaining sources of energy)."
• "This is ordinarily met by the use of what are called stimulants, that is, more drugs, and the last state is worst than the first; the poor patient is thus made the victim of a triple wrong, which only a most vigorous constitution can pass through and live, and even then he is crippled and made more liable to whatever disease may come along ever afterward."