Drugs, Society and Human Behavior: Ch. 14

psychedelic

"mind-viewing"

MDA

(3,4-methylamphetamine); called the love drug because it is believed to enhance sexual desire

MDMA

A compound drug related to both amphetamines and hallucinogens, especially mescaline; commonly called "ecstasy." A common club drug

DOM

A hallucinagen called STP (serenity, tranquility and peace) 1/3rd as potent as mescaline 100 times more potent than mescaline

argyreia nervosa

Also kown as hawaiian baby woodroses. Has d-lyserigc acid effects.

Belladonna

An Anticholingeric Hallucinogen, a drug originally used as a cosmetic, an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna herb that is used medicinally

Synthetic Anticholinergics

Benztropine, Orphenadrine, Procyclidine, Trihexyphenidyl Useful as single-agent treatment in patients less than 70 without significant akinesia or gait disturbance

Dextromethorphan

Dextromethorphan is used to temporarily relieve cough caused by the common cold, the flu, or other conditions. Deliriant.

Saint Anthony's Fire

Fatal, but long-lasting illness caused by ergotism (eating of contaminated rye). The symptoms were boils and lesions, followed by gangrene and ultimately death.

LSD

The effects of ___ include synthesia, hallucinations, panic reactions, flashbacks etc. There is no evnidence for creativity

LSD

The most potent of hallucinogens. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

Angel Dust

The street name for PCP sprinkled on plant material

Ketamine

This produces "dissociative anesthesia", is a cardiovascular stimulant which may increases intracranial pressure, and hallucinations occur during recovery Deliriant

Timothy Leary

United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996) Recanted late in life

DMT

_______ naturallyt occurring psychedelic found in South American trees, vines, and shrubs, yobo beans. Stomach acid destroys it so the plant material is dried, chopped, or snorted, or smoked to produce short term hallucinations. The venom of the Sonoran Desert toad also contains a variant of it.

Mandrake

a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form Anticholingergic Hallucinogen

indole

a particular chemical structure found in serotonin and LSD

peyote

a type of hallucinogenic cactus

Salvia Divinorum

an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect

Henbane

anticholinergic hallucinogen highly poisonous substance

Deliriants

class of hallucinogens that have somewhat more of a tendency to produce mental confusion and loss of touch with reality

phantastica

drugs that create a world of fantasy

Catechol Hallucinogens

drugs that have catechol structure structure, that is basis of neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine Ex. mescaline MDMA (Ecstasy)

Anticholinergic Hallucinogen

hallucinogen that binds to acetylcholine receptors, rendering them inactive. Puts user into a dreamlike trance, they wake with little memory: Belladonna, mandrake, Henbane, Datura,

Ayahuasca

halucinogenic plant which often results in nausea and vomiting, used by many groups in order to spiritually cleanse themselves

Nitrous Oxide

inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery Deliriant

Datura

is extremely potent hallucinogen,also known as jimson weed Anticholinergic Hallucinogen

psychotomimetic

mimicking psychosis

Amanita Muscaria

poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills

Tryptamines

resemble the serotonin molecule and exist naturally in herbs, fungi, and animals. most of these are abused for their hallucinogen actions, sched I `

ololiuqui

seeds of morning glory plant Rivea corymbosa -have several active alkaloids as well as d-lysergic acid amide -about 1/10th as active as LSD

PCP

synthesized drug now used as an animal tranquilizer that can cause stimulant, depressant, narcotic, or hallucinogenic effects

Psilocybin

the active chemical in Psilocybe mushrooms

mescaline

the active chemical in peyote cactus

Synthesia

the blending of different senses, such as "seeing" sounds