(1) The most commonly used illegal drugs are hallucinogens (marijuana, magic mushrooms, LSD, PCP, salvia, mescaline, peyote), Ecstasy (which is both a stimulant and a mild hallucinogen), speed (amphetamines or methamphetamines), ketamine aka Special K (which is an animal tranquilizer), opiates (heroin, morphine, hydrocodone aka Vicodin, oxycodone/oxycontin, hydromorphone, fentanyl, codeine), cocaine (and crack, which is essentially a diluted, easier-to-smoke form of cocaine), and benzodiazepines (like Valium, Xanax, Klonopin, Mirtazapine). Some of these drugs -- Valium, Xanax, morphine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, codeine -- are not illegal if prescribed by a doctor [Limeaid]; (2) A recent taxonomy of psychoactive drugs has been provided by Prof Fiona Measham and Dr Russell Newcombe in What's So New About New Psychoactive Substances? Definitions, prevalence, motivations, user groups and a proposed new taxonomy- In Kolind, T., Thom, B. and Hunt, G., The SAGE Handbook of Drug & Alcohol Studies, Volume 1, Sage (2017). Briefly, this model classifies psychoactive drugs by 4 levels into (a) classes (depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens), (b) families - inebriants, analgesics, sedatives (depressants), euphoriants, eugeroics, entactogens (stimulants), cannabinoids, psychedelics, dissociatives (hallucinogens); (c) chemical groups (35 across 9 families), and (d) specific drugs across 35 groups (100s of them).
Stimulants, Depressants, and Hallucinogens.
nicotine and caffeine are good examples. so are cocaine and marijuana.....any drugs have the ability change your perception or mood.
stimulants
depressants
hallucinorgenics
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs was created in 1967.
A substance that does not affect the brain or cause changes to mental processes. Examples include non-psychoactive hemp (for snorting), diet pills, and antibiotics.
They have been on psychoactive drugs since day 1.
They are psychoactive drugs
Psychoactive drugs that temporarily diminish the function of a specific part of the body or mind. Examples include anxiolysis, sedation, and hypotension.
Almost all cultures use psychoactive drugs to achieve altered states of consciousness. The most common psychoactive drug is caffeine, which is used worldwide.
Psychoactive drugs
stimulants depressants hallucinorgenics
It is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs.
A psychoactive effect is an affect on mood or behavior caused by the misuse of drugs.
psychoactive drugs
nuerotransmitters