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hallucinogenic drug
hallucinogenic drug , any of a group of substances that alter consciousness; also called psychotomimetic (i.e., mimicking psychosis ), mind-expanding, or psychedelic drug. The group includes mescaline, or peyote , which comes from the cactus Lophophora williamsii ; psilocin and psilocybin, from... Read more |
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entrapment
entrapment in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g., when an undercover agent posing as a narcotics dealer is approached by a... Read more |
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
PROZAC PROZAC (or fluoxetine) was the first of a class of drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) to be introduced for the treatment of depression and other psychological disorders. These drugs work by increasing the amount of serotonin, a neurotransmitter thought to be... Read more |
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hippy
hippy especially in the 1960s, a person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair and wearing beads, associated with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs. The name comes from hip meaning ‘following the latest fashion,... Read more |
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Bioavailability
BIOAVAILABILITY Bioavailability refers to the difference between the amount of a substance, such as a drug, herb, or chemical, to which a person is exposed and the actual dose of the substance the body receives. Bioavailability accounts for the difference between exposure and dose. A drug's... Read more |
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LSD
LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide , alkaloid synthesized from lysergic acid, which is found in the fungus ergot ( Claviceps purpurea ). It is a hallucinogenic drug that intensifies sense perceptions and produces hallucinations, mood changes, and changes in the sense of time. It also can... Read more |
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hallucination
hallucination false perception characterized by a distortion of real sensory stimuli. Common types of hallucination are auditory, i.e., hearing voices or noises and visual, i.e., seeing people that are not actually present. Hallucinations play a prominent role in schizophrenia and in the mania... Read more |
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Salvia
Salvia (sages; family Labiatae) A genus of herbs and low shrubs that usually have aromatic foliage and flowers that occur in whorled spikes, often with coloured bracts. The flowers have the corolla strongly 2-lipped, with the upper lip often strongly arched over the 2 stamens. These each have only 1... Read more |
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Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca Ayahuasca, the hallucinogenic drug favored by many traditional peoples of South America, has in the twentieth century become the center of a major new religious movement in Brazil and began to spread among neo-shamanistic groups in North America and Europe in the 1990s. Ayahuasca (or... Read more |
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