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Overview
- Chemical substance
- Psychological
- Central nervous system
- Psychiatric drugs Psychiatric medication
- Abuse Substance abuse
- Designer drugs Designer drug
- Prehistory
- Recreational drug use
- Religious Religion
- Mental disorders Mental disorder
- Improve performance Performance-enhancing substance
- Anxiolytics Anxiolytic
- Entactogens Entactogen
- Stimulants Stimulant
- Depressants Depressant
- Hallucinogens Hallucinogen
- Routes Route of administration
- Neurotransmitter
- Enhancing Agonist
- Inhibiting Antagonism (chemistry)
- Dependence Substance dependence
- Sensitization Reverse tolerance
- Tolerance Drug tolerance
- Addiction
- Psychotherapy
- Medication
- Psychedelic therapy
- Alcohol Alcoholism
- Cannabis Cannabis use disorder
- Opioid use disorders Opioid use disorder
History
- Coca
- Peruvian History of Peru
- The Hasheesh Eater
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow
- Prohibition in the United States
- Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
- Portugal's drug policy Drug policy of Portugal
- Decriminalization Drug liberalization
Terminology
Types
- Xanax Alprazolam
- Valium Diazepam
- Barbiturates Barbiturate
- MDA 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine
- 6-APB
- AMT Alpha-Methyltryptamine
- ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Narcolepsy
- Amphetamine
- Sedatives Sedative
- Hypnotics Hypnotic
- Ethanol
- Morphine
- Fentanyl
- Codeine
- GHB
- Psychedelics
- Dissociatives Dissociative
- Deliriants Deliriant
- DMT
- Dextromethorphan
- Salvinorin A
- Scopolamine
- Diphenhydramine
Uses
- Nootropic
- Mental and emotional disorders Mental disorders
- Challenging behavior
- Antidepressants
- Clinical depression
- Dysthymia
- Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Borderline personality disorder
- Stimulants
- Weight reduction Anorectic
- Antipsychotics
- Psychotic symptoms Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Mania
- Mood stabilizers
- Bipolar disorder
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Anxiolytics
- Anxiety disorders Anxiety disorder
- Depressants
- Hypnotics
- Anesthetics Anesthetic
- Acamprosate
- Naltrexone
- Methadone
- Buprenorphine
- Maintenance therapy Opioid replacement therapy
- Opioid addiction
- Changes to the brain Neuroplasticity
Route of administration
- Ingestion
- Injection Injection (medicine)
- Subcutaneous Subcutaneous injection
- Intramuscular
- Intravenous
- Suppository
- Enema
- Smoking
- Vaporized Vaporizer (inhalation device)
- Fluoxetine
- Quetiapine
- Lorazepam
- Ingested Ingest
- Tablet Tablet (pharmacy)
- Capsule Capsule (pharmacy)
- Alcohol Grain alcohol
- Psilocybin mushrooms Psilocybin mushroom
Determinants of effects
Effects
- Neurochemistry
- Neuroreceptor
- Agonists
- Synthesis Chemical synthesis
- Reuptake
- Synapses
- Antagonists Receptor antagonist
- Neurons
- Homeostasis
- Sensitization
- Desensitization Desensitization (medicine)
- Physical dependence
- Major depressive disorder
- Depression Depression (mood)
Addiction and dependence
- Drug dependence
- Psychological dependence
- Withdrawal Drug withdrawal
- Rewarding Reward system
- Reinforcing
- Mesolimbic dopamine pathway Mesolimbic pathway
- Nucleus accumbens
- Addictive drugs
- Oxymetazoline
- Rehabilitation Drug rehabilitation
- Support groups
- Pharmacotherapy
- Ibogaine
- Drug addictions Drug addiction
Legality
- Second Opium War
- Treaty
- United Nations
- USSR
- Food and Drug Administration
- Over the counter Over-the-counter drug
- National Minimum Drinking Age Act
- Antiemetics
- Antitussives Cough medicine
Effect on animals
- Catnip Nepeta
- Co-evolved Coevolution
Widely used psychoactive drugs
- Amphetamines Substituted amphetamine
- SSRIs SSRI
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Psychoactive drug
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Important terminology
drugs psychoactive drug use substances used alcohol effects cannabis recreational dependence addiction disorders physical also include neurotransmitter prohibition may treat
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anxiolytics | instance of | Psychoactive drugs are categorized by their pharmacological effects into types | 0.80 | text |
| sensitization or tolerance | instance of | and potentially lead to dependence or long-term neural adaptations | 0.80 | text |
| the United States Controlled Substances Act | instance of | shaped by international treaties like the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and national laws | 0.80 | text |
| SSRIs | instance of | prescription-only medications | 0.80 | text |
| opioids | instance of | prescription-only medications | 0.80 | text |
| and benzodiazepines | instance of | prescription-only medications | 0.80 | text |
| Xanax | instance of | benzodiazepines | 0.80 | text |
| Valium | instance of | benzodiazepines | 0.80 | text |
| morphine | instance of | opioids | 0.80 | text |
| fentanyl | instance of | opioids | 0.80 | text |
| and codeine | instance of | opioids | 0.80 | text |
| barbiturates | instance of | opioids | 0.80 | text |
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