hallucinogen
a substance that produces hallucinations.
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It has also yielded fundamental insights into how the brain works, revealing details about the brain’s activity while at rest, or while crunching numbers or tripping on hallucinogens.
How Hans Berger’s quest for telepathy spurred modern brain science | Laura Sanders | July 6, 2021 | Science NewsLikewise, a growing movement, given legitimacy by scientists and members of the medical and therapeutic community, has emerged to challenge the total criminal sanctioning of LSD and other hallucinogens.
The War on Drugs turns 50 today. It’s time to make peace. | David Farber | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostYet, on this issue as well, the federal government has continued to classify hallucinogens as Schedule One drugs, making it extremely difficult for research scientists to legally access and study them in clinical settings.
The War on Drugs turns 50 today. It’s time to make peace. | David Farber | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostAmerica’s parents had watched in horror as their children embraced illegal drugs, especially marijuana and hallucinogens, such as LSD.
The War on Drugs turns 50 today. It’s time to make peace. | David Farber | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostPolice said in 1994 Moore and several companions broke into the apartment across the hall from where they had been smoking marijuana mixed with PCP, a powerful hallucinogen known to induce violent behavior.
Released early after a murder conviction, D.C. man is charged in new homicide | Paul M. Duggan, Keith L. Alexander, Peter Hermann | May 12, 2021 | Washington Post
This one, as the name implies, involves ingesting the long-lasting hallucinogen with the power to interrupt her addiction.
This drug, a hallucinogen, had astounding potential properties if successfully weaponized.
What Cold War CIA Interrogators Learned from the Nazis | Annie Jacobsen | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTProposing a hallucinogen as a solution is a real arduous process to get authorized.
Longtime Sufferers of Cluster Headaches Find Relief in Psychedelics | Valerie Vande Panne | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChemically speaking, Molly is an amphetamine with a twist of phenethylamine (a hallucinogen).
Molly: The Dangerous Drug That’s Too Good to Quit | Abby Haglage | September 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs ten micrograms was one day's dose for the average man, it was the ideal hallucinogen for a starship.
Subjectivity | Norman Spinrad
British Dictionary definitions for hallucinogen
/ (həˈluːsɪnəˌdʒɛn) /
any drug, such as LSD or mescaline, that induces hallucinations
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Scientific definitions for hallucinogen
[ hə-lōō′sə-nə-jən ]
A drug or chemical that causes a person to have hallucinations. Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin are hallucinogens.
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Cultural definitions for hallucinogen
[ (huh-looh-suh-nuh-juhn) ]
A substance or drug that can cause hallucinations.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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