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L'Absinthe, an 1876 portrait by Edgar Degas. Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime. [ 1] When a psychoactive drug enters the user's body, it induces an intoxicating effect. [ 1]
Polysubstance use or multisubstance use is the use of combinations of psychoactive substances with both legal and illegal substances. This page lists polysubstance combinations that are entheogenic, recreational, or off-label indicated use of pharmaceuticals. For example, the over-the-counter motion sickness combination drug dimenhydrinate ( 8 ...
The following is a list of psychedelic drugs of various chemical classes, including both naturally occurring and synthetic compounds. Serotonergic psychedelics are usually considered the "classical" psychedelics [dubious – discuss], whereas the other classes are often seen as having only secondary psychedelic properties; nonetheless all of the compounds listed here are considered ...
For example, in ancient Egypt, gods were commonly pictured holding hallucinogenic plants. [47] Because there is controversy about regulation of recreational drugs, there is an ongoing debate about drug prohibition. Critics of prohibition believe that regulation of recreational drug use is a violation of personal autonomy and freedom. [48]
Bath salts (also called psychoactive bath salts, PABS[ 1][ 2]) are a group of recreational designer drugs. [ 3][ 4] The name derives from instances in which the drugs were disguised as bath salts. [ 5][ 6][ 7] The white powder, granules, or crystals often resemble Epsom salts, but differ chemically. The drugs' packaging often states "not for ...
2O charger (bottom right), cracker (top right) and balloon. 3 liter can of recreational nitrous oxide to fill up balloons. Nitrous oxide (street name nangs, hippy crack, whippets, whippits or cannies) is a gas which can induce euphoria, hallucinogenic states and relaxation when inhaled. [ 1] Nitrous oxide is a neurotoxin and excessive use can ...
Some of the names of synthetic cannabinoids synthesized for recreational use were given names to help market the products. For example, AKB-48 (also known as APINACA ) is also the name of a popular Japanese girl band ; 2NE1 (also known as APICA ) is also a South Korean girl band ; and XLR-11 was named after the first USA-developed liquid fuel ...
Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are a novel class of androgen receptor ligands. They are intended to maintain the desirable muscle building effects of anabolic steroids while reducing undesirable androgenic actions (e.g., increased risk of prostate cancer).