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Marihuana prensada ('pressed marijuana') is a cannabis-derived product widespread among the lower classes of South America, [189] especially from the 90s. Locally it is known as "paraguayo" or "paragua", since its main producer is Paraguay. [190] Marijuana is dried and mixed with binding agents that make it toxic and highly harmful to health. [191]
Amphetamine was discovered as a chemical in 1887 by Lazăr Edeleanu, and then as a drug in the late 1920s. It exists as two enantiomers: [note 3] levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine. Amphetamine properly refers to a specific chemical, the racemic free base, which is equal parts of the two enantiomers in their pure amine forms. The term is ...
Since the mid-1990s, MDMA has become the most widely used amphetamine-type drug by college students and teenagers. [274]: 1080 MDMA became one of the four most widely used illicit drugs in the US, along with cocaine, heroin, and cannabis. [246] According to some estimates as of 2004, only marijuana attracts more first time users in the US. [246]
The prescription medicine Adderall (dextroamphetamine sulfate/amphetamine sulfate/dextroamphetamine saccharate/amphetamine aspartate monohydrate) is also frequently used recreationally. However, using non-prescribed drugs, using non-prescribed dose regimen, can cause polysubstance dependence , or combined drug intoxication which may lead to ...
A dried cannabis flower. The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
Also known as 'thorn apple', 'devil's trumpets', 'loco weed', and 'Jimson weed'. Scopolamine and Atropine are both anticholinergics [131] [132] which produce hallucinogenic and deliriant effects. It has an extensive history of being used recreationally. [133] Cytisine. Dermatophyllum. Nicotine-like effects.
Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known by several slang terms, such as marijuana, pot or weed. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent .
In contrast to phenethylamines and amphetamines generally, most psychedelic phenethylamines are not monoamine releasing agents. [ 147 ] [ 148 ] Examples of psychedelic phenethylamines and amphetamines include mescaline , the 2C drugs like 2C-B , 2C-D , 2C-E , and 2C-I , the DOx drugs like DOB , DOI , and DOM , certain MDxx drugs like MDA and ...