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Psychoactive drug — An assortment of psychoactive drugs A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it affects brain function,… … Wikipedia
Psychoactive drug/diagram references — The purpose of this article is to provide supporting citations for the psychoactive drug diagram, and the locations of the various substances contained within it. Please see the page for discussion.THC* Report of the Australian Government, 1996:… … Wikipedia
psychoactive drug — noun a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑mind altering drug, ↑consciousness altering drug, ↑psychoactive substance • Hypernyms: ↑drug • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
Drug addiction — is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug seeking behavior, the vulnerability to relapse, and the decreased, slowed ability to respond to naturally… … Wikipedia
Drug — For other uses, see Drug (disambiguation). Coffee is the most widely used psychoactive drug beverage in the w … Wikipedia
Drug-naïve — An image comparing the web of a drug naïve spider to that of a spider having been given caffeine. Drug naïve is the term used to describe patients or animals who are not under the influence of any psychotropic substances (drugs). This term… … Wikipedia
Drug test — For other uses, see Drug testing (disambiguation). Drug test Diagnostics To minimize opportunities for tampering, a direct line of sight between the observer and the specimen bottle must be maintained during collection of a urine sample … Wikipedia
Drug abuse — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Drug abuse ICD9 = ICD9|305.9 Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non therapeutic or non medical effect. All of these definitions imply … Wikipedia
Drug holiday — A drug holiday (sometimes also called a drug vacation, medication vacation, structured treatment interruption or strategic treatment interruption) is when a patient stops taking a medication(s) for a period of time; anywhere from a few days to… … Wikipedia
psychoactive substance — noun a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions • Syn: ↑psychoactive drug, ↑mind altering drug, ↑consciousness altering drug • Hypernyms: ↑drug • Hyponyms: ↑designer drug … Useful english dictionary
