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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]
Designer drugs are structural or functional analogues of controlled substances that are designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the parent drug while avoiding detection or classification as illegal. Many of the older designer drugs (research chemicals) are structural analogues of psychoactive tryptamines or phenethylamines but there ...
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 ...
Club drug. A selection of MDMA pills, which are often nicknamed "Ecstasy" or "E". Club drugs, also called rave drugs or party drugs, are a loosely defined category of recreational drugs which are associated with discothèques in the 1970s and nightclubs, dance clubs, electronic dance music (EDM) parties, and raves in the 1980s to today. [ 1][ 2 ...
Chemically, PCP is a member of the arylcyclohexylamine class, and pharmacologically, it is a dissociative anesthetic. [ 5][ 10][ 11] PCP works primarily as an NMDA receptor antagonist. [ 10] PCP is most commonly used in the United States. [ 12] While usage peaked in the US in the 1970s, [ 13] between 2005 and 2011 an increase in visits to ...
Synthetic Cannabinoids are illegal in New Zealand, it is classified as a Class A controlled drug. [197] The New Zealand Parliament passed a law in July 2013 banning the sale of legal highs in dairies and supermarkets, but allowing some "low risk" drugs to continue to be sold through speciality licensed shops. [ 198 ]
It was used to enhance psychotherapy beginning in the 1970s and became popular as a street drug in the 1980s. [21] [22] MDMA is commonly associated with dance parties, raves, and electronic dance music. [24] Tablets sold as ecstasy may be mixed with other substances such as ephedrine, amphetamine, and methamphetamine. [21]
Drug-related crime. A drug-related crime is a crime to possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, morphine and amphetamines ). Drugs are also related to crime as drug trafficking and drug production are often controlled by drug cartels, organised crime and gangs.