Hallucinogen

Drug that produces hallucinogen.


The syndrome includes maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes such as marked anxiety or depression, fear of losing one’s mind, paranoid ideation, and impaired judgment. Also, perceptual changes such as intensified perceptions, illusions, hallucinations, derealization, and depersonalization occur in a state of full wakefulness. Some physical signs include sweating, very rapid heartbeat, blurring of vision, tremors, and incoordination.


A chemical agent that produces hallucinations. The term is used synonymously with psychotomimetic.


A drug that produces hallucinations.


A substance that induces the perception of objects that are not actually present.


Chemicals capable of inducing bizarre alterations in perceptions and states of consciousness.


A drug which causes hallucinations, e.g. cannabis or LSD.


Drugs that change the user’s mood, thoughts, and senses; sometimes called psychedelics (si-kuh-DEL-iks).


An agent that can induce hallucinations.


Substances that temporarily alter consciousness, affecting the way the user perceives his or her surroundings (e.g., marijuana LSD, etc.). Also known as psychedelics.


Substance (e.g., LSD—lysergic acid diethylamide, mescaline, phencyclidine—angel dust) that excites the central nervous system, producing hallucinations (false perceptions); mood changes; increases in pulse, blood pressure, and body temperature; dilation of the pupils of the eyes; and other physiological and psychological changes.


A drug such as LSD or PCP that reduces perceptions of reality.


A drug that produces hallucinations, e.g. cannabis and lysergic acid diethylamide. Hallucinogens were formerly used to treat certain types of mental illness.


Compounds characterized by their ability to produce distortions of perception, emotional changes, depersonalization, and a variety of effects on memory and learned behaviour. They include cannabis, lysergic acid diethylamide and mescaline.


A drug that distorts perceptions, causing the user to see or hear things that are not real.


One of a group of psychoactive drugs that alter perception, thought, and mood.


 


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