Hallucinogens Flashcards

Flashcards about Hallucinogens and related drugs.

Drugs that can alter thought, perception, and mood.

Hallucinogens

Agents that alter thought, perception, and mood, including Indolamines (similar to serotonin) and Phenethylamines (similar to dopamine or norepinephrine).

Classic Hallucinogens

A potent mood- and perception-altering hallucinogenic drug derived from lysergic acid, which comes from rye fungus.

LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)

Synthesized LSD in 1938 while experimenting with lysergic acid compounds.

Albert Hofmann

CIA's mind control program that tested LSD for incapacitating the enemy and intelligence gathering

MK-Ultra

Harvard professor who experimented with psilocybin and LSD, started a new religion adopting LSD as a sacrament, and was later fired.

Timothy Leary

Act as serotonin receptor agonists in the central nervous system, affecting the reticular formation (raphe nuclei) and cortex.

Indolamines

Hallucinogen extracted from certain mushrooms, used in religious ceremonies by indigenous cultures, and produces similar effects to LSD.

Psilocybin

A powerful hallucinogenic chemical found in Amazonian plants, insects, and amphibians, typically vaporized or smoked.

DMT (Dimethyltryptamine)

A small, spineless cactus with mescaline as its main ingredient, used in religious ceremonies by natives in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Peyote (Mescaline)

A synthetic drug known as ecstasy or Molly, impacting monoamine neurotransmitter systems by acting as a reuptake inhibitor and neurotransmitter-releasing agent.

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine)

Similar in chemical structure to compounds found in the khat plant, acting as nonselective monoamine reuptake inhibitors and substrate-releasing agents.

Synthetic Cathinones

A naturally occurring compound found in the Salvia divinorum plant, used by Mazatec shamans in ceremonies and acts as a specific type of opioid receptor agonist.

Salvinorin A

Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine, producing a trance-like state, a feeling of separation from sensory experiences, and act as an antagonist at glutamate receptors.

Dissociative Anesthetics