psychoactive
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- adjective
- /ˌsaɪkoʊˈæktɪv/
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psicoactivo
- Cannabis is one of the most commonly used psychoactive plants in the world.
- psychoactive substances
- psychoactive drugs
- psychoactive effects
THC is the main psychoactive compound of cannabis.
- THC is the main psychoactive compound of cannabis.
- But very broadly speaking, THC is largely responsible for the psychoactive effects of cannabis.
- Well, it's not really a psychedelic ecstasy, but those psychoactive compounds bind to dopamine receptors in the brain.
- Some of the very first people who volunteered to come in and try this new psychoactive drug were people who went on to become godfathers of the counterculture.
- ESPD is stands for Ethno Pharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs.
- So, you know, that was, you know, ethnobotany, this kind of this kind of intersection of anthropology and these psychoactive plant compounds.
- So it was actually through a psychoactive plant that he got sober and then he created a a out of that.
- It could be helping make their their their psychoactive drugs work better.
- I wish we know DMT that methotreptamine is the supposedly psychoactive substance.
- And so I wanted to present a more realistic view of the psychoactive substance user.
- That's the the L theanine in the tea with the caffeine with the other psychoactive substances.
Examples
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A 55-year-old male patient with a history of various psychoactive substance abuse.
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Since the 1960s, the measurement of psychoactive substance use in the United States has expanded extensively.
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And you mentioned psychoactive substances earlier.
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Spice is a psychoactive chemical.
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The growth of the illegal, psychoactive drug industry has had a dramatic impact on Colombia.
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And this vine contains harmine, which is a psychoactive substance in itself.
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Cava is the major psychoactive plant that's used in Oceania, in many islands throughout the Pacific.
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Top of the list is the use of psychoactive drugs such as nicotine, cocaine, caffeine, and amphetamines.
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Caffeine is the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance worldwide and an active ingredient in innumerable foods and beverages.
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Many people use psychoactive substances to alter their mood or perception.
Synonyms
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A drug that changes the mind, feelings, or behavior
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Makes a person think or feel differently
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About chemicals that change how people think or feel
Antonyms
Compounds
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Something that changes how the mind works and so changes mood, behaviour and what you notice
How Mind-Altering
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word psychoactive comes from psycho-, from psyche meaning 'mind' or 'soul', and active meaning 'acting', so it means 'acting on the mind' and explains why these drugs change how you think, feel, or see things.