psychoactive
adjective
psy·cho·ac·tive
ˌsī-kō-ˈak-tiv 
: affecting the mind or behavior
psychoactive drugs
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In recent decades, hundreds of new synthetic psychoactive substances have hit the market in such products, including many new phenethylamines and tryptamines, which are chemically related to LSD and psilocybin.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
Reports to poison control centers of kids consuming products containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, are on the rise; the largest increase in such reports in recent years is due to intentional ingestion of marijuana edibles among adolescents.
—Linda Richter, STAT, 5 June 2024
Many are completely synthetic and even more psychoactive than delta-8, experts say.
—Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Rats infesting the old and decaying building that houses the headquarters of the New Orleans Police Department have been getting high off eating seized psychoactive drugs in the evidence room, the city’s police chief said earlier this week.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
Reports to poison control centers of kids consuming products containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, are on the rise; the largest increase in such reports in recent years is due to intentional ingestion of marijuana edibles among adolescents.
—Linda Richter, STAT, 5 June 2024
Many are completely synthetic and even more psychoactive than delta-8, experts say.
—Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Rats infesting the old and decaying building that houses the headquarters of the New Orleans Police Department have been getting high off eating seized psychoactive drugs in the evidence room, the city’s police chief said earlier this week.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024
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psychoactive
adjective
psy·cho·ac·tive
ˌsī-kō-ˈak-tiv
: affecting the mind or behavior
psychoactive drugs
Medical Definition
psychoactive
adjective
psy·cho·ac·tive
ˌsī-kō-ˈak-tiv
: affecting the mind or behavior
psychoactive drugs
THC is the principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana
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