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Types of Psychoactive Drugs

Antianxiety Agents
Antianxiety Agents

List of medications which are used to treat psychiatric conditions that are on the market in the United States (this list is incomplete; the title of the entry is "List of Psychotropic Medications" and what follows is a list of psychiatric drugs - not all psychotropic agents are used to treat psychiatric conditions.

Antidepressants
Antidepressants

Antidepressants and other psychotropic medications and are frequent symptom complaints among the chronically ill. They are also among the symptoms that can be exacerbated by excess exposure to light. Patients considering the (MP) may already be taking anti-anxiety agents and antidepressants.

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Antipsychotics
Antipsychotics

List of medications which are used to treat psychiatric conditions that are on the market in the United States (this list is incomplete; the title of the entry is "List of Psychotropic Medications" and what follows is a list of psychiatric drugs - not all psychotropic agents are used to treat psychiatric conditions.

Cocaine
Cocaine

Common or street names: coke, C, blow, snow, flake; the base form of cocaine is called freebase or crack. What is Cocaine? Cocaine (C 17 H 21 NO 4) is a powerfully addictive, psychoactive, stimulant drug.On the street it is usually sold as a fine, white powder.

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Crack Cocaine
Crack Cocaine

Common or street names: coke, C, blow, snow, flake; the base form of cocaine is called freebase or crack. What is Cocaine? Cocaine (C 17 H 21 NO 4) is a powerfully addictive, psychoactive, stimulant drug. On the street it is usually sold as a fine, white powder.

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LSD Blotter
LSD Blotter

Non-psychoactive iso-LSD which has formed during the synthesis can be separated by chromatography and can be isomerized to LSD. Pure salts of LSD are triboluminescent, emitting small flashes of white light when shaken in the dark.

MDMA (Ecstasy)
MDMA (Ecstasy)

Ecstasy (MDMA ,3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a synthetic, psychoactive drug chemically similar to the stimulant methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. Street names for MDMA include Ecstasy, Adam, XTC, hug drug, beans, and love drug.

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Mescaline (Cactus)
Mescaline (Cactus)

Mescaline is a hallucinogen obtained from the a small, spineless cactus Peyote (Lophophora williamsi). Mescaline is also found in certain members of the Fabaceae (bean family). From earliest recorded time, peyote has been used by natives in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States as a part of traditional religious rites.

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Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
Methylphenidate (Ritalin)

Methylphenidate may be habit-forming, and this medicine is a drug of abuse. Tell your doctor if you have had problems with drug or alcohol abuse. Stimulants have caused stroke, heart attack, and sudden death in people with high blood pressure, heart disease, or a heart defect.

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Mood Stabilizers
Mood Stabilizers

List of medications which are used to treat psychiatric conditions that are on the market in the United States (this list is incomplete; the title of the entry is "List of Psychotropic Medications" and what follows is a list of psychiatric drugs - not all psychotropic agents are used to treat psychiatric conditions.

Psilocybin Mushroom (Psilocybe Cubensis)
Psilocybin Mushroom (Psilocybe Cubensis)

A psilocybin mushroom is one of a polyphyletic group of fungi that contain any of various psychedelic compounds, including psilocybin, psilocin, and baeocystin. Common, colloquial terms for psilocybin mushrooms include psychedelic mushrooms, magic mushrooms, shrooms, and mush.

Stimulants
Stimulants

Prescription stimulants; Caffeine. Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world, found in coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate candy and soft drinks. While caffeine has several positive effects such as increasing energy and mental alertness, heavy use can cause symptoms such as anxiety and insomnia.

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