psychedelic drug

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psychedelic
adjective
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/ˌsaɪ.kəˈdel.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪ.kəˈdel.ɪk/
(of a drug) causing effects on the mind, such as feelings of deep understanding or unusually strong experiences of colour , sound, taste, and ...
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drug
noun[C]
uk
/drʌɡ/us
/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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Helping someone through a bad trip can often be done by reminding them that they took apsychedelicdrug, and giving them further reassurance.
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However, she had deliberately poisoned her blood with apsychedelicdrug, and the two pass out.
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This hard-edged concert experience attracted a motley but dedicated collection ofpsychedelicdrugusers, science-fiction fans and motorcycle riders.
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Let them know that the crisis they are in is caused by a combination of thepsychedelicdrugand the person's thoughts.
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Furthur and its passengers' adventures were fueled by prolificpsychedelicdruguse.
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However, colloquial usage of the term persists and usually refers to any drug-free experience reminiscent ofpsychedelicdrugeffects, with the typical connotation that the episodes are of short duration.
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Medical use of ibogaine is hindered by its legal status, as it is banned in many countries as a powerfulpsychedelicdrugwith dangerous implications of overdose.
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Similarly, someone who has taken apsychedelicdrugmay temporarily lose their sense of personal identity (ego death) or experience profound changes to their perception and thought process.
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No clear connection has been made between psychedelic drugs and organic brain damage.
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He believed that there were multiple ways of contacting these other worlds such as genetics, hypnosis, and the use of psychedelic drugs.
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Since ancient times, plants containing indole alkaloids have been used as psychedelic drugs.
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Research into experimental, chemotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs was conducted in several countries over the next 1015 years.
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The song lyrics refer to being under the influence of psychedelic drugs.
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This is the same receptor that psychedelic drugs agonize to various degrees, which explains the correlation between psychedelic drugs and schizophrenia.
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Psychedelic drugs will either block or facilitate the transmission at its certain neurotransmitter receptor.
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According to him, he only began having hallucinations in 1965 shortly after experimenting with psychedelic drugs.
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The group promoted the use of psychedelic drugs.
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Psychedelic drugs such as acid and shrooms have a significant effect on their musical style.
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The availability of psilocybin mushrooms from wild and cultivated sources has made it among the most widely used of the psychedelic drugs.
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Another aspect of the youth subculture of the 1960s and 1970s was the recreational use of psychoactive substances and psychedelic drugs.
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