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hallucinogen
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Hallucinogens, also known as psychedelics, entheogens, or historically as psychotomimetics, are a broad and diverse class of psychoactive drugs that can induce altered states of consciousness characterized by marked changes in perception, mood, cognition, and self-experience, along with a range of other psychological alterations. Hallucinogens are often categorized as either being psychedelics, dissociatives, or deliriants, but not all hallucinogens fall into these three classes.
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Within Vinony's link graph, hallucinogen is referenced by 1,989 other articles, and connects out to drug liberalization, tryptamines and psilocybin mushroom.
Vinony files it under Drugs with non-standard legal status, Hallucinations and Hallucinogens.
Its subject is documented across 50 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Psilocybin, Kekulé, skeletal formula of canonical psilocybin.svg
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- Chemical structure of psilocybin, the main active constituent of psilocybin-containing mushrooms and one of the most well-known hallucinogens.
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- Drug class.Synonyms
- Psychedelic; Entheogen; Psychotomimetic
- Drug class.Use
- Recreational, spiritual, medical
- Drug class.Mechanism_of_action
- Various
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- Various
- Drug class.Chemical_class
- Various
- Drug class.legal_status
- Variable
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Research
34,245 papers- Human hallucinogen research: guidelines for safety.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2008
- Structure of a Hallucinogen-Activated Gq-Coupled 5-HT(2A) Serotonin Receptor.Cell · 2020
- Hallucinogen Use and Misuse in Older Adults.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2022
- Hallucinogen Use Disorders.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2016
- [Hallucinogen-induced psychological disorders].Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie · 2008
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Types and examples
- Etymology
- Characteristics
- Nomenclature and taxonomy
- Effects by type
- Psychedelics
- Dissociatives
- Deliriants
- Oneirogens
- Others
- History of use
- Traditional religious and shamanic use
- Early scientific investigations
- Hallucinogens after World War II
- Legal status and attitudes
- Effects
- Relationship between long-term use and mental illness
- Effects on the brain
- Psychotomimetic paradigm
- Chemistry
- Psychedelics
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Hallucinogens, also known as psychedelics, entheogens, or historically as psychotomimetics, are a broad and diverse class of psychoactive drugs that can induce altered states of consciousness characterized by marked changes in perception, mood, cognition, and self-experience, along with a range of other psychological alterations. Hallucinogens are often categorized as either being psychedelics, dissociatives, or deliriants, but not all hallucinogens fall into these three classes.
==Types and examples==
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