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This is the name for the psychoactive chemical in cannabis.
What is Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)?
This medication is in the opioid family and is the base of semi-synthetic drugs, such as heroin and oxycodone.
What is Morphine?
This first name is slang for MDMA and is classified as both a psychedelic and stimulant.
What is Molly?
This kind of alcohol causes permanent blindness because its metabolite, formic acid, attacks the optic nerve
What is methanol (or wood alcohol)
This notorious sedative hypnotic drug was highly prescribed in the mid 1900s, and was eventually banned.
What are Quaaludes
This is the area of the brain that is activated when you get “the munchies”.
What is the hypothalamus?
This neurotransmitter is linked to the ‘euphoric’ feeling associated with some drugs.
What is Dopamine?
This is the active chemical in "magic mushrooms".
What is Psilocybin?
Even a few drinks of alcohol can disrupt this area, making it harder to remember things the next day.
What is the Hippocampus
This ingredient in over the counter cold medicines has dissociative properties and is used by some to trip
What is dextromethorphan (DXM)
Medical marijuana can be prescribed by doctors if you are diagnosed with this condition.
What is AIDS/PTSD/epilepsy/Alzheimer’s disease?
This chemical, naturally found in coffee and tea, blocks adenosine receptors in the brain and is classified as a stimulant.
What is caffeine?
Alcohol alters the chemical balance in this part of the brain, exaggerating emotions. It can make someone shift rapidly from being incredibly happy to intensely sad, anxious, or aggressive.
What is the Amygdala
This rare immune mediated skin reaction can be a rare side effect of medications such as sulfa antibiotics and modafinal
What is Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS)
This canabinoid interacts with the CB2 receptors in the brain, acting as an indirect agonist which helps reduce inflammation.
What is CBD
This is a class of psychoactive drugs primarily prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia, muscle spasms, and seizures
What is Benzodiazepines
These are the receptors that psilocin, metabolized form of psilocybin, binds to.
What are 5-HT2a (or serotonin) receptors?
This is the result when alcohol impacts the cerebellum
What is Loss of Balance, Stumbling, or Loss of Coordination
This is a class of drugs that were used extensively in the 1960s and 1970s as a treatment for anxiety, insomnia, and seizure disorders. Today, it has a much more narrow use case
What are Barbiturates
When THC is exposed to heat, light, and oxygen over time, it breaks down and degrades into this.
What is CBN
This dissociative anesthetic is used in medical settings, as a street drug, and in some psychological treatments
What is ketamine
Psilocin primarily affects this network of interconnecting brain regions that acts as the brain's main routing system It manages your sense of self, your ego, past memories, and future planning.
Default Mode Network
This is the excitatory chemical that alcholol blocks, resulting in slowing of brain activity and the crippling of communication between neurons.
What is Glutamate.
This subclass of hallucinogens includes medications such as Benadryl, and plants like Datura
What are deliriants