Psychedelic Drugs

Also known as:  Hallucinogens;  Illusionogenics;  Phantasticums;  Psychotomimetics

Psychedelic Drugs are a group of heterogeneous (different chemical structured) Recreational Drugs that alter Sensory Perception and (in higher dosages) induce visual and auditory Hallucinations, generally separating the user from reality.

Nervous System

 Psychedelic Drugs are generally used (illegally) to derive these effects:

 Psychedelic Drugs induce a heightened sense of awareness of sensory input, accompanied by an enhanced sense of clarity, accompanied by diminished control over what is actually experienced.  Often there is a feeling that one part of the self seems to become a passive observer rather than an active organizing and directing force, meanwhile another part of the self participates and receives the vivid and unusual sensory experiences.  The user becomes introspective, stimulated by the apparent clarity and profound quality of his/her thought processes.  The slightest sensation may bring with a profound meaning.  Usually there is a diminished ability to differentiate the boundaries of one object from another and of the self from the environment.  Accompanying this loss of boundaries there may be a sense of union with mankind or the cosmos.

 Anticholinergic Psychedelic Drugs

 Catecholamine-like Psychedelic Drugs

 Serotonin-like Psychedelic Drugs

 Psychedelic Anesthetic Drugs