M.l. Shawn Bates

Use and abuse of dissociative and psychedelic drugs in adolescence

Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior January 27, 2021 M.l. Shawn Bates, Keith A Trujillo 57 citations

Adolescence is a period of profound developmental changes, which run the gamut from behavioral and neural to physiological and hormonal. It is also a time at which there is an increased propensity to engage in risk-taking and impulsive behaviors like drug use. This review examines the human and preclinical literature on adolescent drug use and its consequences, with a focus on dissociatives...