[Vegetables as new psychoactive drugs: a narrative review].
Beatriz Rodríguez-salgado, Jorge Gómez-arnau Ramírez, Daniel Sánchez-mateos, Helen Dolengevich-Segal
Medwave January 21, 2016 DOI: 10.5867/medwave.2016.01.6372 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Ayahuasca |
| Keywords | Herbal highs Psychoactive drugs Salvia |
| Key findings | Psychoactive plants are increasingly accessible and discussed online, creating a need for updated professional knowledge. |
Abstract
There is growing interest in plants with psychoactive effects among consumers with different levels of experience. This has generated a need for updated knowledge among medical professionals and other health workers. These plants, which may be used in shamanic healing ceremonies or rituals or just for traditional purposes, have emerged in the Western world as new psychoactive drugs; largely thanks to the ease of purchase, sale, cultivation and exchange of information that the Internet offers. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the most important psychoactive plants, either by their mention in Internet forums or harm-reduction portals or by their allusion in scientific texts.