Journal of Medical Toxicology
June 2013
Be Vang Dean, Samuel J Stellpflug, Aaron M Burnett et al.
New groups of synthetic "designer drugs" have increased in popularity over the past several years. These products mimic the euphoric effects of other well-known illicit drugs but are advertised as "legal" highs and are sold over the internet, at raves and night clubs, and in head shops. The 2C series drugs are ring-substituted phenethylamines that belong to a group of designer agents similar in...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
June 1, 2013
Robert M. Hallock, Andrew Dean, Zachary A Knecht et al.
Recreational usage and attitudes toward psilocybin-containing hallucinogenic mushrooms among college students are seldom explored. We surveyed 882 randomly selected undergraduates at Skidmore College in upstate New York and quantified whether participants had ever used psilocybin mushrooms, their attitudes toward the drug, and polydrug use. There were 409 responses and 29.5% of the sample...
Adolescent Psychiatry
April 1, 2013
Ryan Vandrey, Matthew W Johnson, Patrick S Johnson et al.
26 citations
Over the past decade, non-medical use of novel drugs has proliferated worldwide. In most cases these are synthetic drugs first synthesized in academic or pharmaceutical laboratories for research or drug development purposes, but also include naturally occurring substances that do not fit the typical pharmacological or behavioral profile of traditional illicit substances. Perhaps most unique to...
University of Chicago Press eBooks
March 29, 2013
Martina Urban
Buber regards hitlahavut as “the primal principle [Urprinzip] of Hasidic life.” Ekstase, Wonne (“bliss”), and Inbrunst (“fervor,” “ardor”) are synonyms employed to translate the term hitlahavut. Indeed, the words derived from the Hebrew root l-h-v (burning, flame, to be inflamed) evoke several of the central features attributed to Hasidic mysticism. Although hitlahavut “is the burning,” it is...
Neurotoxicology
March 2013
Laura Hondebrink, Sijie Tan, Elise Hermans et al.
Yearly, exposure to drugs of abuse results in ∼1 million emergency department visits in the US. In ∼50% of the visits, stimulant drugs like cocaine and amphetamine-like substances (e.g. 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, the main active ingredient of ecstasy)) are involved, whereas in ∼60% multiple drugs are involved. These drugs induce higher dopamine and serotonin levels resulting in...
Psychopharmacology
March 1, 2013
Theresa M. Carbonaro, Michael J Forster, Michael B. Gatch
Serotonergic hallucinogens such as (+)-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and dimethyltryptamine (DMT) produce distinctive visual effects, whereas the synthetic hallucinogen N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (DiPT) is known for its production of auditory distortions. This study compares the discriminative stimulus effects of DiPT to those of visual hallucinogens. Adult male rats were trained to...
Current Drug Abuse Reviews
March 1, 2013
José-luis Díaz
17 citations
The multidisciplinary research on Salvia divinorum and its chemical principles is analyzed concerning whether the ethnobotany, phytochemistry, mental effects, and neuropharmacology of this sacred psychoactive plant and main principle clarify its experienced effects and divinatory uses. The scientific pursuit spans from the traditional practices, continues with the botanical identification,...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
February 1, 2013
Cheryl L Currie
19 citations
Salvia divinorum is a potent, naturally occurring hallucinogen gaining popularity as a recreational drug in North America. To date, detailed epidemiologic information about the use of this substance among adolescents living outside the United States has been limited. This study provides information on the prevalence and correlates of Salvia divinorum use among adolesecents in Canada using a...
Educational Media Reviews Online
January 11, 2013
Jim Hobbs
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710Produced by Venture Film in coproduction with RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera, Teleclub, Lichtblick Filmproduktion, and Spotlight Media ProductionsDirected by Martin Witz2011, DVD, color and b&w, 81 min. The Substance is a social and cultural history of lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. LSD began as an...
Neurotoxicology
January 2013
João Paulo Capela, Silvana Da Costa Araújo, Vera Marisa Costa et al.
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "Ecstasy") and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine hydrochloride (DOI) are hallucinogenic amphetamines with addictive properties. The hippocampus is involved in learning and memory and seems particularly vulnerable to amphetamine's neurotoxicity. We evaluated the neurotoxicity of DOI and MDMA in primary neuronal cultures of hippocampus obtained from Wistar...