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Bookmark or Share- Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of AddictionThe Science of Addiction on Drugs and the Brain. The human brain is the most complex organ in the body. This three-pound mass of gray and white matter sits at the center of all human activity—you need it to drive a car, to enjoy a meal, to breathe, to create an artistic masterpiece, and to enjoy everyday activities.
- NIH Workshop on Psychedelics as Therapeutics: Gaps, Challenges and ...The workshop will cover mechanistic understanding of psychoplastogens, discuss what settings are needed for a therapeutic effect and the necessity and nature of concomitant psychotherapies. Clinical study data will be presented with a view to understanding and overcoming challenges in conducting psychedelic research and identifying knowledge gaps.
- Commonly Used Drugs Charts | National Institute on Drug AbuseA dissociative drug developed as an intravenous anesthetic that has been discontinued due to serious adverse effects. Dissociative drugs are hallucinogens that cause the user to feel detached from reality. PCP is an abbreviation of the scientific name, phencyclidine. For more information, see Psychedelic and Dissociative Drugs.
- MDMA (Ecstasy/Molly) | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)MDMA, also called Molly or Ecstasy, is a lab-made (synthetic) drug that has effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine, although some researchers and organizations consider MDMA to be a psychedelic drug because it can also mildly alter visual and time perception.
- Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms) | National Institute on Drug AbuseLearn more about NIDA research on the therapeutic potential of psychedelic and dissociative drugs, including psilocybin. Along with other partners at the National Institutes of Health, NIDA is supporting research into psilocybin as a potential clinical treatment for substance use disorders and other mental illnesses.
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