Psychoactive Drugs

CLASSES OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

DRUG CLASS

EXAMPLES

   

OPIATES/OPIOID S

MORPHINE

 

HEROIN

 

CODEINE

 

METHADONE

 

NALOXONE

   

DEPRESSANTS

ALCOHOL

 

BARBITURATES

 

(Phenobarbitol)

 

BENZODIAPINES

 

(Valium, Rohypnol)

   

STIMULANTS

COCAINE

 

AMPHETAMINE

 

METHAMPHETAMINE

 

RITALIN

 

CAFFEINE

 

NICOTINE

HALLUCINOGENS

LYSERGIC ACID

 

DIETHYLAMIDE

 

(LSD)

 

MESCALINE

 

PSILOCYBIN

   

MIXED

MARIJUANA

 

(depressant, hallucinogen)

 

PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP)

 

(stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen)

 

MDMA ("Ecstasy")

 

(stimulant, hallucinogen)

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Created:   July 23, 1998
Updated:  Oct. 26, 2009