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hallucinogen

[ huh-loo-suh-nuh-juhn ]

noun

  1. a substance that produces hallucinations.


hallucinogen

/ əˈːɪəˌɛ /

noun

  1. any drug, such as LSD or mescaline, that induces hallucinations
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hallucinogen

/ ə-̅̅ə-ə-ə /

  1. A drug or chemical that causes a person to have hallucinations. Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin are hallucinogens.

hallucinogen

  1. A substance or drug that can cause hallucinations .
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Origin of hallucinogen1

First recorded in 1950–55; hallucin(ation) + -o- + -gen
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That anyone could believe that about the most hostile, aggressively insulting, vengeance-seeking, demagogue this country has ever elected to high office is enough to make you wonder if there are hallucinogens in the water supply.

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A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, validating written records and centuries-old myths of ancient Egyptian rituals and practices.

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The big one, court documents would later reveal, was a dose of ketamine, a prescription anaesthetic and a hallucinogen that has become popular for its off-label uses to treat depression and anxiety.

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Some had no hallucinogens at all, a few featured compounds from a different psychoactive fungus with unpleasant side effects, and one contained only bath salts.

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The holdup revolves around the Research Advisory Panel of California, established decades ago to vet studies involving cannabis, hallucinogens and treatments for “abuse of controlled substances.”

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