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  2. Phencyclidine - Wikipedia

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    Phencyclidine or phenylcyclohexyl piperidine (PCP), also known in its use as a street drug as angel dust among other names, is a dissociative anesthetic mainly used recreationally for its significant mind-altering effects. [1] [4] PCP may cause hallucinations, distorted perceptions of sounds, and violent behavior.

  3. Stimulant psychosis - Wikipedia

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    Stimulant psychosis is a mental disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms (such as hallucinations, paranoid ideation, delusions, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized behaviour). It involves and typically occurs following an overdose or several day binge on psychostimulants , [ 1 ] although it can occur in the course of stimulant ...

  4. Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder - Wikipedia

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    Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a non-psychotic disorder in which a person experiences apparent lasting or persistent visual hallucinations or perceptual distortions after using drugs, [1] including but not limited to psychedelics, dissociatives, entactogens, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and SSRIs.

  5. Hallucinogen - Wikipedia

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    LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, and PCP are drugs that cause hallucinations, which can alter a person's perception of reality. LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin cause their effects by initially disrupting the interaction of nerve cells and the neurotransmitter serotonin. [ 67 ]

  6. Recreational drug use - Wikipedia

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    The effects of inhalants range from an alcohol-like intoxication and intense euphoria to vivid hallucinations, depending on the substance and the dosage. Some inhalant users are injured due to the harmful effects of the solvents or gases, or due to other chemicals used in the products inhaled.

  7. Substance-induced psychosis - Wikipedia

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    Psychosis manifests as disorientation, visual hallucinations and/or haptic hallucinations. [2] It is a state in which a person's mental capacity to recognize reality, communicate, and relate to others is impaired, thus interfering with the capacity to deal with life's demands. [3]

  8. Recreational use of dextromethorphan - Wikipedia

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    Also like those drugs, dextromethorphan is an NMDA receptor antagonist. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] It generally does not produce withdrawal symptoms characteristic of physical dependence -inducing substances, but cases of both psychological dependence and physical dependence have been reported in the past, although physical dependence is usually only seen ...

  9. Animal model of schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    PCP is a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist which produces hallucinations and delusions in normal subjects. In rat models, disturbed cognition, deficits in social interaction, locomotor anomalies, and prepulse inhibition deficits are seen on acute administration of PCP. Evidence that persistent PCP use and abuse in humans results in ...