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Hallucinogens and Related Drugs

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Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Both marijuana and the hallucinogens produce a change in the level of consciousness, and both are capable of inducing hallucinations. However, in the usual doses taken, the predominant effect of cannabis is to alter the “feeling state” with less intensity and without frank hallucinations. The drugs discussed in this chapter produce more intense changes and often yield abnormal sensory inputs of a predominantly visual nature (illusions or hallucinations), even at low doses.

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Schuckit, M.A. (1989). Hallucinogens and Related Drugs. In: Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0767-0_8

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