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Anything that influences your psyche in an obvious way.
by EmilyHughes 4y ago
Anything that influences your psyche in an obvious way.
- BossingAround 4y agoIsn't Aspirin psychoactive in the same way? I.e. it takes away pain, which influences your psyche in an obvious way.
- EmilyHughes 4y agoYou could argue that. there is no clear line of course, but most people would agree that a beer influences them more than aspirin or an antibiothic.
- BossingAround 4y agoI see. To me, it is not very useful to talk about "psychoactive" substances, since sugar, caffeine, or nicotine are also "psychoactive". I would recommend the term "entheogens" in your original post.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoEntheogen is even worse, that specifically means psychoactive drugs used for religious purposes. And guess what: nicotine is an entheogen!
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoIt's nit psychoactive in the sense that is has any direct perceptible effect on the brain. It reduces inflammation, which can be perceived as less pain indirectly altering your mental state. Whereas psychoactive drugs generally affect the actual underlying processes in the brain through various interactions with receptor, enzymes, or neurotransmitters. I hope that distinction makes sense.