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[[emphasis mine]] > some people use [[a stricter definition]], based on chemistry and/or mechanism of action. under [[this definition]] Can you please explici
by crtified 3y ago
[[emphasis mine]]
> some people use [[a stricter definition]], based on chemistry and/or mechanism of action. under [[this definition]]
Can you please explicitly state that definition?, is what I am asking. If not, then we'd only be arguing over a vague, moving target.
- leetcrew 3y agoI don't know of a universally accepted scientific definition. but you might find this section of the wiki page for hallucinogens helpful: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen#Effects_by_type https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen#Effects_by_type
- crtified 3y agoI can see some argument for certain substances having, at the least, some adjacency to psychedelia, e.g. by way of some shared or similar mechanisms based around 5-HT receptor agonism and key involvement of the dopaminergic & serotonergic systems. But in the end we can't accurately split a hair whose bounds we can't define.
- LoganDark 3y ago> Can you please explicitly state that definition?, is what I am asking. The Wikipedia article[0] contains this quote: > the term psychedelic is sometimes used more broadly to include various types of hallucinogens or those which are atypical or adjacent to psychedelia such as MDMA or cannabis; this article uses the narrower definition of psychedelics. as well as other information on the method of action that leads to a drug being classified as a psychedelic. I wasn't previously aware of people referring to MDMA or ketamine as "psychedelics" but I guess it might be more common than I thought. Who knew. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug