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Hallucinogenic botanicals of America: a growing need for focused drug education and research
(La botanique des plantes hallucinogènes en Amérique : un besoin croissant d'éducation et de recherche ciblées sur les drogues)
Auteur(s) :
HALPERN, J. H. ;
SEWELL, R. A.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
519-526
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
63
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
BOTANIQUE
;
HALLUCINOGENES
;
ATROPINE
;
ALCALOIDES HALLUCINOGENES
;
PSILOCYBINE
;
MESCALINE
;
ANTIPARKINSONIENS
;
KAVA
;
RELIGION
;
ABUS
;
PEYOTL
Note générale :
Life Sciences, 2005, 78, (5), 519-526
Résumé :
Botanical sources for medicines in America have been known since long before the arrival of Columbus. Nevertheless, both scientists and the general public are often unaware that some of these botanical drugs are also potent intoxicants. We provide a quick overview of hallucinogenic and dissociative drugs harvested from nature or that are openly and legally cultivated in the United States. Examples of harmful outcomes reported in the media are contrasted with existing responsible ingestion by others, some of whom have the protected right to do so for traditional or sacramental religious purposes. Despite an ongoing and expensive effort to warn people of the potential harms of recreational drug use, little is known about the extent of use of these psychoactive botanicals, and the recent explosion of information available via the Internet could herald a storm of morbidity to come. Mounting more targeted research and educational efforts today may reduce later use and abuse, inform society about the special circumstances of religious use, and better prepare clinicians and other health care providers about the issues involved when people choose to indigenously source psychoactive drugs for human consumption. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Biological Psychiatry Lab., Alcohol and Drug Abuse Res. Center, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hosp., 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A02453