drug class: hallucinogen

Named for their ability to cause hallucinations in normal subjects, this class of drug includes 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM or STP), diethyltryptamine (DET), dimethyltryptamine (DMT), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline (Peyote), methylene dioxyamphetamine (MDA), methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA),  morning glory seed, nutmeg, paramethoxyamphetamine, PMA, psylocybin, psylocin.

Also: psychotomimetic, psychedelic

Associated with (substance-related): disorders

• Altered States DVD William Hurt 1980
• Bobby Demi Moore, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence Fishburne, and Lindsay Lohan 2006
• Chayefsky, Paddy Altered States: A Novel (Hardcover - May 1978)
• Death at a Funeral Jane Asher, Peter Egan, Rupert Graves, and Peter Vaughan 2007
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas DVD Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro 1998
• Memory Billy Zane, Ann Margret, Dennis Hopper, Tricia Helfer 2006
• Taking Woodstock Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch 2009
• William S. Burroughs: A Man Within John Waters, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant 2010

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