psychoactive substance

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psychoactive substance - a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptionsconsciousness-altering drug, mind-altering drug, psychoactive drugdesigner drug - a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugsdronabinol - psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapydrug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcoticeuphoriant - a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoriahallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug - a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiencestetrahydrocannabinol, THC - psychoactive substance present in marijuana