Psychoactive plant
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Psychoactive plants are plants, or preparations thereof, that upon ingestion induce psychotropic effects. As stated in a reference work:
- Psychoactive plants are plants that people ingest in the form of simple or complex preparations in order to affect the mind or alter the state of consciousness.
Psychoactivity may include sedative, stimulant, euphoric, deliriant, and hallucinogenic effects.
Several hundred psychoactive plants are known.
Some important examples of psychoactive plants include Coffea arabica (coffee), Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco), and Cannabis (including hashish).
Psychoactive plants have been used ritually (e.g., peyote as an entheogen), medicinally (e.g., opium as an analgesic), and recreationally (e.g., cannabis as a drug) for thousands of years. Hence, the sociocultural and economic significance of psychoactive plants is enormous.
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See also
- List of psychoactive plants
- Psychoactive cacti
- Psychoactive fungi
- Psychoactive drugs
- Ethnobotany
- Ethnopharmacology
- Christian Rätsch
- Richard Evans Schultes
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