Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual...

Several non-human animal species are said to engage in apparent recreational drug use, that is, the intentional ingestion of psychoactive substances in...

psychoactive drugs can cause addiction and/or physical dependence. Excessive use of stimulants can promote stimulant psychosis. Many recreational drugs are illicit...

nitrous oxide had become a moderately popular recreational drug in some countries. Increasing recreational use has become a public health concern internationally...

psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic...

modified for making, using or concealing drugs, typically for recreational purposes. Drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine...

that illegal recreational drug use is inherently irresponsible, due to the unpredictable and unmonitored strength and purity of the drugs and the risks...

Polysubstance use or poly drug use refers to the use of combined psychoactive substances. Polysubstance use may be used for entheogenic, recreational, or off-label...

substances Polysubstance dependence Recreational drug use Self-medication Substance abuse Substance dependence Drug injection Drug policy of Portugal Golden Triangle...

Recreational drug tourism is travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for recreational use that are unavailable, illegal or very expensive in...

compounds often favored in recreational drug use, which are often illegal. Although there are various methods of taking drugs, injection is favoured by...

Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing or legalizing the use or sale of prohibited drugs. Variations of drug liberalization include...

in many over-the-counter cough suppressant cold medicines, is used as a recreational drug and entheogen for its dissociative effects. It has almost no...

undertaken initiatives to tackle these challenges. The patterns of recreational drug use in Kenya have evolved alongside historical developments. In precolonial...

depressant, usually an opioid. The most well-known mixture used for recreational drug use is that of cocaine and heroin; however, amphetamines can also...

and song', association of music with using various substances go back centuries. References to recreational drug use in various forms have been common as...

Poppers (or popper) is a slang term referring to recreational drugs belonging to the alkyl nitrite family of chemical compounds. When fumes from these...

tolerance policy against illegal drug use. Drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy, which can be considered recreational drugs in other countries are all illegal...

Drug cultures are examples of countercultures that are primarily defined by spiritual, medical, and recreational drug use. They may be focused on a single...

generally discourage the use or consumption of alcohol. Entheogenic use: See the spiritual section. Recreational use: Recreational drug use of alcohol in moderation...

the science of addiction and advocates recreational drug use as part of the "pursuit of happiness". Drug Use for Grown-Ups received mixed reviews upon...

decriminalize or legalize the recreational use of certain drugs (e.g., cannabis) are also ongoing. Psychoactive drug use can be traced back to prehistory...

"green-out" or "greening") is a drug slang term for when a recreational drug user, as a direct or indirect result of drug use (usually cannabis), begins to...

studies indicate repeated recreational use of ecstasy is associated with depression and anxiety, even after quitting the drug. Depression is one of the...

used by people to (self-) administer recreational drugs. This can be referred to as skin popping. In some cases, the administration of illicit drugs in...

Kingdom, monkey dust) are a group of recreational designer drugs. The name derives from instances in which the drugs were disguised as bath salts. The white...

drink used as a recreational drug. It is prepared by mixing prescription-grade cough or cold syrup containing an opioid drug and an anti-histamine drug with...

Club drugs, also called rave drugs or party drugs, are a loosely defined category of recreational drugs which are associated with discothèques in the 1970s...

entheogenic, recreational, or off-label indicated use of pharmaceuticals. For example, the over-the-counter motion sickness combination drug dimenhydrinate...

patents for new molecules) and were later co-opted for recreational use. Other designer drugs were prepared for the first time in clandestine laboratories...