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psychotropic drug
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psychotropic drug

Any drug that affects mood. The term covers a range of drugs, including stimulants, antidepressants, and tranquillizers.
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In jail, I didn't get enough to drink, I didn't get enough to eat, I was given psychoactive drugs.
Peace eludes victims of East German secret police by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Legalisation and regulation, on the pattern of alcohol and tobacco, would avoid thousands of violent deaths each month and millions of needlessly ruined lives each year, although psychoactive drug use would still take its toll from the vulnerable and the unlucky, just as alcohol and tobacco do.
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In advocating the use of caffeine by doctors, the health department document said that compared with other psychoactive drugs, such as the prescription-only stimulant modafinil, caffeine was more readily available and less expensive.
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