The effect of khat on sperm count and motility in parental mice and their offspring by AlBadri, Cinaria T., Al-Ani, Imad Matloub Dally, Hiba , Hassan M.

“…Khat is considered a psychoactive drug and has many side effects on different parts of the body organs. …”
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Caffeine - a substance well known or still researched by Anna Balawejder-Biśto, Alina Pyka-Pająk

“…It is considered the most often used psychoactive drug in the world. It is used in the preparation of daily beverages to refresh and offset symptoms of mental and physical fatigue, which are commonly used around the world in the form of coffee, tea or chocolate. …”
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Virtue or pretense? Looking behind self-declared innocence in doping. by Andrea Petróczi, Eugene V Aidman, Iltaf Hussain, Nawed Deshmukh, Tamás Nepusz, Martina Uvacsek, Miklós Tóth, James Barker, Declan P Naughton

“…<h4>Background</h4>Social science studies of doping practices in sport rely predominantly on self-reports. Studies of psychoactive drug use indicate that self-reporting is characterised by under-reporting. …”
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Clinician’s attitude towards clozapine prescription by O. Brugue, M. Gonzalez, L. Moreno, C. Ivorra, R. Hernandez, S. Cepedello, J. Labad

“…Conclusions Clozapine is the psychoactive drug of choice in refractory schizophrenia, so efforts should be devoted to reducing prescription barriers, offering training on its management and innovating forms of monitoring to promote its use. …”
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Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 Modulates the Locomotor and Sensitization Effects of Nicotine by Ilya Sukhanov, Ilya Sukhanov, Ilya Sukhanov, Mariia Dorofeikova, Antonina Dolgorukova, Artem Dorotenko, Raul R. Gainetdinov, Raul R. Gainetdinov

“…TAAR1 is involved in the effects of addictive drugs, such as amphetamines, cocaine and ethanol, but the impact of TAAR1 on the effects of nicotine, the psychoactive drug responsible for the development and maintenance of tobacco smoking, has not yet been studied. …”
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Descriptive analysis of sickle cell patients living in France: The PHEDRE cross-sectional study. by Marie Gerardin, Morgane Rousselet, Marie-Laure Couec, Agathe Masseau, Marylène Guerlais, Nicolas Authier, Sylvie Deheul, Anne Roussin, Joelle Micallef, Samira Djezzar, French Addictovigilance Network (FAN), Fanny Feuillet, Pascale Jolliet, Caroline Victorri-Vigneau

“…Then, they were interviewed by phone about their socioeconomic status, about the impact of the disease on their lives and about their analgesic and psychoactive drug use.<h4>Results</h4>The study population consisted of 872 patients (28% were minors). …”
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Dopamine and glucose, obesity and Reward Deficiency Syndrome by Kenneth eBlum, (Peter) Panayotis K. Thanos, Mark Stephen Gold

“…Numerous sound neurochemical and genetic studies provide strong evidence that food addiction is similar to psychoactive drug addiction. Important facts which could translate to potential therapeutic targets espoused in this review include: 1) brain dopamine (DA) production and use is stimulated by consumption of alcohol in large quantities or carbohydrates bingeing; 2) in the mesolimbic system the enkephalinergic neurons are in close proximity, to glucose receptors; 3) highly concentrated glucose activates the calcium channel to stimulate dopamine release from P12 cells; 4) blood glucose and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of homovanillic acid, the dopamine metabolite, are significantly correlated and 5) 2-deoxyglucose the glucose analogue, in pharmacological doses associates with enhanced dopamine turnover and causes acute glucoprivation. …”
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Caffeine Consuming Children and Adolescents Show Altered Sleep Behavior and Deep Sleep by Andrina Aepli, Salome Kurth, Noemi Tesler, Oskar G. Jenni, Reto Huber

“…Caffeine is the most commonly ingested psychoactive drug worldwide with increasing consumption rates among young individuals. …”
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Harm reduction in the USA: the research perspective and an archive to David Purchase by Don C. Des Jarlais

“…This resistance is rooted in historical demonization of particular psychoactive drugs that were associated with stigmatized racial/ethnic groups. …”
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Gestational Exposure to the Synthetic Cathinone Methylenedioxypyrovalerone Results in Reduced Maternal Care and Behavioral Alterations in Mouse Pups by László I. Gerecsei, András Csillag, Gergely Zachar, Lőrinc Gévai, László Simon, Árpád Dobolyi, Árpád Dobolyi, Ágota Ádám

“…The member of synthetic cathinone family, methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), is a frequently used psychoactive drug of abuse. The objective of our study was to determine the effect of MDPV (administered from the 8th to the 14th day of gestation) on the behavior of neonatal and adolescent mice, as well as its effect on maternal care. …”
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Estudio sobre las alteraciones de la perfusión cerebral valorado mediante SPECT cerebral, en pacientes usuarios de drogas de abuso Study of brain perfusion anomalies assessed with... by Eduardo Rodríguez Raimondo, Eduardo Rodríguez Maisano, Hugo Díaz, Jorge Letcher, Lucas Haurigot Posse, Virgilia Yermak Morales, María Caram, Graciela Boscarino, Alfredo Miroli

“…Cerebral SPECT showed to be an excellent method to detect areas affected by psychoactive drugs, their extent, likely evolution and response to treatment.…”
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The treatment of severe child aggression (TOSCA) study: Design challenges by Farmer Cristan A, Arnold L Eugene, Bukstein Oscar G, Findling Robert L, Gadow Kenneth D, Li Xiaobai, Butter Eric M, Aman Michael G

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Polypharmacy (the concurrent use of more than one psychoactive drug) and other combination interventions are increasingly common for treatment of severe psychiatric problems only partly responsive to monotherapy. …”
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Multiple Correspondence Analysis is a Useful Tool to Visualize Complex Categorical Correlated Data by Jacqueline Quail, Meric Osman, Gary Teare

“…For example, category 1 was ICD-10-CA codes F10-F19: Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive drug use, while category 2 was ICD-10-CA codes F20-F29: Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders. …”
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Cannabis use and violent behavior by M. Roque Gonçalves, A. Elias De Sousa, A.S. Machado, A. Silva, M. Vieira-Coelho

“… Introduction Cannabis is the most commonly used psychoactive drug, particularly among adolescents and young adults. …”
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Metabolic memory of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure in pluripotent stem cells and primordial germ cells-like cells by Roxane Verdikt, Abigail A Armstrong, Jenny Cheng, Young Sun Hwang, Amander T Clark, Xia Yang, Patrick Allard

“…Cannabis, the most consumed illicit psychoactive drug in the world, is increasingly used by pregnant women. …”
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Trace Metals in Cannabis Seized by Law Enforcement in Ghana and Multivariate Analysis to Distinguish among Different Cannabis Farms by Chris Douvris, Edward Bentil, Isaac Ayensu, Clement Osei Akoto, Isaac Kingsley Amponsah, Joseph Adu, Derek Bussan

“…For hundreds of years, cannabis has been one of the most known cultivated plants due to its variety of uses, which include as a psychoactive drug, as well as for medicinal activity. Although prohibiting cannabis products, the countries of the African continent are the largest producers of cannabis in the world; a fact that makes the trafficking of cannabis-based illicit drugs a high priority for local law enforcement authorities. …”
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Representaciones sociales de las intervenciones para el consumo de drogas en un contexto universitario, Medellín, Colombia / Social representations of interventions concerning d... by Silvia Henao Henao

“…Education is seen as a social representation and valid alternative to take action against psychoactive drug use. Conclusion: a proposal for taking action against drug use must have the following elements: participation, multidisciplinarity, comprehensiveness, sensitivity, propositional dialogism, the psychosocial dimension, pedagogy, research, education and regulation…”
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A retrospective study exploring how South African newspapers framed Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders over an 11-year period (2004–2014) by Nombuso Masinga, Patrick Nyamaruze, Olagoke Akintola

“…Most news stories framed schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders as mainly caused by using psychoactive drugs/substance with Cannabis as the most frequently mentioned psychoactive drug. …”
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It’s Tea Time: Interference of Ayahuasca Brew on Discriminative Learning in Zebrafish by Bruno Lobao-Soares, Paulianny Eduardo-da-Silva, Hugo Amarilha, Jaquelinne Pinheiro-da-Silva, Priscila F. Silva, Ana Carolina Luchiari

“…Overall, these results indicate that Ayahuasca is a potent psychoactive drug that, in chronic exposure, negatively affects mnemonic parameters in zebrafish. …”
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Polysubstance mortality trends in White and Black Americans during the opioid epidemic, 1999–2018 by Marwa Rawy, Gergis Abdalla, Kevin Look

“…Abstract Background Psychoactive drug combinations are increasingly contributing to overdose deaths among White and Black Americans. …”
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