psychoactive substance

基本解釋

Hallucinogens are psychoactive substances that powerfully alter perception, mood, and a host of cognitive processes.
迷幻劑是指作用于精神的，能強烈改變感知、情緒及主體認知過程的藥物。
Psychoactive substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogens.
刺激神經(jīng)類物質(zhì)通常分為興奮劑、靜劑和幻覺劑。
combining education with laws to promote seat belt (and helmet) use and to prevent driving under the influence of alcohol or other psychoactive substances;
把教育和法律結(jié)合起來，鼓勵安全帶（和頭盔）的使用，并且防止在使用酒精或其他心理活性物質(zhì)后駕駛車輛；

He presents data from pharmacological or epidemiological studies on what exactly those are, bolstering his argument with discussions on the nature of addiction and changing attitudes to psychoactive substances throughout history.
ECONOMIST: Plain speaking on a highly coloured issue
Novel psychoactive substances, mainly stimulants and cannabinoids from China sold on the internet, proliferate too quickly for anyone to keep track of them (though websites such as Erowid.org make an impressive attempt).
ECONOMIST: Drug use and abuse