PSYC 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Psychedelic Drug, Salvinorin A, Morphine

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 375
• Professor: Simon Spanswick

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The opium poppy is used to synthesize codeine, morphine. The brain is full of endogenous morphines (endorphins) The brain has three receptors found throughout the brain, spinal cord and digestive system; mu, kappa and delta. These drugs work to control acute pain. Oxycodone is a synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine. Oxycodone is used for acute pain management and is essentially the poor man"s heroin. Competitive inhibitors are drugs such as naloxone that block the action of opioids by competing with them for binding sites. Behavioral stimulants (dopamine agonists that block reuptake) Psychedelic drugs- drugs that can alter sensation and perception. Block or facilitate transmission at ach synapses. Thc is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Thc is useful as a therapeutic agent for treating. Caffeine- the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. Detachment from the self and the environment.