All Psychoactive articles – Page 2

  • Exchanging tablets in nightclub
    Podcast

    MDMA

    2014-10-09T00:00:00Z

    The drug that fuelled rave culture may yet be a treatment for PTSD. Hayley Simon introduces MDMA

  • An image of a drug syringe and some cooked heroin on a spoon
    Podcast

    Desomorphine

    2014-07-09T00:00:00Z

    From potential painkiller to kitchen-cooked heroin replacement, Nate Adams tracks the history of desomorphine

  • White powder being inhaled through a $10 note
    Podcast

    Ketamine

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores a dance-scene drug that was designed for horses, ketamine

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    Review

    Mystic chemist

    2014-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Albert’s acid accident

  • drug-handling_shutterstock_300
    News

    'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research

    2013-06-12T00:00:00Z

    New treatments for psychological disorders are being held back by government controls on recreational drugs

  • Woman purchasing khat in awaday khat market
    Podcast

    Cathinone

    2013-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton introduces us to cathinone, the active ingredient in the stimulant Khat

  • Cutting narcotics into lines on a glass surface
    Podcast

    Cocaine

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton on the 'lifestyle' drug that can be detected on 'most' banknotes

  • 'Pink Elephants on Parade' LSD blotter
    Podcast

    LSD - Lysergic acid diethylamide

    2011-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The time- and sense-distorting chemistry of LSD

  • Methamphetamine or crystal meth
    Podcast

    Methamphetamine

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    A mood enhancing molecule, Simon Cotton investigates the chemistry of Methamphetamine

  • A freshly-scored opium poppy seedpod bleeding latex.
    Podcast

    Morphine

    2011-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Pain relief: provided by nature, often abused

  • Balloon and nitrous oxide canister after use.
    Podcast

    Nitrous oxide

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    From Preistley's early experiments to the latest 'hippy crack' phase, we take a look at the history of laughing gas

  • cannabis plant
    Podcast

    Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis