(of a drug) producing mood changes or giving a sense of heightened awareness.
‘you haven't been taking any mind-altering drugs lately, have you?’
‘The UK has seen the fastest rise in the prescribing of antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs to children, a study of nine countries shows.’
‘One consequence of this is that taking mind-altering drugs with a high risk of rationality-reducing side effects is of dubious rationality.’
‘You have remarked that mind-altering drugs offer only a hint of the transcendental experience that many people seek by using them.’
‘Short of seeking inspiration in mind-altering drugs, this is a good state from which to write from the stream which some claim to be consciousness.’
‘I just don't see how exactly pumping someone full of mind-altering drugs solves the original problem that is making them depressed.’
‘This intensely personal painting, the product of a psyche conditioned by mind-altering drugs, was probably his last.’
‘These drugs are mind-altering in that they change the chemical interactions in your brain.’
‘One understands why people wanted to take mind-altering drugs out here.’
‘Together they edited a book of Aldous Huxley's essays about mind-altering drugs.’
‘Most people have very strong convictions about mind-altering drugs, and their views on drug policies and the effects of drugs on individuals and societies are conditioned by those convictions.’
‘Others, including injecting detainees with mind-altering drugs and threatening subjects' families were deemed not acceptable, the Times article said.’
‘And I grant you, smoking is a very efficient way to get mind-altering drugs such as nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, or heroin into the bloodstream and hence to the brain.’
‘In the United States, there is no doubt that widespread and persistent use of mind-altering drugs remains firmly entrenched in society as a part of the American way of life.’
‘It was, in fact, the accidental discovery of several mind-altering drugs in the middle of the 20th century that drew me into research on brain functions and mental illness.’
‘While she might lack experience when it comes to doing illicit substances I felt that her relative freshness to mind-altering drugs would prove invaluable.’
‘If an over-the-counter medication could perhaps lead to these kinds of situations, imagine what a mind-altering drug like ecstasy could lead to.’
‘Perhaps, except for older Australians, the term wowser is nearly obsolete, as the state fights to keep other addictive mind-altering drugs illegal and difficult to obtain.’
‘As if being bored to death wasn't enough, Cassandra now had to withstand emotional torture, complete with mind-altering drugs.’
‘Serve immediately with mind-altering drugs and stiff drinks.’
‘After all, if you're disposed to mind-altering drugs, it's easy just to swallow, smoke, sniff, or lick them.’
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