psychotropic

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A: Yes and No, the potentially damaging effects of long-term psychotropic use outweighs its ineffectiveness.

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  1. adjective Having an altering effect on perception, emotion, or behavior. Used especially of a drug.
  2. noun A psychotropic drug or other agent.

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  • What a wonderful idea, to inject his patients with some kind of psychotropic drug to increase their sense of helpless terror. —  DearlyDevotedDexter
  • Shortcomings aside, I'd like to think that cops have a lot more things to do than bust people for taking psychotropic-fueled strolls on a spring afternoon in Massachusetts, Alaska, —  Connecticut Post Online Most Viewed
  • That is how ward patients talk after taking pesticides disguised as psychotropic drugs for any significant period of time, for the tongue protruding from the mouth is one of the side effects of many of those drugs. —  Jakarta IMC Newswire
  • I think the cure for that kind of zombie-ism is large doses of thorazine or other psychotropic medication, and plenty of rest in a secure environment. —  Pursuing Holiness
  • Joan Baez, Fritz Perls, Ida Rolf, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Terence McKenna (a modern-day shaman who advocated the use of psychotropic plants), to name just a few. —  The Chicago Blog
 

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