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I respect that there are mentions of Timothy Leary in this article, since he was one of the most important figures regarding drugs in general, but this specific chapter (regarding set and setting) is inappropriate in this article since it has to do with psychedelic drugs specifically, not psychoactive drugs generally (that defines a major difference between the two actually, since your set/setting don't matter when you seek your desired effects by biological means (i.e. by using non-psychedelic drugs) but are tremendously important when using psychedelic, which have subjective effects and are not biologically euphoriant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.207.135.35 (talk) 20:53, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The last sentence states the model can be applied to other drugs than psychedelics. It is sourced to a book I do not have access to so I cannot verify its accuracy. One might reasonably see that set and setting have much lower weight compared to dose for non-psychedelics so the model would still be valid. Sizeofint (talk) 22:09, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I took the photo at an acquaintance's apartment over ten years ago. They had a wide variety of substances in their collection at the time, so I got them to organize them onto a piece of paper so that I might take a picture of it for this article. I've lost track of this person, and I'm fairly certain they are no longer in possession of any of this stuff as it was so long ago. --Thoric (talk) 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I updated the picture as it appears the image itself has the correct listing, but the page contains "alcohol" as the first in the list, while alcohol does not appear in the image at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.173.13.60 (talk) 19:45, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
All psychotropic (subclass) substances are psychoactive (superclass), but not all psychoactive substances are psychotropic. The term "psychotropic" is generally used in medical settings. ElectronCompound (talk) 11:56, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Technically psychotropic drugs noticeably affect mood and/or cognition, and psychoactive drugs include any drug which crosses the blood-brain barrier, but most people use these two terms interchangeably. "Tropic" means changes, and "active" means cause activity within. The difference is subtle, and the implication is that psychotropic drugs are intended to improve mood or cognition, and this would be different from any psychoactive drug which might be considered more likely to stupefy or depress (i.e. alcohol). Thoric (talk) 19:33, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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