stimulant

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Of these, about 22,000 hectares are legal -- grown to be chewed as a stimulant, brewed into a tea thought to combat altitude sickness or used in religious rituals.

From Barron's

Filament is studying its mushroom-based psilocybin as a treatment for opioid and stimulant use disorder.

From Seattle Times

Over three separate sessions, participants received either a small dose of a placebo or of the stimulant drug methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, orally or intravenously.

From Science Daily

“Some of what may be driving an increase in ‘mixed’ drug use is the misperception that using stimulants can improve the safety of or enhance the high associated with depressants like opioids,” he said.

From Washington Times

Painting has been called a vessel, a stimulant and a nutrient, but Hendler’s chosen object for its title — brick — might allude to his painted thing.

From Los Angeles Times