Psychoactive definition

Psychoactive means possessing the ability to alter mood, anxiety level, behavior, cognitive processes, or mental tension, usually applied to pharmacological agents.
Psychoactive means possessing the ability to alter mood, anxi­ ety level, behavior, cognitive processes, or mental tension, usually applied to pharmacological agents.
Psychoactive means possessing the ability to alter mood, anxiety level, behavior, cognitive processes, or mental tension, usu- ally applied to pharmacological agents.

Examples of Psychoactive in a sentence

  • No notice will be given in an emergency; where the need for repair was reported by the Student; in relation to any matter affecting health and safety or the suitability of the Accommodation for habitation; for the prevention or detection of crime (including multi-occupancy suspicions), or where the University has reasonable grounds to suspect that the Student is in possession of or using controlled drugs, psychoactive substances (as defined by the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016) or smoking.

  • Psychoactive medication may be prescribed only by a physician or physician extender who has examined the patient.

  • This includes legal highs or new psychoactive substances as defined under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 such as Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas).

  • Including the Care Act 2014, Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (and subsequent amendments in 2019), Serious Crime Act 2015, Modern Slavery Act 2015 and Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.

  • I have Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders granted by the American Psychological Association College of Professional Psychology and I assisted in the development of specialized programs to treat co-occurring mental illness and chemical dependency.

  • Psychoactive (psychotropic) substances mean any chemical substance (or mixture) of natural or artificial origin that affects the functioning of the central nervous system, leading to a change in mental state.

  • This includes any controlled drugs listed in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Drugs Act 2005, Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, including subsequent amendments and/or any substances intended to produce a legal high, hallucinogenic or similar effect.

  • Practices applicable to the sowing of Non- Psychoactive Cannabis or Hemp Seeds, or Non-Psychoactive Cannabis or Hemp Seedlings, or Non-Psychoactive Cannabis or Hemp Plants, to be implemented within twelve months from the date of granting of the respective License.

  • Non Psychoactive Cannabis or Hemp, its parts and its derivatives, are not controlled substances, and therefore are excluded from the Organic Law of Integral Prevention of the Socioeconomic Phenomenon Drugs and its Regulation.

  • The possession and supply of drugs is illegal and covered by the Misuse of Drugs Act (1977) and the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act (2010).


More Definitions of Psychoactive

Psychoactive means that a chemical substance changes nervous system function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.
Psychoactive means capable of affecting mental processes or cognition when used as intended. A marijuana product is considered per se psychoactive if it is not a topical marijuana-infused product and the labeled potency is greater than .3% THC.