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Introduction
This section provides a general description of several psychoactive substances including depressants such as opiates, opioids, and benzodiazepines and barbiturates, stimulants including methamphetamine and others, hallucinogens, and inhalants. Although the following information does not contain every known substance in each category, the more commonly abused substances are provided.
Oral findings and dental management will be covered later in this course in the section "Implications for Dental Treatment."
It is important to recognize that addiction to a substance is more likely the faster the onset of action is. In prescribing medication, choosing one with a longer onset of action may be better choice for a recovering abuser than to risk the more addictive, faster onset of action medications.
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Depressants
