Basic Recreational Drugs as 20151 (Categorized)

Stimulants:
Pure cane sugar (sucrose) or its synthetic derivatives (fructose, maltose, dextrose)2
Chocolate, cocoa (contain theobromine, which is basically caffeine)
Coffee, tea, kola nuts, yerba mat, guarana, guayusa, and most sodas (all contain caffeine)
Ephedra (ephedrine)
Khat (cathone, cathinone)
Coca (Coca leaf tea, extracted cocaine, freebased cocaine a.k.a. crack)
Synthetic phenethylamine stimulants (speed [adderall], methamphetamine [methedrine, desoxyn])
Depressants:
Alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol)
Benzodiazipines (recreationally, xanax and valium are the most popular; usually used with alcohol)
GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid; often used with alcohol)
Phenobarbital
Euphoriants:
Kratom (mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine)
Cannabis (THC, CBD, etc.)
Opiates (morphine, codeine, thebaine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, diacetylmorphine a.k.a. heroin)
Empathogens:3
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Psychedelics:
Typtamines (shrooms [psilocybin], DMT)
Lysergamides (LSD)
Phenethlyamine psychadelics (peyote [mescaline], DOx, 2C-x, 25x-NBOMe)
Ibogaine (rare in the Americas, but still common in Africa)
Dissociatives:
Arylcyclohexylamines (PCP [phencyclidine], 3-MeO PCP, ketamine, 4 MXE [methoxetamine, 3-MeO-2-Oxo-PCE])
Nitrous oxide (N2O)
Salvia (salvinorin-A)5
DXM (dextromethorphan)
Deliriants:
Datura (tropane alkaloids)
Bella Donna (tropane alkaloids)
1

I dont consider, for example, propofol, testosterone enanthate, or clenbuterol to be recreational and I dont consider quaaludes
(methaqualone) or amyls (amyl nitrite) to be current.
2
Most sugar addicts are in severe denial over this addiction, and as is likely, various other drug addictions as well. But Pixie Sticks definitely
make you high (give you sugar rushes). Additionally, sugar is involved in social reward circuits (you get candy as a reward for going to the
doctor) and sugar lights up all the same reward and addiction circuits in the brain as other stimulants (especially cocaine). Sugar is also bad for
you: it causes insulin resistance, which can balloon into Type 2 Diabetes. Also, pure sucrose can only be extracted from sugar cane by way of a
chemical process (almost identical to the process that separates pure cocaine from coca leaves). In addition, quitting sugar leads to withdrawal
symptoms and it is often used by people when they are alone (completely outside of any social context, like when people eat Ben and Jerrys
while they watch TV alone at home). Most people use sugar every day. So, sugar is obviously an addictive drug (it fulfills every requirement).
3
N.B.: I consider alcohol as well as all euphoriants, empathogens, psychedelics (entheogens), dissociatives, and deliriants to be
hallucinogens (they all impact your perception in a way that makes you perceive, especially see, things that arent there).
4
N.B.: Ketamine is still used on humans for postoperative pain management. Low doses of ketamine reduce morphine use and nausea and
vomiting after surgery (Bell, RF; Dahl, JB; Moore, RA; Kalso, EA (1/25/ 2006), Perioperative ketamine for acute postoperative pain,
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1): CD004603).
5
Raw salvia is not very potent; however, salvia extracts come in various very potent forms (such as 60x strength). Pure salvinorin-A is more
potent by weight than LSD (or other high potency psychoactive substances such as NBOMes or PCP).