A name identifying any of the various hallucinogenic drugs. Psychedelics was a term first proposed by Humphry Osmond.
PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS: "LSD is a psychedelic drug."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/psychedelic-drugs/ (accessed January 27, 2023).
