How to Use psychotropic in a Sentence

psychotropic

adjective
Definition of psychotropicnext
  • Through their lessons, Paul sees the planet as more than a place from which to extract the psychotropic melange known as Spice.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Peyoteros have been known to try and replant it in their own gardens or to give the non-psychotropic cactus away to clients as a freebie.
    — Betsy Andrews, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2018
  • The burger’s name is a cheeky nod to the psychotropic qualities of some mushrooms and the ingredients of a Reuben deli sandwich.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
  • The seeds are nutritious and have no psychotropic effects.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Many of these artists believed that the psychotropic drug freed them from inhibitions and allowed them to take greater creative risks.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2017
  • And many psychotropic drugs can cause daytime sleepiness that harms the quality of nighttime rest.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2017
  • This psychotropic production aired last month, when the San Francisco 49ers upset the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the playoffs.
    — Jake Nevins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The larvae then inject psychotropic substances into the hemolymph, a blood-like substance in the spider's abdomen.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2019
  • Some studies have shown that ancient hominids have been using psychotropic plants and drugs as far back as 200 million years ago.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2023
  • It, and all that came before, was a parade of exuberance, a kind of aural psychotropic medicine, dispensed by Doc Martín, to lift moods.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • She is charged with the smuggling of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, punishable in Russia by a sentence of six to 10 years.
    — Gregory Svirnovskiy, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
  • Treatment may include psychotropic medications like Zoloft or Prozac, which can at least lower the voltage of the pain.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Spice has psychotropic qualities, which makes it of interest not just in outer space.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • More than a third of people jailed last April were on psychotropic medication for a mental health disorder.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • In very little time Sawyer is confined to a ward with other mental patients and forced to take psychotropic medication.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Vaccines, including the Covid-19 shots, antidepressants and psychotropic medicines could be at risk, some said.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The medication record for one child was incorrect for a psychotropic drug used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
    — Glenn Howatt, Star Tribune, 14 Oct. 2020
  • In the 1960s, patient advocates hoped the rise of psychotropic drugs would enable patients to self-medicate and live independent lives.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2021
  • In an impromptu rite one day during the 2002 expedition, Tepi helped prepare an infusion of psychotropic eye drops made from a mixture of water and the shavings of tree and liana bark.
    — National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Her character is a psychiatrist who used to prescribe psychotropic drugs and now prescribes them to herself.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The words echoed those of Jack in her 2015 ruling that found the state liable for unconstitutionally subjecting foster children to risk of rape, overuse of psychotropic drugs and poor care that stunts their life prospects.
    — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Many people are afraid of tripping and people with a history of psychosis and a family history of schizophrenia should not take psychotropic drugs.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • This held up when the researchers excluded data on patients who were taking psychotropic drugs—ones that intended to alter a mental state.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 15 June 2018
  • The overuse of psychotropic drugs, which carry risky side effects for elders with dementia, is another sign of dementism.
    — Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Breggin has a long history of denying that psychotropic drugs can be effective or helpful.
    — Marie Claire, 8 July 2019
  • Metro Corrections Director Mark Bolton said about a quarter of inmates booked each year at the jail suffer from some type of serious mental illness and received a psychotropic drug from the jail.
    — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2017
  • So little is known, even by prescribing psychiatrists, about how and why psychotropic medications work in the brain.
    — Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2020
  • However, the report was delivered to the inmate's lawyers two days before the sentencing hearing, followed by dozens of mental health records and a prison file showing that McWilliams was taking psychotropic drugs.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 19 June 2017
  • In San Diego County, about a third of approximately 4,000 people jailed in September were on psychotropic medications for mental health disorders, jail records show.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Stratton said the state now provides funding to county jails for medication assisted treatment and reimbursement for psychotropic drugs, which are often very expensive.
    — Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024

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