Which of the following drug is a hallucinogen:September 2011
Quinidine
Disulfiram
Cocaine
Steroids
Ans. C: CocaineThe complications of chronic cocaine use include acute anxiety reaction, uncontrolled compulsive behaviour, psychotic episodes (with persecutory delusions, and tactile and other hallucinations), delirium and delusional disorder. Hallucination:It is a disorder of perception (false perception without external stimulus)It is viewed as sensory perceptions and occurs in inner subjective spaceNot dependent on the will of the observerFormed visual hallucinations are seen in: Temporal lobe lesion