Psychopharmacology of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products

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Psychopharmacology of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products: In September 2003, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Office of the Directors Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) came together and supported a workshop entitled Psychoactive Botanical Products. The presentations and ensuing discussion illustrated how little the scientific community currently knows about the chemistry, biology, pharmacology, and behavioral effects of psychoactive botanical (or natural) products and thus this workshop served to identify gaps in our knowledge outlined in this announcement. A summary for this workshop can be found at: http://www.drugabuse.gov/whatsnew/meetings/psychoactivemtgsumm.html.Under this PA, NIDA, ODS, and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), invite research grant applications that characterize the chemistry, psychopharmacology, and/or toxicology of acute and chronic exposure to psychoactive natural products, as well as the transition in the use of these products to licit or illicit drugs of abuse. For the purposes of this PA, psychoactive natural products are defined as fungus- or plant-derived products that are taken primarily for their effects on the central nervous system (e.g., stimulant, depressant, and/or hallucinogenic effects), rather than for treatment, medicinal or therapeutic effects.