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. 2022 Jan 9;11(1):1–13. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v11.i1.1

Table 1.

Commonly used psychotropic drugs during pregnancy

Drug classification
Drugs
Common forms
Routes of administration
Cannabis Marijuana Greenish-gray mixture of dried different parts of cannabis plant; resin (hashish) or sticky, black liquid (hash oil) Smoking, dabbing, or vaporization; Eaten (drops, cakes, tinctures, candies, snacks, and drinks); Suppositories
Hashish
Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists
Narcotics Opium Sticky brown gum; White or brownish powder, or black substance known as “black tar”; Colorful methadone and tramadol tablets with imprinted logos, capsules, powder, liquid Injected, smoked, snorted; Swallowed
Heroin
Synthetic opioids (methadone, tramadol, buprenorphine)
Stimulants Amphetamine-type stimulants (Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, Ecstasy) White powder, crystal or shiny blue-white “rocks”; Colorful ecstasy tablets with imprinted logos, capsules; White powder and rock crystal cocaine Snorted, smoked, injected, swallowed
Cocaine
Hallucinogens LSD, psilocin mescaline (peyote) Decorated squares of absorbent paper that LSD has been added to, Tablet, capsule, clear liquid; small pills (dots); Peyote cacti Swallowed, absorbed through mouth tissues (paper squares); Mixed in food or brewed as tea
Alcohol Ethyl alcohol Alcoholic beverages with different alcohol content Ingested

LSD: Lysergic acid diethylamide.