Benzodiazepines are psychoactive drugs that have a relaxing effect.

苯二氮䓬类药物是有镇静效果的精神活性药物。

This is a psychoactive drug that we're taking every single day.

这是一种我们每天都在服用的精神药物。

Benzodiazepines are a type of psychoactive drug that have a relaxing and calming effect.

苯二氮卓类药物是一种具有放松和镇静效果的精神活性药物。

It's the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the world, most commonly consumed as coffee.

它是世界上最广泛使用的精神活性药物，最常被用作咖啡。

And the idea seemed to make sense, because floods of dopamine can cause hallucinations — that's exactly how some psychoactive drugs work.

这个想法似乎是有道理的，因为多巴胺泛滥会导致幻觉，这正是一些治疗精神病药物的工作原理。

MDMA is a psychoactive drug with both stimulant and mood-enhancing effects.

MDMA 是一种具有兴奋和情绪增强作用的精神药物。

I have been known to have a Coke every once in a while, but in general I tend to avoid the world's most popular psychoactive drug.

众所周知，我偶尔会喝一杯可口可乐，但总的来说，我倾向于避免使用世界上最流行的精神活性药物。

While most brain-altering substances are outlawed or at least tightly controlled by the government, this entirely legal psychoactive drug is enjoyed by basically every person you know, on a daily basis, completely unrestricted, and with zero cultural stigma.

尽管大部分会改变精神状态的物质都被法律禁止或至少受到政府严密管控，这一个完全合法的精神药物却基本上被每个你认识的人享用着，每一天、完全不受限，且完全没有文化污名。