title: [Salem witches, flying brooms, and synthetic drugs].
abstract: As supplementary material to Health Education programs about synthetic drugs, the authors present a historical summary on LSD, stramonium and khat. "Tripis", Special K and other synthetic pills contain these substances and are being widely used by youths. The history of these main hallucinogenic active ingredients has a strong tie to the mythology of witchcraft and witches: a historically interesting time period bearing a large amount of religious intolerance. The objective of this review is to end the belief today's youth have that they are taking new substances which have no risks.
mesh_terms: D015198:Designer Drugs / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000266:history*; D018599:Witchcraft / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D015198:Designer Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Brujas de Salem, escobas voladoras y drogas de síntesis.