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| Term | Definition |
| Marijuana | A psychoactive drug made from the leaves of the cannabis plant. It is usually smoked but can also be eaten. See Cannabis. |
| Marinol | The trade name of dronabinol, a synthetic version of THC used as medicine. |
| MDA | One of several hallucinogenic \"designer drugs\" with psychedelic properties that are manufactured by basement chemists. |
| MDMA (Ecstasy) | A hallucinogenic designer drug" with psychedelic and stimulant properties. |
| Medication | A drug that is used to treat an illness or disease according to established medical guidelines. |
| Mescaline | A naturally occurring hallucinogenic drug that acts on the serotonin receptor. |
| Metabolic enzymes | Enzymes that break down or inactivate drugs in the body; also, enzymes that break down food and produce energy. |
| Metabolic tolerance | The body\'s increased ability to eliminate a drug, thereby making a given dose less effective. |
| Metabolism | The processes by which the body breaks things down or alters them so they can be eliminated. |
| Metabolites | The products that result when enzymes in the body break things down or alter them to produce energy or eliminate them. |
| Methadone | A long-lasting synthetic opiate used to treat cancer pain and heroin addiction. |
| Methamphetamine | A commonly abused, potent stimulant drug that is part of a larger family of amphetamines. |
| Methylphenidate (Ritalin®): | Methylphenidate is a central nervous system stimulant. It has effects similar to, but more potent than, caffeine and less potent than amphetamines. It has a notably calming and "focusing" effect on those with ADHD, particularly children. |
| Morphine | Morphine The most potent natural opiate compound produced by the opium poppy. |
| MPTP | A neurotoxin, found in a designed opiate called China white, which kills the neurons that make dopamine, producing a set of symptoms that look like Parkinson's disease. |
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