Substance intoxication may often accompany a
substance use disorder (SUD); if persistent substance-related problems exist, SUD is the preferred diagnosis.[5]
The term "intoxicated", used by laymen, most often refers to
alcohol.
Classification
The
ICD-10Mental and Behavioural Disorders due to psychoactive substance use shows:[6]
Contact high is a phenomenon that occurs in otherwise
soberpeople who experience a drug-like effect just by coming into contact with someone who is under the influence of a
psychoactive drug. In a similar way to the
placebo effect, a contact high may be caused by
classical conditioning as well as by the physical and social
setting.[8][9]
Slang terms include: getting high (generic), being stoned, cooked, or blazed (usually in reference to cannabis),[4] and many more specific slang terms for particular intoxicants.
Alcohol intoxication is graded in intensity from buzzed, to tipsy then drunk all the way up to hammered, plastered, smashed, wasted, destroyed, shitfaced and a number of other terms. The term rolling is a common word used to describe being under the influence of
MDMA and for
LSD the phrases frying or tripping have been used. "Tripping" is a term that is considered applicable to virtually all
hallucinogens which includes
psychedelics,
dissociatives,
deliriants and possibly certain types of
hypnotics.[citation needed]
See also
"The
spins", a state of dizziness and disorientation due to intoxication