OFFICIAL NAMES: N,N-dimethyltryptamine, Nigerine, desoxybufotenine, 3-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-indole

STREET NAMES: 45-minute psychosis, AMT, businessman's LSD, businessman's special, businessman's trip, DET, fantasia

DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS: Schedule I, hallucinogen

Overview

Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a hallucinogen, a broad group of drugs defined more by the effects they produce than by any common chemical structure. As a group, hallucinogens produce varying levels of visual, auditory, and tactile distortions and so-called "out-of-body" sensations. As with all drugs, the intensity of effect depends not only on ingestion of a specific drug and dose but also on the user's perception or expectation of the experience. Although persons with psychotic disturbances may hallucinate without an external stimulus, normal individuals can induce the same (but temporary) effect using hallucinogenic drugs.

DMT, or N,N-dimethyltryptamine, is a hallucinogenic chemical found in a variety of natural and synthetic compounds. It is present in many plant...