[Recent history of psychoactive drugs]

The author presents an interesting historical review about the use of psychoactive substances throughout history, proposing the use of the term "entogenic" meaning "that which awakens or generated an experience of a divinity in one's interior" for these substances, since this term has more in common with the ethnographic use of those substances. In contemporary times, the author speaks about Dr. Hofmann's discovery, LSD-25, and how this is related to psychedelic experiences in the western world. As the years have passed, this situation evolved from being a very interesting topic in human minds to become a problem as these substances became known to the general public. Finally, this article analyzes some of the contemporary paradigms in the use of psychoactive drugs: psychometrics, psychedelics, enteogenic or personal development.