Euphoric

Stimulants

Chewing areca nut (seeds from the Areca catechu palm) with slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) – a common practice in South- and Southeast Asia – produces stimulant effects and euphoria. The major psychoactive ingredients – arecoline (a muscarinic receptorpartial agonist) and arecaidine (a GABA reuptake inhibitor) – are responsible for the euphoric effect.