A psychotropic drug is one that acts on your mind — mood, thinking, sleep, seeing, or feeling. Doctors use the word for medicines (for sadness, worry, psychosis, and some kinds of pain or sleep trouble) and also, in legal talk, for some illegal drugs that change the mind.

A psychotropic drugpsychotropic 藥物 is one that acts on your mind是一種會作用在你心智上的藥 mood, thinking, sleep, seeing, or feeling情緒、思考、睡眠、視覺，或感受 Doctors use the word醫生用這個字 for medicines指藥物 (for sadness, worry, psychosis, and some kinds of pain or sleep trouble)（用於憂鬱、焦慮、精神病，還有一些疼痛或睡眠問題） and also, in legal talk在法律用語裡，也 for some illegal drugs that change the mind用來指一些會改變心智的違法藥物

You will mostly meet it in medical, pharmacy, or customs English, often in front of drugs or medication. It can also be a noun for such a drug.

You will mostly meet it你大多會遇到它 in medical, pharmacy, or customs English在醫學、藥學，或海關用語裡 often in front of drugs or medication常常放在 drugs 或 medication 前面 It can also be a noun它也可以當名詞 for such a drug指這樣的藥物

It does not mean the person taking it is psychotic, and it does not mean the drug is ‘crazy’ or always dangerous. A prescribed pill for depression is psychotropic; so is some street drugs.

It does not mean它不代表 the person taking it is psychotic服用的人有精神病 and it does not mean也不代表 the drug is 'crazy' or always dangerous這個藥「瘋狂」或永遠危險 A prescribed pill for depression治療憂鬱症的處方藥 is psychotropic是 psychotropic 的 so is some street drugs一些街頭毒品也是

The shared idea is only this: it turns the mind, for better or worse.

The shared idea is only this共通的概念只有這個 it turns the mind它會轉動心智 for better or worse不管是往好的方向還是壞的方向