Transcript What are hallucinogens?

What are hallucinogens?
• Hallucinogens
– intense mood-changing drugs which often
come with erratic psychological effects
– Cause hallucinations
– PCP, peyote, psilocybin
• Lysergic-acid diethylamide
(LSD)
– One of the most common illegal
hallucinogens
– manufactured from lysergic acid, a
fungus that grows on grain
What is LSD?
• Classified under
– Hallucinogens
– Hypnotics
– Sedatives
• Sold in tablets, capsules, liquid form,
and sometimes absorbed into paper or
common food products
• Odorless
• Some users experience severe, terrifying
feelings of desolation, fear of losing
control, or fear of insanity and death
(should this go under physiological
effects? It had been in fun facts but I
didn’t really think it was “fun”
Addictive?
• LSD does not cause physical
dependence like most drugs
– May cause psychological dependence
• Addiction potential: 16.7 %
Slang Names
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Acid
microdots
purple haze
blotters
Fry
Yellow Sunshine
Battery Acid
Back Breaker
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tab
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pyramids
trips
Superman
Loony Toons
History
• Albert Hofmann was working for a
pharmaceutical company in 1938 when he
first created LSD
• Researched ergot fungus that infected many
people in the Middle Ages
• Lysergic acid came from the ergot fungus
and Hofmann studied the acid and created
new types of medicines
• After a lot of research, Hofmann created
lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD
• He thought the new drug would make
breathing easier, scientific tests show no
positive results
History (continued)
• Five years later, Hofmann decided to
research LSD again, and accidently got
some on his finger
• He felt dizzy, saw colors and felt like he
was in a dream
• After, he does himself again with a higher
dosage of LSD and became delirious
• However, the doctor could not find
anything wrong with Hofmann except his
dilated eyes
• It was concluded that LSD was one of first
drugs created to create a massive effect
in small doses
Long Term Effects
Short Term Effects
Entrance to Body
Medical Uses
• It has been banned, and many feel
that it has no medical purpose
• Some claim it is useful
– helps cure migraines and cluster
headaches due to the disoriented state
LSD results in
– helps alcoholics
• Therapists sometimes take it to
understand the experiences of
schizophrenics.
Common among…
• Individuals of all ages
• 20.2 million U.S. residents age
12 and older have used LSD
before
• 8% of high school seniors have
used the drug
Mortality Rate
• No reported deaths with the
reason being LSD overdose
• Causes many deaths because of
“bad trips”
– Suicide attempts
– Accidental murders
– Fatal self-inflicted wounds
Physiological Effects
Resources
• 1-866-NJ-STOPS
– Speak one-on-one with a counselor who provides
information, advice and support
– Design a personalized program to quit
– Receive services for three to six months, based
on personal need
– Call six days a week
• Wayne Counseling and Family Services
Center
– 1022 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
– 973 694 1234
– Website: www.waynecounselingcenter.org
Is it illegal?
• LSD was made illegal to possess
in 1968 and has been available
on the “black market” since
then.
• Illegal to manufacture, buy,
possess, process, and
distribute
• Illegal under the Controlled
Substance Act
Interesting Facts
• LSD users can experience flashbacks,
which are when the original drug's
effects suddenly reoccur up to a
year after the initial use.
• The CIA used to drug people with LSD
to investigate its potential use as
an interrogation tool.
• The song, Lucy in the Sky with
Diamonds by The Beatles is rumored
to describe an LSD trip.
• You can be sent to jail for 5 years
for owning just one gram of LSD.
Video
works
• http://www.drugrehab.co.uk/street-drugnames.htm
• http://www.justice.gov/dea/photos/lsd/powder_an
d_lsd-orange.jpg
• http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/ex
plorer/4094/Overview#tab-Photos/5
• http://www.justice.gov/dea/photos/lsd/lsd_capsul
es1.jpg
• http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs4/4260/index.ht
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