LSD
What is LSD? LSD is a very potent mood-altering chemical, which was discovered in 1938 by Dr. Albert Hofmann. LSD is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. The most commonly known name for LSD is "acid". LSD is odorless and colorless with somewhat of a bitter taste, which is usually ingested through the mouth. A few ways in which LSD can be sold is tablet form, capsules, or in a liquid form. The most common way in which LSD is sold is "blotter acid", which is where the chemical is stamped on small very colorful sheets of paper. LSD users refer to their psychedelic experience as a "trip", and to acute adverse reactions as a "bad trip." Users may experience panic, confusion, suspicion, anxiety, and loss of control. Even after active use of LSD has ceased flashbacks may occur and be frightening or mellow experiences. (http://www.fsus.fsu.edu/general/drugs/Effects_lsd.html The effects of LSD). After someone ingests LSD the trip starts about an hour later. Initially the user will feel disorientated. They may become giggly, confused or anxious. As the trip progresses feelings are enhanced. Colors and sounds seem more vivid. Everything appea
Dramatic changes in perception, thought, and mood occur shortly after the physical effects. For example vivid, usually visual, "pseudo-hallucinations" that the user is aware of are not real. Distorted perceptions of time (minutes seem like hours), distance (hazardous if operating motor vehicles or standing near balcony edges), gravity (sensations of floating or being pressed down), the space between oneself and one's environment (for some, a feeling of oneness with the universe, for others, a feeling of terror). Fusion of the senses (music is "seen," colors "heard"), feelings of a mystical, religious, or cosmic nature (generally the most sought after and desired effect). (http://www.arf.org/isd/pim/lsd.html, Facts about LSD) Still with us after all these years. Leigh A. Henderson, William J. Glass. San Franciso: Jossey-boss 1998 Tolerance to LSD's hallucinatory and physical effects develops quite quickly, making larger amounts of the drug necessary to produce the same effects as the first use of the drug. Often, within a few days of consecutive daily doses, no amount of the drug will produce the desired effect. After several days of abstinence, however, both the hallucinatory effects and the effects on blood pressure and reflexes are again felt. A person who has built up tolerance to LSD will also be resistant to the effects of the other, less potent hallucinogens. This phenomenon is called cross-tolerance, which does not happen with many other drugs. LSD has no physic
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