Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
While drugs have existed for many years LSD is one of the most well known used drugs in the world today. LSD's technical term is lysergic acid diethylamide and it falls into the group of drugs known as hallucinogens or psychedelics. These groups of drugs may cause harm to a persons central nervous system. LSD is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye, wheat, and other grains. The first individual to discover this drug was a man by the name of Dr. Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist working for Sandoz Pharmaceutical, a chemical company. In 1938 he was working in his lab trying to find new medications to relieve headache pain. Dr. Hofmann was working with the ergot fungus and he made a new chemical which he called LSD. While he was working with his new creation he accidentally ingested a small amount of the drug and he began to experience the effects of this drug. In a report subsequently filed with Author Stoll, his immediate superior, Hofmann described his hallucination as " an uninterrupted stream of fantastic images of extraordinary plasticity and vividness and accompanied by an intense kaleidoscope play of colors" (Steven 4). Dr. Albert Hofmann was the first chemist to come across this drug,
As a result of my research paper I have learned the effects that consuming a drug can leave you with long term effects and the short term effect really lead into serious problem as well. Knowing people who have taken LSD one or more time I have seen the effects it can leave on someone. LSD can change your life and leave you with horrible flashbacks that can frighten you to death. I have also realized that if you take LSD you have more of a chance of suffering from long term effects later in life. One drug counselor said, "If you give a youngster three beers, you have a good idea how they're going to behave. You take the same kid and give him a hit of acid and you don't know what's going to happen" (Littell 16). You can never tell how your going to react to LSD and once you take it into your system you have to wait until it is over. Studies have shown that children in eighth grade are beginning to use LSD. Researcher Larry Chait said "because their personalities haven't developed well enough to know how to handle altered stated of consciousness" ( Littell 16). LSD can change your moods and emotions permanently , it can cause depression. People may feel a feeling of being out of control in regard to thought and emotions. They also may feel a confusing perception of the world and of other people, who seem both friendly and suspicious (Robbins 28). Sensations and feelings change much more dramatically than the physical signs. The user usually feels different emotions at once or swing rapidly from one emotion to another. Their sense of time is lost. Some LSD users experience severe, terrifying thoughts and feeling, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair while using LSD (Nida). Some fatal accidents have occurred during LSD intoxication. Stories of people jumping out windows thinking they could fly or the were going to a better place not knowing they are jumping out a window have happened. Users may experiences the frightening feeling that they are no longer in control and are losing their minds. This cause many of the users to go to the hospital or committed to a mental institute. in the medieval times many communities baked bread and sometime the
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