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Hallucinogens

Hallucinogens. By: Vanessa Kintzler. Facts. LSD was first synthesized in 1938 and discovered to be psychoactive in 1943. It became popular in the '60's and was made illegal to possess in 1968. It has been widely available on the black market since that time .

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Hallucinogens

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  1. Hallucinogens By: Vanessa Kintzler

  2. Facts • LSD was first synthesized in 1938 and discovered to be psychoactive in 1943. It became popular in the '60's and was made illegal to possess in 1968. It has been widely available on the black market since that time. • According to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health approximately 1.3 million persons aged 12 or older used hallucinogens for the first time in the past year. • Three days after re-synthesizing LSD, Hofmann performed a self-experiment, intentionally ingesting 250 micrograms. Less than an hour later, he experienced the sudden and intense changes in perception LSD causes. He left the laboratory and cycled home, experiencing the first LSD trip in history. This infamous day has been dubbed ‘Bicycle Day’ by LSD fans.

  3. What is a Hallucinogen? • Hallucinogens are drugs that distort the way you perceive reality. They can cause you to see, feel and hear things that don’t exist, making it hard to communicate or think clearly. They can also cause rapid, intense emotional mood swings.

  4. Types of Hallucinogens • LSD • Mescaline • Psilocybin(magic mushroom) • PCP • DMT • Nutmeg • Morning Glory Seeds • MDMA • Peyote • Ketamine

  5. Street Names for Hallucinogens

  6. Neurological Effects • Hallucinogens affect parts of the brain by causing the user to see, hear, and feel things that do not actually exist, but do seem real to them. • These are referred to as hallucinations that distort a person's sense of reality, time, space, and the environment around them. The person using hallucinogens is unable to distinguish what is real and what is not, due to the effects drug. The brain is affected in such a way that the user's senses are influenced in how there are been experienced. • For example, a person may see laughing or nails scratching, and may hear the color blue or purple. This means that what should be heard is being seen and what is being seen is heard. Such drug effects cause paranoia and impaired thinking for days, weeks, or years after use, which can cause extreme dysfunction in a person's life.

  7. Physiological Effects • Increased Body Temperature • Increased Heart Rate • Increased Blood Pressure • Sweating • Pupil Dilation • Muscle weakness • Twitching • Tremors • Reduced appetite • Nausea • Vomiting • Rapid Reflexes • Impaired Coordination

  8. Psychedelic Effects • Hallucinogens have been used since ancient times by various cultures throughout the world, particularly by the indigenous peoples of North and South America, for their mystical and spiritual associations • Hallucinogens became very fashionable in the United States and Europe in the 1960’s, when many young people were pursuing greater personal freedom and questioning old values and ideas

  9. Perceptual Effects for LSD • LSD • “Body trip”, recurrence of an unpleasant physical sensation • “Bad mind trip”, recurrence of a distressing thought or emotion • “Altered visual perception”, the most frequent type of recurrence, consisting of seeing dots, flashes, trails of lights, halos, false motion in peripheral field and other sensations

  10. Short Term & Long Term Health Risk • Deceased breathing and heart rate leading to coma or death • Homicidal actions or attempts • Suicidal idealations or attempts • Seizures • Heart and lung failure • Flashbacks of using episodes • Psychological distortions or psychosis, resembling schizophrenia – this can last for long periods of time, even years • Overdose leading to coma or death

  11. Signs and Symptoms • Extremely dilated pupils • Warm skin • Excessive perspiration • Body odor • Mood and behavior changes • Distorted sense of sight, hearing, touch • Distorted image of self and time perception • Unpredictable flashback episodes even longer after withdrawal

  12. References • http://www.isate.memphis.edu/hallucinogen.html • http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/drug-facts/hallucinogens • http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/hallucinogens-lsd-peyote-psilocybin-pcp • http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/facts/drugshallucinogens • http://www.njlawman.com/feature%20pieces/drug%20slang.htm • http://www.drugd-tech.com/signs_and_symptoms.html • http://www.drugfreeatlast.com/hallucinogens.html • http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/drugs-inc/articles/drugs-inc-facts-hallucinogens/

  13. References Continued • https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd.shtml • http://www.aurorahealthcare.org/services/behhealth/asap/hallucinogens.aspx • http://www.livestrong.com/article/155334-what-are-the-side-effects-of-hallucinogens/

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