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LSD has many effects on the body and the mind for example “An hour later Stanley thought he had gone insane. His head was filled with terrifying visions and his body seemed to tumble through time and space. Then his mind snapped and sent him into a frenzy of rage. "They told me the next day that I broke down the door and ran down the hall screaming," Stanley recalled” (Linda Hunt).

There are even celebrities who died by drug overdose, ("Alcohol and Drugs: Untimely Celebrity Deaths." Drugs.com. Drugs.com, n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2017.). Beloved Whitney Houston was only 47 when she died of an overdose in 2012. She drowned while intoxicated and high on cocaine. Influential singer, Amy Winehouse, died of alcohol poisoning at only the age of 27. Well-known star, Marilyn Monroe died of suicide by overdosing on prescription drugs in 1962. Not only do people die, there are cases where inspirational celebrities become victim of the negative impact drugs can do to you. In 2014, Michael Phelps, in incredible Olympics swimmer, was suspended by USA swimming for about six months, due to a picture of him doing marijuana five years back surfaced. These are only a select few celebrities that have had serious consequences because of drugs, but there are many

     LSD has always been a center of controversy in American society, often times because peoplehave been miseducated about its effects or exposed to media bias. Its physiological effects onthe brain and body have become more and more apparent in the last few decades when research in neuroscience peaked. The psychological effects of LSD have been often difficult to describe and document very well -- they were first discovered on April 16, 1943 by research chemist Albert Hofmann when a small amount of the drug soaked through his fingers during a routine synthesis. He experienced an imaginative dream-like state for a duration of about 2-3 hours. Since then, a great

During 2014, a total of 47,055 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States, showing a 1-year increase of 6.5 per cent, from 13.8 per 100,000 people in 2013 to 14.7 per 100,000 people in 2014. People do not realize that one hundred people each day die from a drug overdose. Overdosing is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, accounting for more deaths than traffic fatalities or gun homicides and suicides. People believe that if they’re sick if they take certain types of drugs and they will get better, but all it does is hide the symptom’s until they become too sick to ignore the facts.

Someone whose consciousness and being altered by LSD would have functions such as altered vision, movement and hearing so that they form a more holistic state. The effects of LSD typically last up to eight hours sometimes more. One who is not “tripping” would struggle to communicate and understand the one who is experiencing the “tripping”. The brain and the sensory processors simply mistake LSD for serotonin. The drug acts as an antagonist, which means that it binds to the receptor and inhibits the receptor activity, so therefore LSD stimulates the serotonin 2A receptor the most. When someone stimulates 5-HT2A receptors with LSD, they get an increase in glutamate cell activity in the frontal cortex and causes to act more frequently. Long term effects of the drug have shown to be continuously recurrent hallucinations after taking the drug. Someone may feel like you’re not thinking clearly, meaning your thought pattern may possibly be unorganized, and you may not make sense when trying to communicate with someone. One may also have a very dramatic mood swings or flashbacks which could possibly lead up to serve side effects due because of ones dissociation from the environment around them involving anxiety and depression because of the influences on the way one may see things afterwards. One may never know how the effects after taking LSD will affect them, everyone is

Illegal substance abuse and addiction can have far-reaching negative impacts that affect not only the people who abuse drugs but also their friends, family members, the community, and government resources. Substance abuse can lead to domestic violence, child abuse, suicide, crime, automobile accidents, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, and unwanted pregnancy.

The appeal for using LSD is what it does to the body, within 20 to 30 minute the body receive energy, and start to feel like fun and laughter. The uses of LSD can help people who are know that there going to dye, research on end of life study are hoping this study can help others pass away comfortably. The physical effects on using the LSD are dilated pupils, rise on body tempter, hart rate, and blood pressure. The LSD trip is strongly affected that it makes the user wanting more and claim to be for a therapeutic session.

Addiction is one of the top ten causes of death (CDC.gov). According to Merriam Webster, “a compulsive need for and use of a habit forming substance (such as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal” (Merriam Webster, April 19). Time magazine has classified the 10 dangerous drugs that were used for intentional, or unintentional overdose; in order: Heroin, Cocaine, Oxycodone, Alprazolam-Xanax, Fentanyl, Morphine, Meth, Methadone, Hydrocodone, and Diazepam-Valium (Time, these are the 10 deadliest drugs). Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth are stimulants. Oxy, Fentanyl, Morphine, and Methadone are narcotics. Although, Xanax and Valium are both sedatives (WebMD).

Lysergic acid diethylamide, more commonly known as LSD, is a hallucinogenic drug that affects and alters mood, feeling, perception and causes visual distortions. It is colorless, odorless and has no taste; ingestion of only 25 micrograms is enough to initiate the effects on the brain. LSD and other hallucinogenic-like drugs have both long-term and short-term effects on both the brain and body; experiences vary and are extremely unpredictable from case to case. It takes about 30 minutes for one to begin feeling the reactions to the drug, effects can generally last up to 12 hours. A common phrase one might hear is a “bad trip” which can cause intense fear, anxiety, frightening thoughts and unnerving visions. LSD works with the brain’s chemical messengers, the serotonin receptors, as well as heightens the user’s prefrontal cortex, which controls impulses and personality development.

Addiction is when you become addicted to smoking or doing drugs and you find it hard to quit. Addiction causes cigarettes and drugs to mess up the chemicals in the brain causing it to be an imbalance. Most people who get their first taste of a drug or their first puff of a cigarette are when they are teenagers; as time past and they get older they become addicted to it. When they become addicted, they can no longer live without that drug or cigarette. Getting addicted to drugs and cigarettes can be caused by anything, but the common ones are caused by peer pressure at school, and any type of stress. As a teen, you care how people think of you; so you desperately try to fit in with the group. In the end, you end up suffering the consequence

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Not everyone who uses drugs becomes addicted, but for many what starts as casual use leads to drug addiction. Drug addiction can cause serious, long-term consequences including problems with physical and mental health, relationships, employment and the law.

Addiction is awfully commonly associated with drugs and alcohol. Addiction is not only related to drugs or alcohol, but it is also tied with things and activities. Addiction to drugs or alcohol are quite similar yet slightly different to addictions to activities and other things. Addiction to drugs and alcohol over time leads to a buildup of tolerance, causing the user to need more of what they are addicted to in order to experience the same or more of an effect than they once needed to attain the same effect. They take drugs to avoid or relieve withdrawal symptoms. Addicts start putting people close to you at risk and jeopardizing your social life just for a little more of what you are addicted to. Addiction to an

For many, the use of drugs is not an instant attraction. Rather it progresses from gateway drugs such marijuana to heavier drug usage such as cocaine or crystal meth. Those who use legal drugs such as smoking are at higher risk of experimenting with harsher illegal drugs and/or combining the use of them. The continuous use of smoking and drinking may result in physiological and psychological dependence. Furthermore, drug use alters the mind and body and its side effects are no secret as they are readily available through a google search; however highly misunderstood. Some neglected risks such as seizures,

Drug addiction has an negative effect for human beings who are addicts and for the general public. Drug addiction means that a person is depended on a drug weather the drug is medication prescribed by a doctor, or illegal and legal legal drugs. Be mindful that alcohol and nicotine are reviewed as drugs although they are legal they are highly addicting. Drug addiction can and will create chaos in your life causing your mental and physical health to deteriorate. You can not fight drug addiction alone. You will need all the help you can get. Be open to your family, friends, and doctors. They may be able to to find you the help that you need from an organized treatment program.