LSD

The researchers conducted their study at the alcoholic unit of the New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute at Princeton, New Jersey. Participants were recruited by offering patients admitted to the institute the opportunity to take part in the experimental LSD program. A total of 28 alcoholics were admitted to the program, and their results were compared to that of a group of 34 alcoholics who took part in a standard comparison program provided by the Alcoholic Unit. Details about the patients were recorded such as their ethnic background, age, and marital status. Subjects were placed into groups of four. The first week was structured as an orientation week, and at the end of the week, two of the members were randomly chosen to be administered

There are many substances in this world that are used and abused in order to achieve pleasing psychoactive effects. Two substances of such nature that are abused in today’s society are alcohol and LSD. Alcohol is a liquid that is derived from the fermentation of grains and/or fruit (7). LSD is an ingestible form of lysergic acid which is derived from a fungus called ergot. Both of these drugs are drastically different with minimal similarities, primarily because alcohol is classified as a depressant and LSD is classified as a hallucinogen. Even though these drugs differ in many ways, they are commonly used in unison.

The experience of being on LSD, also called acid, varies from time to time, person to person, and dose to dose. The following video shows what can happen when a person takes LSD:

LSD relies almost completely on the serotonin neurons in the brain by rearranging and binding them together to create array of effects on the body. LSD is known for the way it reacts to receptor’s in a variety different ways, making the hallucinatory effects

LSD causes to increase of blood pressure, body temperature, weakness and nausea. Sweating is one of the most common effect

According to Scott A. McGreal, there was a strong relationship between the participants who enjoyed the LSD experience to their psychological growth (Pyschologytoday.com). In his article he labels the groups, the peakers who had intensely positive experiences by describing their perceptions as beauty, understanding, and self-transcendence and non-peakers who were disappointed and or frightened. Carhart-Harris and the colleagues determined how much psychological growth was improved by using a measure of self-actualization, a concept developed by Abraham Maslow. The test subjects were given LSD for nine months, after the nine months the group labeled as peakers scored significantly higher on a measure of self-actualization compared to non-peakers (Psychologytoday.com). Their self-actualization scale used a broad range of things relating to psychological health, such as: appreciating relationships, greater happiness, less anxiety, nature appreciation and so

Hallucinogens are drugs that produce hallucinations which produce distortions in a person’s perception of reality. Although, hallucinogens do pose a danger to both our body and mind there is a positive side to hallucinogens for therapeutic uses. The focus will be on three hallucinogens which are LSD, Psilocybin and Ibogaine therapy for their effectiveness for therapeutic uses for addictions to alcohol, smoking cessations etc.

LSD has been studied for decades and the research has produced mixed results. For a lot of individuals, this psychedelic is relaxing and eye-opening. For others, it leaves devastating side effects like flashbacks and an increase in anxiety. Scholarly conversation has changed over the years, yet all came to the same conclusion: LSD can be useful in psychotherapy and treatment of PTSD, but not on everybody. Peter Gasser and his colleagues conducted an experiment on patients with terminal illness who either had been diagnosed with depression or anxiety (interrelated illnesses). Gasser used LSD as the medication in this study to determine its effects on the anxiety of the subjects. The experiment was a double-blind procedure with two treatment

This drug affects through the serotonin receptors in the brain. LSD increases blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature, dizziness, dry mouth, and sweating. This drug basically affects your whole body and the symptoms are sometimes bad depending on how much of the drug you take.

In the 1950s and 60s research into the potential of psychedelic drugs to treat illnesses began but was unfortunately stopped in the 70s due to legal opposition from governments and regulatory bodies. It has only been in very recent years that laws and attitudes regarding psychedelics have changed enough to allow for research to resume. During this time, evidence has been found to suggest that there is an unlocked potential of psychedelics to lower rates of mental illness in many sufferers; treating depression, PTSD, OCD and several anxiety disorders. Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), psilocybin and mescaline are all naturally occurring psychedelics that act on the human serotonin system and have been found to significantly reduce rates of

One of the first areas of LSD experimentation was in treating alcoholism (Dye, 1992, p.36). After extensive research, it was concluded that LSD was not effective on treating alcoholism and the research was discontinued.

First, the major effect of LSD is to alter normal consciousness, such as hallucination and hyperactive or euphoria (6,7, 8 &10). So, central nervous system is one of its targets, and LSD needs to enter BBB. Secondly, LSD can be metabolized by animal’s organ system, possibly by liver, and its metabolites, such as N-desmethyl- LSD, 2-oxo-LSD, 2-oxo-3-hydorxy-LSD and hydroxy-LSD, are usually inactive (8 & 10). In other words, LSD can be possibly detoxified by first-pass metabolism, and in order to have toxic effects on CNS, it has to pass BBB and directly work on

Psychedelics are known for their ability to alter conscious perception and produce transient experiences. The psychedelic experience is often compared to non-ordinary forms of consciousness such as trance, meditation, yoga, religious ecstasy, dreaming and to near-death experiences. With a few exceptions, most psychedelic drugs fall into one of the three following families of chemical compounds; tryptamines, phenethylamines, and lysergamides. Examples include but are not limited to: LSD, LSA, tryptamines, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline, MDMA, MDEA, and MDA. Most of these psychedelics function on the neurological level by influencing agonizing serotonin receptors in different acute regions of the brain, which distinguishes one psychedelic metabolite from another. While this may be the case, part of the

People who use this drug feel happy, loving, alert and focused, but very relaxed when under the influence. Users do not normally use it on its own, it is commonly used with alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamines. After effects of the drug are, confusion, depression, sleep difficulties, drug cravings, and anxiety. Ecstasy affects the brain by altering the chemical messengers or neurotransmitters, it enables nerve cells in the brain, it raises body temperatures and releases something called norepinephrine it causes an increase in heart rate and in blood pressure as well. This drug is potentially used in nightclubs and various dance parties. An overdose of this drug is more likely to occur when other drugs or alcohol are involved in the situation. Ecstasy is often called “the love pill” because it heightens perceptions of color and sound and supposedly amplifies sensations when one touches or caresses another, particularly during sex. But Ecstasy often contains hallucinogens, which are drugs that act on the mind and cause people to see or feel things that are not really there. Hallucinogens can push people into a scary or sad experience from the past, where they get stuck without even realizing what is happening to the person. The image of Ecstasy as a “love pill” is one of multiple lies that are spread about the drug.

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is a hallucinogen that is produced from lysergic acid, found in the ergot fungus that is found growing on rye and other grains. The drug is produced in crystal form, which can be converted to liquid form or put onto absorbent paper to be distributed. LSD is colorless, odorless, but has a slightly bitter taste. LSD was created by Albert Hoffman, who synthesized the drug in 1938 looking for a blood stimulant. The hallucinogenic effects were discovered in 1943, when Hoffman accidently consumed some of the substance.1 LSD was then used by physiatrists from the 1940s to the 1960s to find some medical use for it, due to its similarity in effects that are shared with psychosis2. Although no medical purpose was found