LSD: The Possibility Of Triggering A Peak Experience

When observing LSD’s impact on human health, one would expect the environmental impact of this drug to be equally as detrimental. This, however, is not the case. LSD poses very little harm on the environment; there are almost no consequences of this drug escaping into the ecosystem. If leaked into large water streams, LSD’s solubility enables it to disperse enough that it has insignificant repercussions on aquatic life. If leaked into lakes or ponds, LSD poses more of a treat onto aquatic life, but not a deadly one. As stated in commercial uses, water concentrated with LSD has no negative physical effects on fish other than making them surface. However, because amides like LSD contain alkaline/basic properties, the drug retains the ability of making the Ph of water more basic.

For thousands of years people have spoke of all types of visions. Whether the visions were from religious groups, Indian tribes, or self proclaimed prophets; all types of people have seen things. This was more than likely occurring with the help of different types of hallucinogens. Hallucinogens have been around since the beginning of time. Some mushrooms, cactus flowers, and even different types of mold are all able to produce hallucinogenic effects. However, it was only within the last century that man actually started to produce his own. LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide-25, is a relatively new substance in society. All known effects show LSD, or acid, as the harmful drug most people know it as. There are people who believe

In the sixties, the psychedelic music scene was at its prime and the world was full of hippie musicians that loved to drop acid and create some of the most interesting and innovative music known to man. During this time, drugs were a very popular part of the hippie culture and the prevalence of LSD helped to create the distinct genre of psychedelic music known as psychedelic or acid rock. Many bands and artists such as Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, and The Byrds were heavily influenced by LSD, which led to the creation of some very popular music. This decade was full of adventure, music, sex, and drugs, and it was all made possible due to this powerfully trippy drug.

Bob presented many of his self-visualized problems in our first session, and became somewhat sad while doing so. Bob indicated that he thought that he could reasonably complete his time in counseling after between 10 and 15 sessions, so it was agreed upon that we would function under the assumption that we would complete 12. In our first session, Bob described his experience with LSD in great detail, and indicated that this is the only cause of his anxiety that he could think of. He had trouble beginning to speak about his family life, however after a little encouragement, he was able to speak

Furthermore, she first completed questionnaires, chatted with the monitors, and settled down in a comfortable space where the session took place. After taking a capsule of the concentrated hallucinogen psilocybin, she then reclined in a comfortable chair, with eyeshades, and headphones that were playing classical music to further endure that she was to have a comfortable experience. At the end of the session, after the psilocybin effects worn off, she completed more questionnaires. Similar to all the other 35 participants, her responses indicated that during the time spent in the session room she had gone through a “profound mystical-like experience similar to those reported by spiritual seekers in many cultures and across the ages--one characterized by a sense of interconnectedness with all people and things, accompanied by the feeling of transcending time and space, and of sacredness and joy.” A year later, as a follow up research, Andy regarded it as “the most personally meaningful and spiritually significant event of her life”. She felt it had “brought on positive changes in her moods, attitudes and behaviors, as well as a noticeable increase in overall life satisfaction”. But on the

LSD has potential medical and therapeutic uses. Even though LSD 's illegalization caused a drastic

Throughout the history of the human species, we have been always wanted to know three basic questions: why we are here, where did we come from, and where do we go after this life? Whether we were created from an omnipotent being as in many religions, we happened by chance and made it to where we are through evolution, or maybe even something else. Whatever the case may be, humans have always been curious and wondered about our existence and consciousness. Along with these age old questions, also came the use of psychoactive drugs and other mind altering substances. In order to try to understand these questions, humans have experimented with drugs that alter their state of consciousness.

Chemistry of LSD and Route of Access Classification Pharmacologically, the commonly abused hallucinogenic substances may be divided into two major groups. The indolealkylamines, including d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin, and dimethyltryptamine (DMT) bear a structural resemblance to the neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin). The phenylethylamines, including mescaline and the phenylisopropylamines such as 2,

The author is a young man who obliviously is not self-effacing about his own usage and enjoyment of drugs. He used LSD, which in the fall of 2001 he realized that he had not seen the drug in ages and it was nowhere to be found; not for others or even for himself and statistics showed the decrease of the acid and its usage also. Dissatisfied with the situation He went to see his friend, Professor Peter Reuter who is a

Ayahuasca was reported as the work of the devil since nobody really knows where it came or since when they have been using it. The earliest Europeans to mention Ayahuasca were Jesuits who traveled to the Amazon. The earliest reports of the “diabolical potion,” was written in 1737, which was described as an intoxicating potion called ayahuasca. Several other explorers of northwestern South America also referred ayahuasca, as yage or caapi. The serious scientific study of ayahuasca began in 1850s when Richard Spruce, a British school teacher who was an early explorer, made a journey into the Amazon. In 1851, he observed the use of Yage up in the Rio Negro of the Brazilian Amazon among the Tukano Indians. He collected samples of Banisteriopsis

Throughout human history people have sought experiences that somehow transcend every day life. Some sort of wisdom that might progress their knowledge of self and of the world that they live in. For some reason they believed that the tangible world just could not be all there is to life. Some believed in a greater force that controlled them, some believed of invisible beings that influenced their lives, some of an actual other world that paralleled their own. Many of these people also believed that it was possible to catch a glimpse of these forces, beings, or worlds through a variety of means that propel individuals into altered states of consciousness. These techniques include

Katie great job on your discussion post. I have to agree with you, the author was all over the place. I too read this article but felt it was very confusing so I decided not to write my discussion based upon this article. I understand he was talking about the drug Ambien however, he went from comparing it to Ecstasy and LSD then abruptly went to talk about how Eminem and Coldplay use it. Honestly, this is where I lost interest in the article. I also agree that there was no closure. He left me wondering what he was trying to tell us. His thoughts must have been all over the place as it shows in his writing. I found it funny that you thought he might be on something because I too had a similar thought. From his writing, I wondered if he too

On April 16, 1943, Dr. Hoffman decided to do further research with the LSD compound (Dye, 1992 p. 5). While handling the drug,

Psychedelic drug use has been present in both traditions and used recreationally for millennia. Their use can be seen in all corners of the planet by many sects of religions and indigenous peoples. Reasons for usage vary from religious or medical purposes, hunting, war, and spirituality. The drug use was viewed with much less of a negative stigma than it is today.

The life speed of the 21st century is extremely high because everything renews every now and again. Such lifestyle is rather challenging and it leads to think that everything new is the best. Anyway, not all of us agree with this assumption, that’s why I’m going to discuss novelty and how it affects us.