Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)

Ergot can affect any part of the body in both people and animals and can cause problems in any body system, known or unknown. The symptoms can range from mental to physical distresses, such as extreme confusion and hallucinations to convulsions and crippling loss of movement (Bonnet & Basson, 2004). While LSD is not addictive, it can do damage similar to, but not as extensive as, the plant of its origin, ergot.

“The drug has had no long term effects on me, I’ve taken it for 2 years.” he said. “Colors are enhanced and my visions during meditation are more vivid.” “I usually start to feel the effects about an hour after putting a microgram on my tongue” The user says he had a change of faith during his first encounter with a higher being on acid. “I saw a figure floating above me, it was beautiful. The perfect shape yet I couldn’t make out a face. I could feel the higher being giving me energy. I Felt like I was born once again. I now feel like I have more knowledge about nature and my

As adults, our brains are more sophisticated and constrained. When an adult is on LSD, their brains become more flexible and shows resemblances to the flexible brains of infants. What the article is saying is that when someone decides to take LSD, their mind is similar to a baby. Their actions are most likely to resemble a baby 's actions such as drooling or going to the bathroom in their pants. LSD makes an adult act childish and is very dangerous. That is why it is illegal. LSD should remain illegal because adults shouldn’t act like children. If an adult has a child and takes LSD, how are they supposed to take care of their own child if they are acting like one themselves? They can’t.

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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

LSD acts to decrease the responsiveness of the LGN to signals from the retina. How this effects the production of visual hallucinations is unclear LSD is also concentrated highly in parts of the limbic system. The limbic system is dedicated to regulating emotion, aggression, docility, and memory. Also, LSD concentrates in areas of the reticular formation. The reticular formation mediates the level of arousal and alertness in the brain.

Our examination of marijuana and LSD reaffirmed the information from the reading regarding their characteristics. The calcium carbonate crystals at the base of marijuana leaf hairs reacted the HCl to produce CO2 (g), as most carbonates will form CO2 (g) when acids are added. The glowing LSD confirmed that hallucinogens have a tendency to glow under ultraviolet light. Part II demonstrated the solubility rules and ion colors, as seen by AgCl and PbCl, which both precipitated in our experiment.

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.

Since the 1930’s lysergic acid diethylamide, also known as the hallucinogen LSD, has been a topic of controversy and mystery. The components of LSD are lysergic acid and diethylamide. As part of the ergoline family, LSD is often classified as a synthetic drug because it is produced only in a laboratory (Petechuk 10). Users of LSD are people from solid middle- and upper-class backgrounds. They have many opportunities to pursue higher education and to have successful careers (Petechuk 9). To most, this statistic would seem unusual, but LSD is notorious for giving keen insights to life, which is the main interest for its atypical consumers. Another attraction of the drug is its lack of addictive properties. Addiction is a recurrence for

Throughout history a multitude of human populations have been using and abusing a number of psychoactive drugs. These drugs can include very common substances such as caffeine to the more deadly but arguably just as addictive heroine. Further on the list of psychoactive drugs include those of the psychedelic variety. These would include the chemicals such as d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), peyote and psilocybin among others. All of which have hallucinogenic properties that tend to blur the line between fantasy and reality. How dangerous are these chemicals, and what are the consequences of sustained long term use? Due to the controversial nature of the use of psychedelic drugs in a medical setting, the study of short and long term effects

This lecture covered stimulants and hallucinogens, such as the morning glory which has alkaloids similar to LSD, but has about 10th the potency of LSD. Typically the seeds are coated with an herbicide so users must be cautious when using morning glory. Mescaline is derived from the peyote cactus, and is not legal in America, but is permitted in some states for the use among Native American religious ceremonies. Plants with hallucinogenic properties such as belladonna, mandrake, henbane, and Datura have all been around for centuries, and have serve various purposes other than just the psychoactive effects. Henbane has been used as part of a cure for alcoholism, as well as being used to poison hamlets father. The ancient Chinese used Datura to

Berit Brogaard recently conducted a study that looked at Brang and Ramachandran’s serotonin hypothesis across drug-induced and acquired forms of synesthesia. Brogaard states that “it has been shown in several studies that psychedelic hallucinogens that function primarily as serotonin agonists,” such as LSD, often induce “auditorial-visual synesthesia” . It is believed that this form of drug-induced synesthesia is a result of “an alternation of functional brain connectivity” caused by the binding of serotonin to S2a receptors (p. 5).

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

The third primary class of commonly abused drugs are known as hallucinogens. This class is traditionally divided into three subcategories. The first, and most common class is psychedelics. Drugs that fall under this subcategory include LSD, mescaline or peyote, DMT and ayahuasca. The second subcategory is the dissociative category. Drugs of this category include PCP, special K, magic mushrooms, and DXM. The third category of hallucinogens is the deliriants category. Members of this category include mandrake, belladonna, Benadryl and Dramamine in some cases. (The Good Drugs Guide)

An individual’s behavior and emotion becomes chemically altered often resulting in dependency, aggression, onset of diseases and poor judgement. This poses a dangerous threat to the neurotransmitters since they have multiple jobs in different parts of the brain. Drugs of abuse are able to exert influence over the brain reward pathway either by directly influencing the action of dopamine within the system, or by altering the activity of other neurotransmitters that exert a modulatory influence over this pathway. These drugs are often powerful and have been known to trigger schizophrenic behavior and can also cause a person to cease breathing, for example hallucinogens such as LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin are able to artificially stimulate the serotonin receptor (Sapolsky, 2005).