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Title: LSD


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LSD
  • Laketta Habersham

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History of LSD
  • Chemical name lysergic acid diethylamide
  • Man-made found in a fungus-ergot
  • Street names Back breaker, battery acid,
    dots, Elvis, Loonytoons, Lucy in the sky with
    diamonds, pane, superman, Window pane, Zen
  • Most commonly known as acid

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What it does in the body
  • Causes hallucinations
  • Effects are unpredictable and depend on many
    factors
  • The effects of LSD depend on the mental state of
    the user and what the user expects to feel
  • Users refer to their experiences as a trip due
    to the up and down feelings while being on acid.

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Physical Effects
  • Users feel lightheaded
  • Lowered body temperature
  • Dilated pupils
  • Nausea vomiting
  • Increased heart rate
  • Anxious feelings
  • Paranoia

5
  • LSD is generally taken by mouth on blotter papers
    or sugar cubes

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History of Acid
  • Was first discovered by Albert Hofman in 1938
    while looking for a circulatory and respiratory
    stimulant
  • Hofman got high accidently 5 years later did it
    intentionally-Bicycle Day
  • 1948-introduced into US as a psychiatric
    cure-all/ schizophrenia
  • 1963-first time drug appeared on streets

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  • 1967-banned in the US
  • Timothy Leary advocated using the drug
  • Leary was kicked out of Harvard for promoting the
    use of LSD

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There are three side effects of acid enhanced
long-term memory, decreased short-term memory,
and I forget the third Timothy Leary
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  • The drug is a Schedule I
  • Deemed to have a high potential for abuse
  • It has no legitimate medical use in treatment
  • There is a lack of accepted safety for its use
    under medical supervision
  • LSD is Not an addictive drug

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Side Effects
  • Users want to feel a change in mood
  • A distorted sense of space and time
  • Flashbacks
  • Prolonged anxiety and depression after the drug
    is stopped
  • Growing tolerance to the drug

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References
  • www.usdoj.gov
  • www.saps.gov
  • www.nida.nih.gov
  • www.streetdrugs.org
  • www.erowid.org
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