LSD
Description
LSD ( lysergic acid diethylamide) became known in the year 1938 from a Swiss chemist, Alfred Hofmann. It was mainly used in the 1960s and 1970s as a psycedelic drug and it is an extremely potent hallucinogen. LSD is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. The effects of LSD are unpredictable. Usually the effects of the drug are felt 30 to 90 minutes after using it. The person may experience extreme changes in mood, feel several different emotions at once, or swing really quickly from one emotion to another. If taken this drug in large enough doses, the drug produces delusions and visual hallucinations. Individuals of all ages use LSD however, mainly teens use the drug. Some of the street names for LSD are: acid, doses, hits, microdot, dots, yellow sunshine, boomers, window pane, sugar cubes, tabs and trips.
Physiologial short and long term effects
- Dilated pupils
- Higher or lower body temperature
- Sweating or chills
- Loss of appetite
- Sleeplessness
- Dry mouth
- Tremor
- Increased heart rate
- Nausea
- Violence and agression
- Confusion
- Shaking
- Sense of relaxation
- Potential heart and lung failure
Flashbacks up to years after drug use appear
Depression
Bad memory and concentration
Increased panic
Increased delusions
Decresed motivation
Posssible severe mental disturbances
Psychosis
Sociological effects
- Delusions
- Visual Hallucinations
- An artificial sense of euphoria or certainty
- Distortion of one's sense of time and identity
- Impaired depth perception
- Impaired time perception, distorted perception of the size and shape of objects, movements, colour, sounds, touch and the users own body image
- Severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings
- Fear of losing control
- Panic attacks
- Flashbacks, or a recurrence of the LSD trip, often without warning long after taking LSD
- Severe depression or psychosis
Legal Status of LSD
Trafficking 1-9 grams mixture (one dose is roughly 100 micrograms of LSD, 0.5g including the paper.)
First offense
Not less than 5 years, and not more than 40 years in prison.
Fine is not to exceed $2 million.
Second offense
Not less than 10 years, and not more than life in prison.
Fine is not to exceed $4 million.
If a person is trafficking more than that amount then the fine and prison time double for first and second offense trafficking of LSD.
LSD is extremely dangerous and it is highly addictive due to the strong hallucination effects.
Thankfully we have many help services available to help treat the addiction.
Example,
addictionhelpservices.com
LSD detox
treatmentsolutions.com
Rehab
kidshelpphone.com
MADD
BY.Mishel, Tessa, Martyna