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The effects and hazards of LSD

What are the effects and risks of LSD?

What are the effects and risks of LSD?

Over the next 15 years, LSD was used as an anesthetic and to support psychoanalysis. The counterculture of the 1960s led to it being used for recreational purposes.

As tales of psychedelic “trips,” psychotic behavior, and random acts of violence gained media attention, production was stopped, and in 1967, LSD was banned and classified as a Schedule 1 drug with no acceptable medical use. Its popularity has decreased since the 1970s.

It remains illegal in the United States (U.S.) and elsewhere.

Street names include acid, purple haze, dots, and blotter.

What is LSD?

LSD is an illegal, semi-synthetic drug that combines natural and man-made substances. It is derived from ergot, a fungus that grows on certain grains, and a non-organic chemical called diethylamide.

It stimulates serotonin production in the cortex and deep structures of the brain, by activating serotonin receptors.

These receptors help visualize and interpret the real world. The additional serotonin allows more stimuli to be processed that usual. Normally, the brain filters out irrelevant stimuli, but with LSD this is not the case.

This overstimulation causes changes in thought, attention, perceptions, and emotions.

These alterations appear as hallucinations. Sensations seem real, but they are created by the mind.

The perceptions can involve one or more of the five senses. It can also cause blending of the senses, known as synesthesia. People report “hearing” colors and “seeing” sounds.

Users of LSD talk about good or bad “trips,” or experiences.

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