2. Hallucinogens
Hallucinogen: Drug that causes
hallucinations- profound distortions of reality,
including delusions and false notions.
Hallucinogens produce rapid, intense mood
swings with transitions so fast the user may feel
several emotions simultaneously.
Symptoms include increased heart rate,
blood pressure, convulsions, and seizures.
3. History/Origin
Hallucinogens have played a role in
human life for thousands of years.
Various cultures have used these to
precipitate visions to provide mystical
insight, as medicines, and during social
and religious rituals.
4. LSD
LSD: (Lysergic acid diethylamide) is a drug and a
type of hallucinogen which has no use in the U.S
and is the most potent hallucinogen.
It is a clear, white oderless material with a bitter
taste. It is produced in crystalline form.
It is sold in streets as tablets,capsules, or in liquid
form.
Users of this drug typically feel something within 30-
90 minutes of ingestions.
Symptoms include mood change, sensations and
feelings change.
5. PCP
PCP:(phencyclidine) was developed in the 1950’s
as an intravenous anesthetic. It is used and has
been discontinued due to serious adverse effects.
It is a white crystalline powder that is readily
soluble in water or alcohol.
It can be mixed with dyes and is often sold on the
illicit drug market n a variety tablet, capsule, and
colored powder forms that are normally snorted,
smoked, or orally ingested.
For smoking, PCP is often applied to a leafy
material such as mint, parsley, oregano, or
marijuana.
Effects take place within 4-6 hours.
7. Mescaline and Peyote.
Mescaline is a hallucinogen ingredient that is
found in peyote. ( Peyote is a hallucinogen
similar to LSD)
It is a small spineless cactus which is the main
ingredient involved. It is found in northern
Mexico and southwestern U.S. as a part of
religious ceremonies.
It can be produced through chemical
synthesis.
Peyote is often chewed or soaked in water as
a tea because of its bitter taste.
10. Addiction
Hallucinogens do not produce the
physical dependence that drugs such as
alcohol and heroin do. But the user has
impaired cognitive abilities.
11. Treatment
Individual therapy, group therapy, family
therapy
Teens can avoid this drug by using refusal
skills. Although it is not common in the U.S.
There has been no statistics of this drug
being used in the U.S
12. Statistics
In Europe, as many as 4.2% of those aged 15
to 24 have taken LSD at least once.
In America, since 1975, researchers funded by
the National Institute on Drug Abuse have
annually surveyed nearly 17,000 high school
seniors nationwide to determine trends in drug
use and to measure the students’ attitudes
and beliefs about drug abuse. Between 1975
and 1997, the lowest period of LSD use was
reported by the class of 1986, when 7.2% of
high school seniors reported using LSD at least
once in their lives.
13. Background
Albert Hofmann, a chemist working for
Sandoz Pharmaceutical, synthesized1 LSD
for the first time in 1938, in Basel,
Switzerland, while looking for a blood
stimulant. However, its hallucinogenic
effects were unknown until 1943 when
Hofmann accidentally consumed some
LSD. It was later found that an oral dose of
as little as 25 micrograms is capable of
producing vivid hallucinations.
