Psychedelic Drugs & Hallucinogens
The name of a drug that can affect all senses, altering a person’s thinking, sense of time, and emotions
What is a psychedelic drug?
A chemist who worked for Sandoz Pharmaceutical and made LSD for the first time in 1938
Who was Albert Hofmann?
LSD currently has no ____ use.
What is medical?
LSD is a schedule _____ substance, which means the FDA designates the drug as one of the most dangerous substances.
What is I (One)?
LSD is ____ in the U.S. and Canada.
What is illegal?
Something that causes people to hallucinate, seeing or hearing things that do not exist
What is a hallucinogen?
A dose as little as ____ micrograms of LSD is capable of producing vivid hallucinations.
What is 25?
People who take LSD may feel they are losing their ____ or are disintegrating into nothingness.
What is identity?
New research on the benefits of LSD show it can reduce symptoms of ____ and depression, and can potentially help people trying to overcome a drug dependence.
What is anxiety?
In its pure state, LSD is a white, odorless, ______ substance.
What is crystalline?
An adverse effect due to the use of hallucinogens is ___ pupils.
What is dilated?
LSD is so potent that it is often ____ with other materials.
What is diluted?
The effects of LSD come on ______ within an hour of taking the drug.
What is gradually?
The renewed interest in LSD builds on studies from 40 years ago that looked at treating: depression, _____ , drug dependence, and reducing anxiety in patients with a life-threatening disease.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
LSD can also be in liquid form, in a tablet, or in a ___.
What is capsule?
An adverse effect due to the use of hallucinogens is loss of _____.
What is appetite?
The most common form that LSD comes in is drops of LSD solution dried onto _____ sheets, pieces of blotting paper or sugar cubes.
What is gelatin?
The _____ of the effect depends on the size of the dose of LSD, and some users feel fatigued for 12-24 hours after it’s over.
What is intensity?
If you take LSD, do not drive, operate machinery, or ____.
What is swim?
LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in a _____ that grows on rye and other grains.
What is fungus?
An adverse effect due to the use of hallucinogens is an _____ body temperature/heart rate and blood pressure.
What is increased/elevated?
A few street names of LSD include: acid, blotter, microdot, and _______.
What is window pane?
LSD can be _____; some people who use it repeatedly feel compelled to take it.
What is addictive?
If a tab has a bitter taste, discard immediately as it is likely not LSD. It could be a more harmful substance such as _____ which is often sold as LSD.
What is NBOMe?
When using LSD, you have intense sensory experiences (brighter colors and sharper sounds), mixing of the sense (colors are heard or sounds seen), distorted sense of ____ and ____ (a minute could be seen as an hour), and distorted body image.
What is time and space?