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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
What is LSD?
LSD (d-lysergic acid diethylamide) can distort perceptions of reality and produce hallucinations, and the effects can be frightening and cause panic. It is sold as tablets, capsules, liquid, or on absorbent paper. LSD produces unpredictable psychological effects lasting about 12 hours. With large enough doses, users experience delusions and hallucinations.
Effects
LSD is a hallucinogen, causing users to see images, hear sounds, and feel sensations that seem real but are not. Some hallucinogens also produce rapid, intense emotional swings. Sensations and feelings change much more dramatically than the physical signs in people under the influence of LSD. The user may feel several different emotions at once or swing rapidly from one emotion to another. The user’s sense of time and self is altered, and experiences may seem to “cross over” different senses, giving the user the feeling of hearing colors and seeing sounds. Some users have reported experiencing terrifying thoughts, feelings of despair, fear of losing control, or fear of insanity and death while using LSD.
LSD users can also experience flashbacks, or recurrences of certain aspects of the drug experience. Flashbacks occur suddenly, often without warning, and may do so within a few days or more than a year after LSD use.
While LSD is not considered an addictive drug since it does not produce compulsive drug-seeking behavior it does, however, produce tolerance, so those who take the drug repeatedly must take progressively higher doses to achieve the desired state of intoxication. Given the unpredictability of the drug, this could lead to more severe problems. Cross-tolerance between LSD and other hallucinogens has also been reported.
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