LSD's

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Real Name:

• LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide

Street names:

• acid

• blotter

• dots

• mellow yellow

• windowpane

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Drug Name...

---LSD is a Hallucinogenic drug causing changes in mental state.

---It causes sensory confusion and behavioural changes that result from the drug blocking the action of serotonin in the brain.

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What is it? What does it do?

• Effects appear about a half an hour to an hour after it is taken. They last for about twelve hours.

Short-Term Effects...

• Effects appear about a half an hour to an hour after it is taken. They last for about twelve hours.

Short-Term Effects...

Raises Blood Pressure

• Effects appear about a half an hour to an hour after it is taken. They last for about twelve hours.

Short-Term Effects...

Raises Blood PressureRaises Heart Rate

• Effects appear about a half an hour to an hour after it is taken. They last for about twelve hours.

Short-Term Effects...

Raises Blood PressureRaises Heart Rate

Raises Body Temp.

• Effects appear about a half an hour to an hour after it is taken. They last for about twelve hours.

Short-Term Effects...

Raises Blood PressureRaises Heart Rate

Raises Body Temp.

Sweating & Dry Mouth

• Effects appear about a half an hour to an hour after it is taken. They last for about twelve hours.

Short-Term Effects...

Raises Blood PressureRaises Heart Rate

Raises Body Temp.

Sweating & Dry Mouth

Sense of being able to connect with other or themselves.

• Effects appear about a half an hour to an hour after it is taken. They last for about twelve hours.

Short-Term Effects...

Raises Blood PressureRaises Heart Rate

Raises Body Temp.

Sweating & Dry Mouth

Sense of being able to connect with other or themselves.

"A mystical experience"

o psychosis and "flashbacks"

o hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD).

o personality Problems

o seeing bright flashes, halos or trails attached to moving objects.

Long-Term Effects...

LSD typically is sold as a liquid (often packaged in small bottles that look like they hold breath freshening drops) or applied to blotter paper, sugar cubes, gelatin squares, and tablets.

What does it look like?

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LSD

applied to blotter paper, sugar cubes, gelatin squares, and tablets.

• Psychologist at Harvard university during LSD’s most popular time.

• He had experimented with other hallucinogens and became a major promoter of LSD at Harvard.

• With the encouragement of novelist Aldous Huxley, Leary launched a public campaign promoting the use of LSD as a mind expanding drug.

• Brave New World and The Doors of Perception promoted LSD

• Student’s parents were upset with Leary and he ultimately got fired in 1963

• Leary continued promoting the drug around the country and was popular for coining the phrase “turn on, tune in, [and] drop out.”

Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

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