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LSD

Description :

Lysergic acid diethylamide is a synthetic hallucinogen made from rye smut, an extremely powerful parasitic mushroom that is active even in very feeble doses.

LSD became illegal during the 70’s and its commercial use has practically ceased. Products sold on the street rarely contain true LSD, but PCP instead, a veterinarian medication that is relatively toxic.

LSD, in pure state, is a white crystalline powder with no odour. It is mostly sold on the street in the form of coloured drops, blotting paper or on gelatine sheets, or mixed with other substances like sugar. Considering that LSD is made in clandestine laboratories, each dose can have a different amount of concentration that is impossible to know for sure.

Users usually take it by oral way, but they can also use it by inhalation or injection. Creating a sensation of euphoria and vertigo, LSD modifies visual, hearing and tactile perceptions. Its effects can be felt within 30 minutes after dose ingestion and can last from 5 to 8 hours. Depressive or exalted evolutions can appear for up to twelve hours.

Short-term effects

Parmi les effets physiques, on trouve

• An augmentation of arterial pressure

• Dilatation of pupils and

• Heartbeat increase

We also frequently see

• A muscular weakness,

• Tremors,

• Nauseas,

• Shivers and

• Hyperventilation.

This drug is usually taken for its effects on perception, on thinking and on emotions. A good feeling for some, panic states for others: “…a very strong intensification of colours, of sounds and of smells. There are coloured hallucinations. The colours transform into sounds and sounds transform into tastes. The objects, the floors, the persons around are distorted and seem to undulate or run. Our own image changes, our limbs separate from the body, the body floats, if you look into a mirror, you can see your face shattered.”

• Loss of contact with reality

• Hallucinations, illusions

• Feeling of heaviness in head, in limbs, in body and cramps in the legs

• Feeling of coldness and loss of sensation in the hands

• Increase of fears and pleasures

• Cries, frights and/or bursts of laughter

• Heartbeat augmentation

Long-term effects

Loss of motivation and interest, prolonged depression and anxiety.

The effect of LSD can spontaneously come back days, weeks or even months after consumption (flash-back); According to statistics, no deaths are directly attributed to the pharmaceutical effects of LSD but some deaths have been attributed to suicide or accidents associated to LSD.

The consumption of this drug during pregnancy could be linked to a rise in spontaneous abortions and newborn birth defects.

Flash-back

No efficient mean exist to stop a “trip” provoked by hallucinogens. Depending on the dose, the context, the person and his state of mind, the effects can differ greatly and create visual, hearing or sensory hallucinations that are more or less strong.

Repeated use is dangerous for mental health. Following chronic use of the product, the organism does not assimilate the entire product. The particles attach themselves in the organism and then detach, provoking another unexpected and incontrollable trip up to a month after use. Some users claim having “flash-back” more than a year after they stopped consumption.