Lysergic acid diethylamide

Lysergic acid diethylamide

Lysergic acid diethylamide, also known colloquially as acid, is a psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily visual, as well as auditory, hallucinations.

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Hallucinogenic drugs have profound effects on humans including hallucinations and detachment from reality. These remarkable behavioral effects have many similarities to the debilitating symptoms of neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.

LSD use is small doses can produce psychological effects like mild changes in thought, mood, and distorted perception. LSD drug use in large doses can cause distortions in perception of time and space as well as visual hallucinations.

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“LSD”, “acid”, a hallucinogen, is manufactured from lysergic acid found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. LSD causes an altered experience of time, sense and memory, usually within 30–90 minutes after ingestion.

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Fast facts on LSD

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LSD can trigger a range of perceptual changes, often relating to vision, touch, emotions and thinking.

Visual effects include brightened, vivid colors, blurred vision, distorted shapes and colors of objects and faces, and halos of light.

Changes related to touch include shaking, pressure, and lightheadedness.

Mood changes can lead to a sense of euphoria, bliss, peacefulness, dreaminess, and heightened awareness, or despair, anxiety, and confusion. There may be rapid mood swings.

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