Addictive substances - LSD

LSDWojciech Burda, Paulina Pasieczna, Szymon Smyk

FIRST 30 YEARS – medical usage◦ synthesized by Albert Hoffman on November 16,

1938

◦ short form, LSD, comes from LSD-25, abbreviation for German Lysergsäure-diethylamid

◦ under the name Delysid, introduced by Sandoz Labolatories as a drug in 1947

◦ reducing alcohol addict, pain, increasing creativity – used mostly to enhance psychotherapy, believed to be specially useful at „unblocking” repressed subconscious material

◦ in October 24, 1968 LSD possesion was made illegal in US Albert Hofmann in

2006

CHEMICAL DATA◦ formula: C20H25N3O

◦ sensitive to oxygen, ultraviolet light and chlorine

◦ built similar to serotonin

◦ synthesisable from ergotamine

◦ colorless, tasteless, odorless solid

serotonin

LSD

ergotamine

PHYSICAL EFFECTS◦ Strong mettallic taste

◦ Increased blood pressure

◦Dizziness

◦ Loss of appetite

◦Dry mouth

◦ Sweating

◦Nausea

◦Numbness

◦ Tremors

◦Weakness

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS◦Mood change

◦ Radiant colors experience

◦ ”Rippling” objects

◦ Altered sense of time

◦Crawling geometric patterns

◦ Losing the sense of identity

◦ Flashbacks

◦ Altered sensory experience of senses, emotions, memories, time, awareness for 6 to 14 hours

INTERSTING?◦ According to science reserch, LSD is non-addictive.

◦ For most cases LSD is not dangerous at all, but multiple usage can induce brain damage.

◦ It’s one of a strongest drugs available – amount of approx. 100 to 500 micrograms (an amount roughly equal to one-tenth the mass of a grain of sand) is enough for aattain an effect. There are no similar-working drugs with so small active dose, wich makes LSD completely unimitable.

◦ It’s not possible to overdose LSD.

◦ Flashbacks can sometimes return even after more that 6 months and there is no way to predict or prevent it.

◦Many famous people have confecced the usage of LSD, e.g. Bill Gaates, Salvador Dalí, Steve Jobs, The Beatles, The Fool design colletive, Michael Rios and Aldous Huxley.

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