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What Are
Hallucinogens?
Hallucinogenic drugs - both natural and synthetic -
are substances that distort a person's perception of reality. These drugs
excite the central nervous system and alter the mind, usually causing euphoric
feelings, but sometimes causing severe depression. Some common hallucinogens
are LSD,
PCP,
Peyote,
Mescaline, and
Psilocybe
Mushrooms.
What Are The Effects Of Hallucinogens?
Under the influence of hallucinogens, users' pupils dilate and their
body temperature and blood pressure rise. Hallucinogens distort users senses of
direction, distance, and time. If taken in large doses, the drug produces
delusions and hallucinations. Under the influence of hallucinogens, users may
speak of seeing sounds and hearing colors. Occasionally, post-use depression is
so severe that suicide is possible, but the most common danger is impaired
judgment leading to rash decisions and accidents. People in hallucinogenic
states should be closely supervised and upset as little as possible, to protect
themselves and others. Acute anxiety, restlessness, and sleeplessness are
common side effects while the drug is still in one's system. Long after
hallucinogens have ceased, users may experience "flashbacks" -small recurrences
of psychedelic effects - such as intensification of a perceived color, motion
of a fixed object, or mistaking one object for another, this is due to the drug
being stored in the body tissue for years after use. Recurrent use produces
tolerance, which encourages the use of larger doses.
What is LSD? What
Are The Effects Of LSD?
What Is PCP?
What Are The Effects Of PCP?
Peyote And
Mescaline
Psilocybe
Mushrooms
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