Essays Tagged: "Lysergic acid diethylamide"

LSD

However, LSD is a hallucinogenic drug that is very dangerous, despite popular belief.LSD stands for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide. Lysergic acid is extracted from the fungus Ergot, and then left to cryst ... e skin.) Hoffman then sent LSD around the world to be tested and investigated to find medical uses. Lysergic acid deviates were found to relieve migraines and control postpartum hemorrhage because it ...

(3 pages) 68 1 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

How Dangerous are Drugs and What can we do about the drug problem?

dangersof this drug, and they usually do not care about them, making it even more dangerous.LSD, or acid, is a synthetic drug that was originallyfound on the skin of a mushroom. This is considered aps ... hedelic drug. It is very cheap, usually $4 - $5 a trip. Atrip usually consists of 500-600 'mics' of acid. It can be made from morning glory, wood petroleumand other chemicals. The high is very interes ...

(4 pages) 321 3 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Exploring the Relation Between LSD and Serotonin in the Brain.

Exploring the Relation Between LSD and Serotonin in the BrainLysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is one of the most potent mind-altering chemicalsknown to man. It i ... ost potent mind-altering chemicalsknown to man. It is a synthetic hallucinogen that is derived from lysergic acid, a chemical foundwhich is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains ... perties of the drug by absorbing a small amount through hisfingertips during a routine synthesis of lysergic acid (Albert Hofmann Foundation).LSD can be administered a number of ways. The most popular ...

(9 pages) 153 1 3.9 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

LSD.

s from and what it does to the body:-----------------------------------------------------------LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, is a commonly abused hallucinogen drug. It is made from lysergic acid, w ... ur. He was hired by a pharmaceutical drug company, and told to research on ergot. What he found was lysergic acid, which was used to make LSD.Sold as tablets, capsules, or in liquid form, LSD has been ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Drugs

(1 pages) 35 0 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Hallucinogens : effects history and lots of other things about them.

ds of hallucinogens many of them are obscure and not commonly used. The four main hallucinogens are Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), Psilocybin (mushrooms), phencyclidine (PCP) and ecstasy.Ecstasy is ... sy, XTC, X, and many others, for LSD, Axid, Blotter, Tickets, Mister Natural, Mickey Mouse, Purple, Lysergic Acid, Micro Dot, Window Pane, Wedges, Unicorn Acid, Morning Glory, Orange Sunshine, Cubes, ...

(4 pages) 31 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Go Ask Alice

hough she does not want to be a "dope addict"). She also meets Bill who introduced her to Speed and Acid. She tries to stay away from it, but can't.She is also extremely worried because she might have ... addict) with whom she is going to fall in love. To get more money they decide to push (deal) drugs (Acid and Pot) at school. But she finds out that Richie is gay (or bisexual) and only used her to sel ...

(4 pages) 1328 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Depression

their old 'magic tonic' days. And who in the psychiatric profession wants to cop to the release of acid to rich and celebrity circles in the fifties? No, no one wants to admit it, but our dangerous d ... you'll never use.Voiced as unfair restriction, the law means nothing, so from cigarette to joint to acid is no big deal the way things are set up now. At this age, two things saved me.First, a deathly ...

(8 pages) 22 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Go Ask Alice

ky" one who got one of them. After this she gets curious and tries some different drugs like speed, acid and pot. After her experimenting, she swore tat she´ll never do it again, but that´ ...

(3 pages) 1905 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The Influence of Drugs and Music in the 1960's

amazing blur or music and color. (Madine)The drugs of the sixties included the psychedelic LSD and acid as well as the relaxing marijuana. The use of the LSD resulted in good and bad side effects, su ... and bad side effects, such as nightmarish cycles of mania and depression or paranoia (Kurlansky 189)Acid was a lot like LSD. It also had good and bad “Trips”. Marijuana on the other hand was ...

(2 pages) 40 0 3.7 Mar/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative