LSD

Hallucinogens alter how the brain perceives time, reality, and the environment around you. They also affect the way you move, react to situations, think, hear, and see. This may make you think that you're hearing voices, seeing images, and feeling things that don't exist.

The impact of hallucinogens varies from time to time, so there is no way to know how much self-control you might maintain. They can cause you to mix up your speech, lose control of your muscles, make meaningless movements, and do aggressive or violent things.

Street names/slang terms:
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, acid, microdot, tabs, doses, trips, hits, sugar cubes, rollercoaster

Drug Type:
LSD is the most common hallucinogen and is one of the most potent mood-changing chemicals.

What does it look like?
Colored tablets, blotter paper, clear liquid, and thin squares of gelatin.

How is it used?
LSD is taken orally and licked off blotter paper. Gelatin and liquid can be put in the eyes.

Short-term Effects:
• dilated pupils
• higher body temperature
• increase heart rate, blood pressure
• sweating
• loss of appetite
• sleeplessness
• dry mouth
• tremors

Long-term Effects:
• flashbacks, chronic recurring hallucinations

Source: Partnership for a Drug-Free America, NIDA, DEA