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What is LSD and what does it do?
The more common name for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide is LSD, a semi-synthetic psychedelic substance that was extremely popular during the mid 1960’s until the early 1970’s when more addictive street drugs became popular. Once a popular favorite of the “hippie” crowd, it has recently become popular with the younger crowd who frequent the club and rave scene. Although the drug was invented by the Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman in the late 1930’s but it’s psychedelic properties were not discovered until World War II.
It would be another four or five years before LSD would be introduced to the US in 1949. At that particular time, numerous researchers and scientists proposed that the drug had some clinically positive applications. Interestingly enough, and despite its recurrent rise in popularity, the DEA does not feel that LSD is a primary drug threat that deserves their full-time focus and attention. Regardless, both the availability and quality of the drug remain high while it remains a popular favorite of younger, recreational drug users.
Effects of the drug
LSD exhibits three types of side effects – physical, psychological, and sensory. These side effects are broken down as follows:
Physical – the primary physical side effects include decreased appetite in some individuals and increased appetites in others, pupil dilation, and wakefulness. Other side effects tend to be highly variable and are oftentimes non-specific many of which being secondary to the psychological ones.
Psychological – the most common psychological side effect is commonly called “the trip” which varies greatly from one individual to the next. Certain factors will affect the intensity of the trip such as dose strength, previous experiences, and the state of the person’s environment and their minds.
Sensory – LSD causes an altered experience and an expansion of the person’s awareness, emotions, memories, senses, and time usually for 6 to 14 hours depending on how much of the drug they have taken and their level of tolerance.
As a result, addiction treatment and recovery centers throughout the US still consider LSD addiction as real and enough of a serious public health threat that they need to provide effective drug rehab programs for any individuals needing them.
The Freedom Center is here to help
Although there are two schools of thought regarding the potential addictiveness of LSD, there are still issues with abuse and a certain level of dependency occurring in many recreational users of the drug. The Freedom Center is here to help you with LSD addiction and can customize a program that effectively targets your specific clinical needs. For more information regarding our facility and the rehab programs we currently offer our clients, please call the toll-free phone number above.
