Acid/LSD
If you have additional concerns about drugs, you can refer to the links page for various agencies that assist youth with drug-related issues or you can contact your School Resource Officer or call 403-206-8399. Possessing, producing and trafficking in LSD can result in fines, a prison sentence and a criminal record.What is acid?
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is commonly known as "acid." It belongs to a family of drugs known as hallucinogens. LSD is very powerful and, in its pure form, it is a liquid. It is rarely sold in capsules or as tablets. In its most common form, it is absorbed into blotter paper, and sometimes into sugar cubes.What can I expect if I take acid?
You can usually feel the effects of LSD in 30 to 45 minutes and these effects can last from six to 12 hours. LSD has dramatic effects on your emotions. You may feel euphoric - high - but this can quickly change to sadness or fear, and back again. You may even feel more than one emotion at the same time. LSD also changes the way you see, smell, hear, taste, and touch. It can make you hallucinate. (You think that you see, hear or smell things that are not actually there.) Trivial matters may suddenly seem important, making you feel as if you are going through a magical experience.Other side effects include:
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What can happen down the road?
Some LSD users experience "flashbacks." They usually involve visual hallucinations from past acid trips, but can involve other senses such as taste, smell and touch. They generally last a few seconds or minutes. For people with psychological problems, LSD use can result in prolonged psychotic states. Although rare, there have been reports of visual disturbances such as prolonged after-images caused by LSD.LSD has also been associated with suicides, accidental deaths, murders, and self-inflicted wounds. Some chronic heavy users of LSD show apathy, lack of interest in the future, and are easily frustrated.
If you use drugs often, you can develop serious personal problems. Using drugs can become more important than your family and friends. You may continue using even when your job or schoolwork is suffering, or when you run into financial, spiritual or legal problems. Young people who use drugs heavily may not learn how to solve problems, handle their emotions and become mature, responsible adults. When used by expectant mothers, LSD may cause birth defects or miscarriages.
How addictive is it?
You can develop a tolerance to LSD very quickly, which means that after taking it for several days, you can no longer feel the psychedelic effects. To feel them again, users must abstain for a few days.LSD does not cause physical dependence, even after long-term use. Regular users can become psychologically dependent. They feel they need the drug and it becomes the centre of their lives. Without it, they get anxious or even panicky.
For more information on acid, visit streetdrugs.org.
Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 1:40 PM