Deck 6: Lsd and Other Hallucinogens

Question 1

Synesthesia refers to an intermingling of visual and auditory sensations.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

LSD use is highly likely to result in drug dependence.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

LSD is one of the most psychoactive drugs known.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Millions of deaths in the United States have been attributed solely to LSD overdose.

Question 5

Outbreaks of ergotism have been recorded from the Middle Ages to as late as the 1700s.

Question 6

MDMA (Ecstasy)is a hallucinogen chemically related to norepinephrine.

Question 7

The half-life of LSD is approximately three hours.

Question 8

Albert Hofmann worked for Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert at Harvard University.

Question 9

Psychedelic means "mind-reducing."

Question 10

The toxicity of LSD is low.

Question 11

Research has shown that LSD panic leads to a more permanent psychiatric breakdown.

Question 12

The most widely known hallucinogen,LSD,does not exist in nature.

Question 13

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)researched LSD for its possible application in espionage work.

Question 14

LSD dosage levels are approximately the same as those experienced in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Question 15

A hallucination is the distorted perception of something that really exists.

Question 16

Approximately 6,000 plant species have psychoactive properties.

Question 17

PCP and ketamine are chemically related to the neurotransmitter serotonin.

Question 18

Drugs chemically related to dopamine make up one of the three principal categories of hallucinogens.

Question 19

LSD is a Schedule V controlled substance under federal drug regulations.

Question 20

It is virtually impossible to "come down" from LSD at will.

Question 21

Though there is no scientific evidence to prove it,much of society believes LSD causes genetic damage.

Question 22

The active ingredient in amanita muscaria is muscarine.

Question 23

The principal acute effect of MDMA is severe hyperthermia.

Question 24

The hallucinogen mescaline is derived from a spineless cactus called peyote.

Question 25

LSD has been documented to increase artistic creativity but not musical creativity.

Question 26

Since the early 1990s,MDMA has become prominent among the new club drugs.

Question 27

LSD and mescaline share a common brain mechanism.

Question 28

The ayahuasca drink,employed by many South American shamans,contains harmine.

Question 29

Flashbacks never occur with someone who has used LSD one time only.

Question 30

"Ecstasy" is now a street drug,but it has been formerly used in psychiatry,under the name of DOM.

Question 31

Psilocybin comes from plants native to mountainous regions of northern Asia.

Question 32

"Freaking out" on LSD is dangerous but never life-threatening.

Question 33

LSD produces more strongly visual hallucinations than psilocybin.

Question 34

Research has shown a link between LSD use and high rates of birth defects.

Question 35

Psilocin is an inactive form of psilocybin.

Question 36

Harmine has been referred to as "the businessman's LSD."

Question 37

There is a strong relationship between LSD and violent behavior.

Question 38

There is concern that the lower current prevalence rate for Ecstasy among secondary school students,relative to its peak around 2001,may not sustain itself in the near future.

Question 39

LSD mimics the experience of schizophrenic psychosis.

Question 40

MDMA is also known as Ecstasy.

Question 41

The experience of ingesting a hallucinogen might be best described as __________.

A)hallucinogenic rather than illusionogenic
B)illusionogenic rather than hallucinogenic
C)psycholytic rather than psychedelic
D)schizophrenic rather than normal

Question 42

Datura plants yield hallucinogens chemically related to serotonin.

Question 43

Amanita mushrooms produce muscular spasms.

Question 44

Ketamine was changed from a Schedule III to a Schedule II drug in 1999.

Question 45

Hofmann's first "acid trip" occurred when LSD accidentally __________.

A)made contact with his fingertips
B)was breathed in as a vapor
C)spilled onto Hofmann's lap
D)attached itself to Hofmann's briefcase

Question 46

One element of early experiences with LSD was __________.

A)the intermingling of visual and auditory sensations
B)the extreme paranoia that resulted
C)the sense of extreme tranquility and peace
D)the mild convulsive seizures

Question 47

Which of the following terms has NOT been used to define LSD?

A)psychomimetic
B)psychodysleptic
C)psychodiuretic
D)psycholytic

Question 48

The hallucinogen most closely associated with date rape is ketamine.

Question 49

The term "psychedelic" literally means __________.

A)mind-dissolving
B)mind-disrupting
C)mind- and food-oriented
D)mind-expanding

Question 50

Mandrake contains a combination of atropine,scopolamine,and hyoscyamine.

Question 51

Once ingested as a pill,PCP is typically smoked in more recent instances of abuse.

Question 52

Amanita muscaria drugs block the effects of serotonin.

Question 53

The actual discoverer of LSD in was __________.

A)Adam Sertürner
B)Albert Hofmann
C)a Navajo shaman in Arizona
D)Richard Alpert

Question 54

The biggest hazard of ketamine is depression of breathing.

Question 55

The first deliberate testing of LSD involved a dosage __________.

A)approximately equivalent to levels ingested during the 1970s
B)100 times the typical dose for LSD
C)5 times the typical dose for LSD
D)much smaller than the typical dose for LSD

Question 56

When first testing LSD,Hofmann __________.

A)did not react in any way
B)felt the sensation of bugs on his skin
C)experienced hallucinations
D)fell into a deep sleep for several hours

Question 57

Which descriptor is the most negative one with regard to hallucinogens?

A)psychedelic
B)psychotomimetic
C)psychodysleptic
D)psycholytic

Question 58

Angel dust is another name for LSD.

Question 59

Which of the following is an example of a hallucination?

A)seeing an image that is not real
B)hearing a voice that is louder than the voice everyone else hears
C)being able to sense that something will happen before it actually happens
D)both A and C

Question 60

Phencyclidine (PCP)was once used medically as a surgical anesthetic.

Question 61

Infected rye grain can result in symptoms of __________.

A)panic attack
B)intoxication
C)ergotism
D)mescalinism

Question 62

Ingestion of ergot can lead to __________.

A)gangrene,burning pain,and loss of limbs
B)euphoria,irritability,and stupor
C)hallucinations of insects on one's skin
D)an odd sense of peace and tranquility

Question 63

Ergot is a fungus __________.

A)found atop desert cactus plants
B)in moldy rye grain
C)attached to morning glory seeds
D)related to penicillin

Question 64

The earliest hallucinogen sessions at Harvard University __________.

A)were not under medical supervision
B)involved Leary taking the hallucinogen along with the experimental participants
C)were totally unstructured
D)had objective observers reporting the responses of the experimental participants

Question 65

Psilocybin is found in __________.

A)moldy rye grain
B)mushrooms
C)tainted water
D)gelatin chips

Question 66

Atropine and scopolamine are two hallucinogens that are chemically related to __________.

A)serotonin
B)norepinephrine
C)dopamine
D)acetylcholine

Question 67

LSD was once believed to be a useful treatment for __________.

A)Parkinson's disease
B)schizophrenia
C)Alzheimer's disease
D)panic attacks

Question 68

A hallucinogen that is chemically similar to norepinephrine is __________.

A)LSD
B)harmine
C)mescaline
D)PCP

Question 69

LSD was accidentally discovered in a program of research focusing upon efforts to reduce __________.

A)schizophrenic symptoms
B)the abuse potential of sleeping pills
C)bleeding in uterine muscle
D)symptoms of heroin withdrawal

Question 70

PCP and ketamine are two hallucinogens that are chemically related to __________.

A)serotonin
B)norepinephrine
C)acetylcholine
D)no known neurotransmitters

Question 71

Timothy Leary originally was a __________.

A)shoe salesman
B)sociologist
C)novelist
D)clinical psychologist

Question 72

Technically,a drug such as _______ could be classified as a hallucinogen when dose levels are very high.

A)heroin
B)cocaine
C)Valium
D)codeine

Question 73

The advice,"Turn on,tune in,and drop out," is attributed to whom?

A)Albert Hofmann
B)Jerry Garcia
C)Timothy Leary
D)Aldous Huxley

Question 74

Timothy Leary's first hallucinogenic experience involved the ingestion of __________.

A)psilocybin mushrooms
B)DOM
C)LSD
D)peyote seeds

Question 75

In early research on hallucinogens,Leary and Alpert studied __________.

A)first LSD and later psilocybin
B)first psilocybin and later LSD
C)first prescription hallucinogens and later illicit ones
D)first the reactions of other people and later their own

Question 76

Drugs that closely resemble all of the following neurotransmitters except ______ comprise the three principal categories of hallucinations.

A)serotonin
B)norepinepherine
C)dopamine
D)acetylcholine

Question 77

LSD,psilocybin,and morning glory seeds are hallucinogens chemically similar to __________.

A)serotonin
B)norepinephrine
C)acetylcholine
D)no known neurotransmitters

Question 78

LSD was made illegal __________.

A)in 1966
B)as early as 1957
C)as late as 1981
D)at no time;it is still technically legal

Question 79

LSD-25 was the official name for LSD because __________.

A)the year of its discovery was the twenty-fifth anniversary of laboratory in which it was first isolated
B)it was the twenty-fifth variation to be tested
C)it was discovered on July 25,1943
D)it was approximately twenty-five times more potent than mescaline

Question 80

One theory of the origin of the Salem witch trials in is that __________.

A)town residents were infected with ergot-infected rye grain
B)Albert Hofmann had poisoned the water supply
C)peyote had been ingested by young girls in the community
D)all of the above