A young adult arrives in the after-hours clinic with dilated pupils, an elevated heart rate, extreme sensitivity to sounds around him, sense of being outside of his body, and fine tremors of the hands. The patient admits to recent use of an illegal street drug. As the nurse collecting this data, you suspect:

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The symptoms described, such as dilated pupils, elevated heart rate, extreme sensitivity to sounds, a sense of being outside of one's body, and fine tremors of the hands, are consistent with the effects of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), a hallucinogenic drug.

A Young Adult Arrives in the After-Hours Clinic with Dilated