Deck 14: Hallucinogens

Question 1

Why was LSD used in psychoanalysis in the 1950s and 1960s? How does this relate to its proposed use by the Army and the CIA?

Answer 1

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a phantastica drug. The Dr. Albert Hofmann is called as father of LSD. This is because he synthesized the drug for the first time in the year 1938 from ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea. It is a potent hallucinogen, which acts in micrograms.
LSD is able to activate subconscious mind of an individual. It is used as an adjunct to psychotherapy. This is because mostly it does not cause the side effects in an individual. In the modern days, it is used as truth serum by the army and CIA. This drug helps army and soldiers to know the truth from the prisoners.
Phantastica: These drugs alter the perception of an individual while he remains in communication with the present world. These drugs create a world of fantasy. The indole and catechol hallucinogens are grouped under phantastica. The other examples of these drugs are psilocybin and mescaline.

Question 2

Describe the dependence potential of LSD in terms of tolerance, physical dependence, and psychological dependence.

Answer 2

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a phantastica drug. The Dr. Albert Hofmann is called as father of LSD. This is because he synthesized the drug for the first time in the year 1938 from ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea. It is a potent hallucinogen, which acts in micrograms.
The individual develops tolerance rapidly against LSD. The person also develops cross tolerance. Physically and psychologically the drug has no effect on the individual. The common effect on the individual is addiction to the drug and feels to take it often.
LSD is able to activate subconscious mind of an individual. Thus, it is called psychoactive drug. It is used as an adjunct to psychotherapy. In the modern days, it is used as truth serum by the army and CIA.

Question 3

What is the diagnostic term for flashbacks?

Answer 3

The flashback is also called analepsis. It is an involuntary recurrent memory in which the individual experiences the sudden, usually powerful, and elements of past experience.
The reoccurrence of symptoms developed by the usage of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is called flashback. This condition arises weeks or months after the use of LSD. The diagnostic term used to describe this condition is called "hallucinogen persisting perception disorder".
LSD is a psychoactive drug. The Dr. Albert Hofmann is called as father of LSD. This is because he synthesized the drug for the first time in the year 1938 from ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea. It is a potent hallucinogen, which acts in micrograms. It is used as an adjunct to psychotherapy. In the modern days, it is used as truth serum by the army and CIA.

Question 4

What is the active agent in the "magic mushrooms" of Mexico, and is it an indoleor a catechol?

Question 5

Besides the psychological effects, what other effects are reliably produced by peyote?

Question 6

Contrast MDMA and PCP in terms of how they appear to make people feel about being close to others.

Question 7

Which of the hallucinogenic plants was most associated with witchcraft?

Question 8

What can be concluded from the evidence regarding the neurotoxic effects of MDMA?

Question 9

Which hallucinogen acts as an agonist at kappa opiate receptors?

Question 10

What are the distinctions among phantastica, deliriants, psychedelics, psychotomimetics, entheogens, and hallucinogens?