A patient is brought to the emergency department by a family member.The patient reports seeing colored lights and describes feeling bugs crawling under the skin.The nurse suspects that this patient is abusing which drug?

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A stimulant psychosis can occur with chronic use of any stimulant and,with cocaine,progresses to visual hallucinations of colored lights and tactile hallucinations of bugs crawling under the skin.These are not signs of abuse with alcohol or oxycodone.LSD is classified as a hallucinogen.

A Patient Is Brought to the Emergency Department by a Family