Vice and Drug

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Hallucinogens
HALLUCINOGENS (Psychedelics)
• The word was coined in 1956 by British psychiatrist,
Humphry Osmond
• Refers to a group of drugs that affects the Central Nervous
System producing alteration, intense and varying emotional
changes, ego distortion.
• are drugs capable of provoking changes in sensation,
thinking, self – awareness, and emotion. Alteration of time
and space perception (false perception), illusions,
hallucinations, and delusion.
Effects of Hallucinogens
• Strong emotional feeling.
• Recalling previously suppressed ideas and thoughts.
• A feeling of great creativity and imagination.
• A feeling of oneness with reverse for a bad trip the
following experiences are felt by the user.
Kinds of hallucinogens
1. Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa Lyn)
2. Ecstasy
3. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
4. Peyote
5. Phencyclidine (PCP)
6. Psilocybin
7. Morning Glory Seeds
8 .The Date Rape Drug Rohypnol
1. Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa Lyn)
• It is the most commonly abused hallucinogen in the
Philippines.
• The effects of marijuana include a feeling of grandeur.
It can also produce the opposite effect, a dreamy
sensation of time seeming to stretch out.
Two Varieties of the Cannabis Plant
a. Resin – Producing (female MJ)
• THC is found most abundantly in the upper
leaves, barks, and flowers of the resin–producing
plant.
b. Fiber – Producing (male MJ)  contains lesser
THC
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
• most active and are considered responsible for
the hallucinogenic effect of MJ.
• THC contains the highest concentration of the
drug.
Effects of Taking Marijuana
• Shortly after inhaling the smoke, the user experiences a
feeling of “inner joy” that is out of proportion to any apparent
cause – described as being high.
• Excitement
• but eventually leads to sleepiness)
• Depression
• Hallucination
• Psychosis/delusion
• “Food trip”  euphoria
Phantasmagoria

• sensation that figures are rushing

toward him at tremendous speed,
increasing in size as they approach.
•Potheads (MJ addicts)
GENERAL DRUG TEST
• Duquenois Levine Test has been found to be the
only satisfactory chemical test for the
identification of marijuana.
 2.ECSTACY
• popular club drug with both hallucinogenic and stimulant
properties, boosts empathy and feelings of interpersonal
closeness.
• Scientific Name: Methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA
• Street / Slang Names Designers Drug, X, XTC, Rave, E, Eckie,
Love Drug, Flying Saucer, LBD or Libido, Jagged Little Pill,
Adam, Eve, Artist Drug, Hug Drug, MDA, MDEA, Love Doves,
Disco Biscuit, etc.
3. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
• This drug was first synthesized by Dr. Albert Hoffman and Dr.
Arthur Stool from the ergot plants.
• This drug is the most powerful of the Psychedelics and it is 1,
000 times more powerful than marijuana.
• LSD causes perceptual changes so that the user sees colors,
shapes, or objects more intensely than normal person can and
may have hallucinations of things that are not real.
• To him the real objects seem to change, buildings seem to be
cracking open, and walls pulsating.
• Physical effects: flush face, increase blood
pressure, profuse sweating, nausea, and
rapid heartbeat.
4.Peyote
• It is derived from the surface part of a small gray-brown cactus.
Peyote emits a nauseating odor and its user suffers from nausea.
• Peyote produces hallucinations occasionally sexual in nature.
• Side effects may be feeling of terror, anxiety, impaired space
and color perception and psychotic reactions. o Physical
symptoms are similar to LSD.

•Mescaline-This is the active ingredient of the peyote

cactus.
5.Phencyclidine (PCP)
• It is used as an analgesic and used also as
treatment for mental disorder.
• Often produced unpleasant post – operative
side – effects including visual disturbances
and delirium.
6.Psilocybin
• This hallucinogenic alkaloid is from a small Mexican
mushroom. These mushrooms induced nausea, muscular
relaxation, mood changes with visions of bright colors and
shapes.
• Hallucinogenic effect may last for 4 – 5 hours and later may
be followed by depressions, laziness, and complete loss of
time and space perceptions.
• Physiological effects produced by this drug is similar to LSD.
 7.Morning Glory Seeds o Known as Lysergic
Acid Amide
• The black and brown seeds of the wild tropical morning
glory that are used to produce hallucinations. The seeds are
ground into flour, soaked in cold water, then strained through
a cloth and drunk.
• The active ingredient in the seed is similar to LSD although
less potent.
8.The Date Rape Drug Rohypnol
• Rohypnol is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. The drug
dissolves with ease, especially in carbonated drinks.
• Rohypnol alone can produce incapacitating sedative effects
that last between eight to twelve hours.
• Rohypnol is known as a club drug with slang term as:
• roofies
• rophies
• roche
• roach
• rope
• forget-me drug.
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