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 L.)
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 L.)
• 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.
 Effects of ECSTACY
• Ecstasy causes a rise in blood pressure, heartbeat and
temperature.
• Other physical effects include a tingling sensation on the
skin, jaw stiffness, pupil dilation, grinding of the teeth, dry
mouth, tremors, muscle tension and blurred vision.
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.
 Effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
• 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.
• 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.
•Mescaline-This is the active
ingredient of the peyote cactus.
 Effects of Peyote
• Side effects may be feeling of terror, anxiety,
impaired space and color perception and
psychotic reactions. o Physical symptoms are
similar to LSD.
• Peyote produces hallucinations occasionally
sexual in nature.
5. Phencyclidine (PCP)
• It is used as an analgesic and
used also as treatment for
mental disorder.
 Effects of Phencyclidine
• Often produced unpleasant post – operative side –
effects including visual disturbances and delirium.
6. Psilocybin

• This hallucinogenic alkaloid

is from a small Mexican
mushroom.
 Effects of Psilocybin
• 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 or 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.
 Effects of Morning Glory Seeds
• The seeds are highly toxic if ingested.

• Consumption of these seeds may not directly result in the death of the
person, but a morning glory high can lead to self-injury or some awful,
wrong decision, eventually resulting in death.
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