Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-Drug Assignment

Lysergic acid diethylamide also known as LSD is a psychedelic drug from the ergoline family. LSD is well known for its psychological effects. Effects like altered thinking processes, open and closed eye visuals, synesthesia, an altered sense of time, and spiritual experiences. LSD is not addictive but can cause anxiety, paranoia and delusions.

Why is LSD bad for us? LSD can have long term affects on your body, even long after the use of LSD users can experience flashbacks of the the visual hallucinations from LSD, panic attacks, fear of losing control, severe depression, terrifying thoughts and feelings and delusions. Most experiences with LSD cause scary hallucinations instead of fun or exiting ones.

Street Terms for LSD: Back breaker, Elvis, Pane, Battery acid, Loony Tunes, Superman, Doses, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Window pane, Dots, Zen, ect.

From 1991-2000, 90% of all LSD was made by one man, William Leonard Pickard