CRI 192: Vice and Drug Education and Control
REVIEWER
(MODULE 10, 11, and 12)
MODULE 10 (HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS)
A. LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE
HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS also known as “PSYCHEDELICS” dramatically alter a user’s
sensory perceptions and create a world in which takes a back seat to intensified sensations by
creating illusions, delusions, and hallucinations.
LSD means LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE
LSD called a semi – synthetic hallucinogen because it was made of both natural and
synthetic components.
SYNTHETIC - are manufactured from human-made chemicals and are usually produced in a
lab setting.
NATURAL – Drugs that came from plants and does not undergo chemical processing.
DIETHYLAMIDE is LSD’s synthetic ingredient.
LSD’s hallucinogenic effects came from lysergic acid which is found in “MORNING
GLORY SEEDS” and more commonly in an ERGOT FUNGUS called “CLAVICA
PUPUREA”.
LSD was discovered in 1938 by two Swiss chemists.
ALBERT HOFMANN (Discovered LSD)
LSD is made from fungus that are forms on rye.
ERGOT FUNGUS
RYE - A cereal plant that tolerates poor soils and low temperatures.
Gi-inom ni Dr. Albert Hofmann and drugs nga nag resulta sa hallucinations.
Adopted by the U.S Army as brainwashing agent and truth serum for prisoner
interrogations.
(Negative effect) Bad trips – called “Nightmare”
Flashback – a recurrence of LSD trip
LSD’s raw form resembles water – colorless and odorless
LSD’s three distinct forms are;
Microdot
Blotter acid
Window pane
LSD IN LIQUID FORM
Drop directly to mouth
Orally by sucking sugar cubes
Swallowing extremely small tablets called “MICRODOT”
Injected because the drug is so powerful
LSD IN POWDER FORM
Inhaled through nose
BLOTTER ACID
The most popular forms of LSD. Small squares of paper that needs to be soaked in LIQUID LSD
WINDOW PANES or GEL TABS
It is clear gelatin squares, administered orally.
MICRODOTS
Extremely small tablets, administered orally.
People takes LSD will experience
INTENSIFIED PERCEPTION OF COLORS, SMELLS, SOUNDS, AND OTHER
SESATIONS.
SYNESTHESIA (Illness) – A person believed he can hear or feel colors and taste sounds.
(Negative effects) Sensory perception are altered; the users experience time slowing
down.
(Common effects) Visual illusions that distort or transform shapes and movements,
intensified colors, flashing lights, and brightly colored geometric designs
LSD dosage, the higher the dosage, the higher the trip.
LSD feeds off your imagination, so every person’s experience is unique.
Taking LSD makes you feel;
1. See and hear things that aren’t there (Hallucinations)
2. Confuse
3. Suspicious
4. Anxious
5. Panicked
6. Frightened
7. Overwhelmed
B. MARIJUANA
CANNABIS
SATIVA INDICA
MARIJUANA FEELINGS
HEMP
MIND PERCEPTION
CANNABIS – Botanical genus.
HEMP – Describe CANNABIS PLANTS that are high in fiber content
MARIJUANA – is used to describe CANNABIS PLANTS that are high in PSYCHOACTIVE
RESINS
SINSEMILLA – technique involves separating female from male plants before pollination. A
growing technique increase the potency of marijuana plant used in the cultivation of
CANNABIS INDICA and CANNABIS SATIVA.
Dried marijuana buds, leaves, and flowers are crushed and rolled into “joints” or smoked
in pipes.
3 PREPARATIONS OF MARIJUANA IN INDIA;
BHANG – Stem and leaves has lowest potency
GANJA – Stronger leaves and flowering tops.
CHARAS – Concentrated resin, most potent.
(The sticky resins are pressed into cakes called “HASHISH”)
COMMON STREET NAMES
Weed, Dope, Ganja, Joint, smoke, etc.
HASHISH OIL – extracted from plants using solvents and added to foods. THC concentration is
as high as 70%
PHYSICAL EFFECTS
Physical relaxation, bloodshot eyes, increase appetite, and other physical effects such as
increased heart rate, decrease blood pressure, and decrease eye pressure.
Impairs tracking causes a trailing phenomenon producing
MENTAL EFFECTS
Confused and mentally separated from environment, drowsiness, and difficulty of
concentrating.
Potent marijuana can cause giddiness, increase alertness, and major distortions of time.
F. DMT (DIME – THYL- TRYP – TAMINE)
Found in South American trees, vines, shrubs, and mushrooms (e.g., Yopo beans) and
synthesized by street chemist
A psychedelic substance similar structure to PSILOCIN. Snorted or injected. South
American tribes used more than 400 years. Several plans “Yopo”, “Cohoba”.
Caused intoxication, loss of awareness of surroundings lasting 30 – 60 minutes or less.
Nickname “BUSINESSMAN’S SPECIAL”.
G. FOXY AND AMT
Both appeared in early 2000s, listed as scheduled drugs.
Effect are hallucinations, euphoria, illusions, formication, etc. Effects lasts 12 to 24
hours, smaller doses last 3 to 6 hours.
