I have done written a bit about illegal and legal drugs and teens and this is just another one to the series if you would like to call it that.....Hallucinogens......These drugs change the way someone percieves the world....They affect all of your senses making you see and/or hear things that don't
exist....They make the user Hallucinate......They are also called Psychedelic drugs......
There are different types of hallucinogens.....Some are natural as in they grow on trees or are seeds fungi leaves etc....and then there is the laboritory made ones.......Liks lsd and Pcp.......
Hallucinogens are not to commonly used these days....They were widely used back in the 60s but now people who use them generally do not use them regularly maybe with a few weeks or months between,,,,This maybe because the pleaseurable effects take a long time to actually get over becuase they are always sooo unpredictable......Alot of websires say that the use of these drugs seems to be on the increase again.......
Heres is a bit more about the different types of Hallucinogens.......
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
Acid Trips are very commonly used here in Australia....These originally were invented as a treatment for some mental illnesses.....It was widely used in the Hippy era because of its pleasurable effects and the 60s seemed to be and era of young people looking for personal freedom and also questioning previous ideas and values of times before....... Lsd is a white odourless powder in it's pure state....It comes in the forms of Liqud, tablets, capsules and squares of little pieces of like paper....It can be swallowed, dissolved on the tongue,sniffed, injected as well as smoked.....this drug is taken in small doses due to its really strong effect.....
PCP (angel dust)
This drug has effects similar to LSD but also gives effects of euphoria and numbness........Heavy users can get psychosis which include aggressivness with paranoia and violent suicidal behaviour as well.....
ECSTASY (Mdma)
I have written about his drug before please click
here to have a look at this one......
MAGIC MUSHROOMS (golden top mushrooms)
These are found in Australia and can be either eaten fresh or cooked up into a tea....They have an ingredient in them called psilocybin.... These are very dangerous and one all to often confused people have mistaken poisonous mushrooms for them which have caused permanent liver damage or even death in some cases...........People use 'magic mushies' in small amounts as this causes relaxation and a slight change of mood.....abut in larger doses it causes stomach pain,vomiting numbness of the mouth and dizziness.....There a few more plants grown in Australia that have hallucinogen effects but have toxic dangerous side effects if enough is used they are Datura and fly agaric mushrooms......
CANNABIS(marijuana)
I have written about this before
here so please go and have a look there to learn more of this one........
There are with all drugs short and long term effects........
The short term term effects usually start withing a half hour of taking these drugs but vary depending on height weight etc.....The user will see brighter colours and shapes and sounds will be sharper.....They can also see sounds and hear colours.....Known as tripping out......Time is slowed down in their minds and sometimes the space they are in seems smaller or bigger.....Users feel a floating sensation or the feeling of being pulled down.....Some users feel confusion some a sense of well being and relaxed......Loss of appetite......And a rapid heart rate and breathing......
BAD TRIPS
Due to this drugs having such a different effect on people depending on their body some people can experience a bad trip......I have been with people in my younger years who have used this and had a 'bad trip'.....They become paranoid and have a feeling of panic....My ex wanted to run awat form the people he was using it with to hide.....He wanted to do things that were unreasonable and risky to say the least.....He became ver paraniod and grabbed a stick and then told us to all get away from himas he backed himself into a corner shaking with eyes dialated and he was shaking.......This is when medical assistance should be called......Even better this is a reason this drug and all should be avoided.....we are all different and every drug used will harvest a different effect in us......My thoughts on this.....Don't do them in the first place.......
The long term effects of this drug are very hard to understand people can get flashbacks where they experience the whole hallucinating of coulours and sounds etc. again days weeks and even years after using this drug.....Even though these flashback only last a minute or two they can be hard and unexpected......
All round the average age of users of this type of drug seems to be around the 18 to 19 year old mark.....It can be younger but as most studies show this is average........Once again the reason for me writing this series of articles about drugs is the more we know about them the more we can tak to our children and inform them of the dangers.....
Please take a look at the links provided below to check out some of the advice links and external links......thanks for taking the time to read about just one more thing that our children could use......
Have a great Day
Cheers
Angie
(February 2007) (
Lexi xxx
