Hallucinogens Flashcards
What is synesthesia?
Transposition of senses
What are delusions
A false belief
What are illusions
A false perception
Two categories
Natural and synthetic (including psychedelic amphetamines)
What is the hallucinogenic ingredient in peyote? And what is it the chemical relative to?
Mescaline, relative to adrenaline
What are natural hallucinogens?
- psilocybin
- peyote
- Silvia divinorum
- jimson weed, bufotenine, morning glory seeds, nutmeg
What are synthetic hallucinogens?
- LSD
- MDMA
- 2CB
- MDA
- DMT
- TMA
What is a bad trip?
Resulting from severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control and despair
Peyote onset and duration
Effects felt within 1/2 hour, lasting 12 hours
Psilocybin onset and duration
Felt within 1/2 hour, last up to 5 hours
LSD onset and duration
Felt within 30-45 min, lasts 6-8 hours
MDMA onset and duration
Felt within several minutes to 1/2 hour, lasting 1-3 hours
Usual methods of administration
- insufflation
- oral
- smoked
- transdermal
Overdose signs
Condition similar to heat stroke, convulsions, intense bad “trip”
General indicators (13)
- body tremors
- dazed appearance
- difficulty with speech
- disoriented
- hallucinations
- impaired perception of time and distance
- memory loss
- nausea
- paranoia
- perspiring
- piloerection (goosebumps)
- synesthesia
- uncoordinated
What does psychotomimetic mean?
Something that mimics psychosis
What are pseudo hallucinations?
When the user is typically aware that what they are seeing, smelling, hearing isn’t real but is a product of the drug
