Designer drugs are synthetic versions of existing drugs and cause similar effects. Those who make designer drugs chemically aim to manufacture products with similar effects to controlled and illicit substances. These drugs have serious...
Hallucinogenic drugs are substances that cause temporary but profound changes in perception and self-identity. Although LSD is the most recognized hallucinogenic drug in the world, other substances, both natural and synthetic, can also instigate...
Drugs such as narcotics and pharmaceutical or prescribed medications can be abused by people and result in severe effects on the brain. Abuse can cause short-term memory impairment, damage cognitive abilities of the brain and cause...
When you hear the word acid, you probably think of corrosive chemicals or the recreational drug called lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD. To a chemist, however, an acid is just a compound that donates or gives away a hydrogen ion, and many acids...
What is LSD? Lysergic Acid Diathylamide (LSD) is a psychoactive hallucinogenic drug. It comes in a variety of forms, but is most commonly sold in the form of blotter papers, which are small paper squares that have been dipped in LSD. The drug...
The 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health indicates 20.1 million Americans currently use illicit drugs. This number includes people using prescription drugs for non-medicinal purposes. The kinds of drugs people abuse are grouped into...
The abuse of prescription and illegal narcotic drugs can have devastating effects on both the user and the family. These adverse effects include physical, mental and emotional damage as well as the loss of financial independence, social networks...
A sudden awareness of the heart beating abnormally is a heart palpitation. An unusually fast heart rhythm often triggers heart palpitations. Many factors and conditions can cause fast heart palpitations, including medications, metabolic imbalances...
With normal hearing, sound waves start a series of vibrations that send signals to the brain, according to Macalester College. But, with auditory hallucinations, there are no incoming auditory stimuli to cause the sounds. Auditory hallucinations...
Psychoactive, psychotropic or mind-altering drugs change behavior by acting on the central nervous system, or CNS, which includes the brain and spinal cord. Psychopharmacology is the study of how psychoactive drugs affect the brain and behavior....
LSD is an illegal drug with a long and checkered history. Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD-25, was first made by the Swiss drug manufacturer Sandoz in 1938. On Nov. 16 of that year, a young chemist named Albert Hofmann was working on finding...
According to Lab Tests Online, drug screening usually begins with an initial test, followed by a confirmatory or quantitative test. Detecting drugs on a drug screen depends on the type of screen performed. Urine, blood, hair, sweat and saliva...
Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter responsible for several brain functions. It is chemically categorized, along with dopamine and norepinephrine, as a monoamine neurotransmitter, which means a single amine functional group is in its...
Hallucinogens are drugs taken recreationally to alter thoughts, perceptions and emotions. The hallucinogens, more commonly known as psychedelics, produce visual, auditory and other sensory hallucinations--experiences that are not real. Euphoria...
