Drug Abuse and Addiction Treatment Center

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Drug Abuse and Addiction Treatment Center

• Drugs are chemicals that act on the brain and
  body, causing different kinds of outcomes and
  effects.

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Resources

• BLVD we honor this decision by providing the most
  comprehensive and integrative treatment and rehab
  available for addictive and co-occurring
  disorders. Our approach is evidence-based,
  trauma-informed, and client-centered. Through a
  combination of methods, we empower our clients
  with the most effective techniques for preventing
  relapse.

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ACID/LSD THE MIND-OPENING DRUG
TAKING THE TRIP
LSD is one of the most powerful mind-altering
drugs known to all aspects of the drug culture,
including big pharmaceutical.
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HOW LSD IS KNOWN ON THE STREET

• LSD is sold on the street in small tablets called
  microdots. It is also provided in capsule or
  gelatin squares which go by the name window
  panes.

Acid is sometimes added to absorbent paper, then
divided into small squares decorated with designs
or cartoon characters. This form of LSD is
commonly referred to as loony toons.
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WHAT IS AN LSD TRIP?

• Those who are veterans of LSD usage call the
  experience of being on the drug a trip.

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Throughout the duration of a trip, ones mood
could be joyful and ecstatic.

• Trips last up to twelve hours. During this
  period, a persons senses are increased to an
  higher level colors are brighter, routine
  situations are much more intense, and the
  perception of time is distorted, which can make
  the trip seem much longer.
• However, much of this depends upon those who are
  around the person on acid.
• If the mood is somber or even morbid, the LSD
  trip may devolve into a bad trip, in which
  negative experiences take on a similar intensity
  as positive experiences.

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DISTORTIONS, PERCEPTIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS
Much of the acid experience involves visual
disorders, sensory perceptions and
hallucinations. Depending upon the user and their
frame of mind, these experiences within the LSD
experience can be pleasurable, so-described as
mind opening, or overtly harrowing.
VISUAL DISTORTIONS SENSORY PERCEPTIONS HALLUCINATI
ONS
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VISUAL DISTORTIONS

• Visual distortions can appear in the form of an
  overlay or outline of geometric or swirling
  patterns.
• At other times, the distortions have been
  described as a change in the perceived size or
  shape of objects, while others on acid trips
  claim static objects such as walls, doors and
  ceilings appear to move or even breathe.

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SENSORY PERCEPTIONS

• Synesthesia can also occur while a person is on
  LSD. It is a situation when sensory perceptions
  cross channels in the brain. In short, what a
  person would usually smell, such as perfume, they
  might instead believe they hear. Or, in another
  instance, things that are usually only seen can
  now be tasted.

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HALLUCINATIONS

• Hallucinations are another common experience in
  which objects or people are seen, although in
  reality, neither is truly present. To put it
  bluntly, youre sensing things that arent there.
• These hallucinations can span the gamut of our
  five senses. They are instantaneous, yet for the
  moment one experiences a hallucination, they can
  be quite confusing.

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