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Title: Hallucinogens (Psychedelics)


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Hallucinogens(Psychedelics)
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Hallucinogens
  • substances that alter sensory processing in the
    brain, causing perceptual disturbances, changes
    in thought processing, and depersonalization

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Modern day history of hallucinogens
  • The Native American Church
  • The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of
    1978
  • Timothy Leary and the League of Spiritual
    Discovery
  • The Psychedelic Experience

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The nature of hallucinogens
  • Many drugs can exert hallucinogenic effects
  • LSD types
  • Phenylethylamines
  • Anticholinergic agents

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Nature of hallucinogens
  • Psychedelic
  • Psychotogenic
  • Psychotomimetic

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Sensory and psychological effects of hallucinogens
  • Altered senses
  • synesthesia
  • Loss of control
  • flashbacks
  • Self-reflection
  • make conscious the unconscious
  • Loss of identity and cosmic merging
  • mystical-spiritual aspect of the drug
    experience

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Traditional hallucinogens LSD types agents
  • LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), mescaline,
    psilocybin, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and
    myristicin
  • These drugs cause predominantly psychedelic
    effects

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Of high school seniors sampled
  • 11.3 had used in 1975
  • 8.6 has used in 1992
  • 12.2 had used in 1999

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Traditional hallucinogens LSD types agents
  • Physical properties of LSD
  • In pure form - colorless, odorless, tasteless
  • Street names - acid, blotter acid, microdot,
    white lightning

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Traditional Hallucinogens
  • Physiological effects
  • Massive increase in neural activity
  • Activates sympathetic nervous system (rise in
    body temp., heart rate, and blood pressure)
  • Parasympathetic nervous system (increase in
    salivation and nausea)

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Traditional hallucinogens LSD types agents
  • About half of the substance is cleared from the
    body within 3 hours, and more than 90 is
    excreted within 24 hours
  • Effects of this hallucinogen can last 2-12 hours
  • Tolerance to the effects of LSD develops very
    quickly

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Other LSD types agents
  • Mescaline (Peyote)
  • Mescaline is the most active drug in peyote it
    induces intensified perception of colors and
    euphoria
  • Effects include dilation of the pupils, increase
    in body temperature, anxiety, visual
    hallucinations, and alteration of body image,
    vomiting, muscular relaxation in very high doses
    may cause death
  • Street samples are rarely authentic

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Other LSD types agents
  • Psilocybin - its principal source is the
    Psilocybe mexicana mushroom
  • It is not very common of the street
  • Hallucinogenic effects produced are quite
    similar to LSD
  • Cross tolerance among psilocybin, LSD,
    mescaline
  • Stimulates the autonomic nervous system, dilates
    the pupils, increases the body temperature

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Other LSD types agents
  • Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)
  • A short-acting hallucinogen
  • Found in seeds of certain leguminous trees and
    prepared synthetically
  • It is inhaled and similar action as psilocybin

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Other Hallucinogenic (LSD type)
  • Nutmeg
  • Myristica oil responsible for physical effects
  • High doses can be quite intoxicating
  • Can also cause unpleasant trips

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Phenylethylamine hallucinogens
  • The phenylethylamine drugs are chemically
    related to amphetamines.
  • They have varying degrees of hallucinogenic and
    CNS stimulant effects
  • Phenylethylamines that predominantly
  • Release serotonin are dominated by their
    hallucinogenic action
  • Release dopamine are dominated by their stimulant
    effects

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Phenylethylamine hallucinogens
  • Dimthoxymethylamphetamine (DOM or STP)
  • Designer amphetamines
  • 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA)
  • Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

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Anticholinergic hallucinogens
  • The anticholinergic hallucinogens include
    naturally occurring alkaloid substances that
    are present in plants and herbs
  • The potato family of plants contains most of
    these mind-altering drugs
  • 3 potent anticholingergic compounds
  • Scopolamine
  • Hyoscyamine
  • Atropine

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Anticholinergic hallucinogens
  • Atropa Belladonna The Deadly Nightshade
  • Mandragora Officinarum The Mandrake
  • Hyoscyamus Niger Henbane
  • Datura Stramonium Jimsonweed

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Other hallucinogens
  • Phencyclidine (PCP)
  • It was developed as an intravenous anesthetic,
    but found to have serious adverse side effects
  • It differs from the other traditional
    hallucinogens
  • It is a general anesthetic in high doses
  • It causes incredible strength and extreme
    violent behavior
  • Management of the severe psychological reactions
    requires drug therapy

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Other hallucinogens
  • Phencyclidine (PCP) physiological effects
  • Hallucinogenic effects, stimulation, depression,
    anesthesia, analgesia
  • Large doses can cause coma, convulsions, and
    death
  • PCP psychological effects
  • Feelings of strength, power, invulnerability
    perceptual distortions, paranoia, violence,
    psychoses,

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Other hallucinogens inhalants
  • The most commonly abused inhalants are volatile
    substances that can cause hallucinations,
    intoxication, and euphoria.
  • Volatile solvents
  • Anesthetics
  • Nitrites
  • Mild doses - mild stimulations, lack of motor
    control, dizziness, hallucinations
  • High doses - violent behavior, heart arrhythmia,
    unconsciousness, death22

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From the forest to the front lawn?
  • This lecture reviews basic information on most of
    the hallucinogen and dissociative intoxicants
    growing throughout the U.S.
  • Psychoactive composition, geographic
    distribution, and brief overview on preparation
    and/or intoxication will be reviewed

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Ephedra Caffeine-like Stimulant
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The Ephedra Equation
  • Most dietary supplements marketed as
    psychoactive intoxicants contain ephedrine and/or
    caffeine from a variety of botanical sources.
  • In China, Ma Huang is used directly as a tea or
    compounded with other herbs.
  • Historically in the U.S., it was used as a
    stimulant tea Mormon Tea, Brigham Tea, and other
    names.
  • Contains ephedrine, pseudo-ephedrine,
    nor-ephedrine, methyl-ephedrine, tannins,
    saponin, and flavone

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Ephedra grows in the deserts of the Southwest
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Ephedra of the USE. trifurca, E. viridis, E.
torreyana, E. nevadensis and E. californica
  • 100 gm dried ephedra could contain anywhere from
    0 to 2.6 gm of ephedrine
  • Herbalists do offer pure extract preparations

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Psilocybe Mushrooms Potent Hallucinogen
  • Psilocybin 4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-DMT
  • Psilocin 4-hydroxy-N,N-DMT
  • Psilocybe cubensis typically contains 1.6 mg
    psilocybin per gram of dried mushroom
  • 40 mcg/kg intoxicates
  • 3 to 4 hour duration

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Psilocybe Mushrooms
  • Small brown mushrooms that stain blue to the
    touch
  • Illicit cultivation but also foraged from
    temperate climates

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Psilocybe MushroomsReligious Use
Religious use continues in Oaxaca, Mexico
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Psilocybin content
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Dimethyltryptamine Potent Hallucinogen (DMT)
  • N,N-Dimethyltryptamine
  • 10 to 20 mg smoked 15 minute intoxication
  • Approximately 100mg oral ingestion in presence of
    an MAOI 3-4 hour intoxication
  • Many sources
  • Religious use of ayahuasca continues in Brazil
    indigenous and modern religions Santo Daime
    and Uniao do Vegetal. Both seek permission to use
    in the U.S.

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DMTits as common as crabgrass
  • Canary grass Phalaris aquatica, P.
    arundinacea, P. canariensis, P. tuberosa
  • Desmanthus illinoensis Prairie Bundleflower
  • Many other sources mostly S. America.

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DMT content
  • Alkaloids reported as mg/100g raw dried plant
  • P. tuberosa DMT 100 mg 5-Me-DMT 22 mg
    5-OH-DMT 5 mg
  • P. arundinacea DMT 60 mg
  • Desmanthus illinoesis (root bark) DMT 340 mg
  • Psychotria viridis DMT 200 mg

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Phalaris spp.
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Desmanthus illinoesis
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Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
Sedative-hypnotic properties and possibly
hallucinogenic/dissociative properties Sources
Peganum harmala, Passiflora spp., USED TO MAKE
DMT ORALLY ACTIVE
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Peganum harmala
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Peganum harmala
  • Commonly called Syrian rue
  • Contains reversible MAOIs that may also be
    psychoactive (2 to 4 beta-carboline content).
  • Ayahuascas MAOI source only has 0.5
    beta-carboline content.
  • Passiflora approx. 1

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Passiflora incarnata
  • Passion flower fruit used in drinks some herbal
    preparations as a sedative

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Peyote Potent Hallucinogen
Lophophoria williamsii
Contains mescaline
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Natural Range of Peyote
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Harvesting Peyote
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Peyote
  • Lophophoria williamsii contains 1.5 mescaline
    (b-3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine)
  • 3mg/kg potent intoxication
  • Up to 8 to 10 hour duration
  • Continued religious use in North America
  • Other cacti used in South America and also

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Trichocereus spp.
  • Most popular source of non-sacramental mescaline
    in the U.S. isnt peyote
  • These ornamental cacti can be found almost
    everywhere

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The Peyote Ceremony
Stewart OC. Peyote Religion. Norman, OK
University of Oklahoma Press, 1987.
Aberle DF. The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho.
Chicago, IL Aldine Publishing Co., 1966.
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The Peyote Ceremony
  • Reasons for a meeting
  • The Road Chief and
  • Tobacco prayers
  • Ingestion of Peyote
  • Power of song
  • Water ceremony
  • The morning after

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Lysergic Acid Amide
Ipomoea spp. (esp. I. purpurea) Morning Glory
5-10 grams of seeds Aztec Oliliuqui
Argyria nervosa Hawaiian Baby Woodrose 4-8 seeds
ingested
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Salvia divinorum potent hallucinogen
  • Many other Salvia spp. may also contain
    psychoactive diterpenes. Salvinorin A
  • Related to Sage plants/Mint family
  • Does not grow in the United States naturally, but
    can readily be cultivated. Mexican origin
  • First reported in 1962 but popularity increased
    via Internet

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Salvia divinorum
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Coleus?
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Datura stramonium Potent Dissociative
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Datura
  • Leaves typically cut and smoked
  • Contains atropine, scopalomine, and
  • Ancient ceremonial use in the U.S.
  • Occasional report of death by ingestion of root
  • Many other sources for atropine and
    scopalominemandrake, henbane

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Amanita muscaria
Found throughout the U.S. Muscimol is the primary
psychoactive alkaloid Dissociative
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Bufo Frogs
  • Contains bufontinin but intoxication primarily
    from 5-Meo-DMT
  • The toad is NOT licked but glands are milked for
    poison

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Botanical intoxicantsfuture mayhem?
  • None of these plants are addictive, other than
    cultivation of the opium poppy in the U.S., which
    is not common. Illicit cultivation of Cannabis
    spp., of course, continues.
  • Eradication of the illicit drug market of
    hallucinogens may drive the resourceful to
    these botanicals more than today.
  • It is not feasible to eradicate these botanicals
    from U.S. territory
  • The Internet will drive an ever wider
    dissemination of information on these botanicals
    to those seeking this information

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