Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
Lysergic acid diethylamide, (LSD)
Psilocybin
Thursday, September 17, 2015
36. Hallucinogens
A hallucinogen is a psychoactive agent which can cause hallucinations, perceptual anomalies, and other substantial subjective changes in thoughts, emotion, and consciousness. The common types of hallucinogens are psychedelics.
Tetrahydrocannabinol, (THC) is the main psychoactive substance found
in the Cannabis plant. In pure form, it is a glassy solid when cold, and
becomes viscous and sticky if warmed. As is the case with nicotine and
caffeine, the role of THC in Cannabis is to protect the plant from herbivores
or pathogens. THC has analgesic effects that, even at low doses, cause a high,
thus leading to the fact that medical cannabis can be used to treat pain. Other
effects include relaxation; euphoria; altered space-time perception; alteration
of visual, auditory, and olfactory senses; disorientation; fatigue; and
appetite.
Lysergic acid diethylamide, (LSD), is probably the best known
psychedelic, it has been used mainly as a recreational drug and a tool to
supplement various practices for transcendence, including in meditation. It is
synthesized from lysergic acid derived from ergot, a grain fungus that
typically grows on rye. Some psychological effects may include an experience of
radiant colors, objects and surfaces appearing to ripple or
"breathe," colored patterns behind the eyes, a sense of time
distorting (time seems to be stretching, repeating itself, changing speed or
stopping), crawling geometric patterns overlaying walls and other objects,
morphing objects, a sense that one's thoughts are spiraling into themselves,
loss of a sense of identity or the ego [known as "ego death"], and
powerful, and sometimes brutal, psycho-physical reactions described by users as
reliving their own birth.
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by more than 200 species of mushrooms, collectively known as psilocybin mushrooms.
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