Ultimately, intense modifications in the sensorium, the sense of “self,” and the experience of reality are all experienced throughout the phase up until the presence of the hallucinogen is no longer present in the body (Volkow 2016, Alonso 2015). A very similar process occurs when a dissociative drug is ingested, like PCP (Phencyclidine), ketamine, and dextromethorphan, but instead, events of respiratory depression, heart rate abnormalities, and a withdrawal syndrome can occur while the user may begin to feel out of control and disconnected from their own body and environment. In some cases, this leads to a craving or an addiction and the affected user decides to consume more psychedelics; not only does this increase the influence, length,
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While this occurrence is seen among only when a classical psychedelic is ingested, research continues to state that when a dissociative drug is consumed, a very similar after effect is seen; however, not with the neurotransmitter serotonin, but the brain chemical glutamate, which regulates pain perception, responses to the environment, emotion, and learning and memory (Nakanishi 1992, Volkow 2016).
Classifying LSD and Psilocybin: The Deadly Duo on the Black Market
Now that a substantial background of hallucinogens, categories that make up the wide range of this drug, and the results in taking a sample of whichever psychedelic were briefly touched on, this would be the most appropriate and best time to look into the serotonergic psychedelics, LSD and psilocybin.. “D-lysergic acid diethylamide” or LSD, for short, is a very common serotonergic psychedelic known for its capabilities in powerful mood swings and changing a human being’s identity and personality. This is usually delivered in the form of a “trip”, or a psychological realistic experience that does not actually take place in reality (Volkow 2016, …show more content…
However, the origin of Lysergic acid diethylamide or specifically what makes up LSD, lysergic acid, can be narrowed down as an ergot alkaloid found in the Ergot Fungus (Claviceps purpurea), a parasite commonly located on rye and other species of grain or wild grasses (Schumann 2016). After placing themselves on the desired rye or some other species of grains, it uses the plant as a host in the process of replacing its reproductive organs with a sclerotium, a dark resting body for the fungi, which is created differently for each Claviceps sp. Speaking of species, the genus Claviceps has been narrowed down to only sixteen species through the use of RNA-declassifying phylogenetic trees, which Sylvie Pažoutová (2001, 2002) kindly states in the following: C. paspali, C. zizaniae, C. grohii, C. sulcata, C. fusiformis, and C. purpurea, C.citrina, C. phalaris, C. sorghicola, C. gigantea, C sorghi, C. africana, C. viridis, C. pusilla, and two unidentified Claviceps sp. (isolates PM and SG). Although listing all of these species does show how small the Claviceps genus consists of, Claviceps purpurea is one of the few groups of ergot fungi believed to have the highest amount of lysergic acid, located in tropical regions containing wild rye, related
While this occurrence is seen among only when a classical psychedelic is ingested, research continues to state that when a dissociative drug is consumed, a very similar after effect is seen; however, not with the neurotransmitter serotonin, but the brain chemical glutamate, which regulates pain perception, responses to the environment, emotion, and learning and memory (Nakanishi 1992, Volkow 2016).
Classifying LSD and Psilocybin: The Deadly Duo on the Black Market
Now that a substantial background of hallucinogens, categories that make up the wide range of this drug, and the results in taking a sample of whichever psychedelic were briefly touched on, this would be the most appropriate and best time to look into the serotonergic psychedelics, LSD and psilocybin.. “D-lysergic acid diethylamide” or LSD, for short, is a very common serotonergic psychedelic known for its capabilities in powerful mood swings and changing a human being’s identity and personality. This is usually delivered in the form of a “trip”, or a psychological realistic experience that does not actually take place in reality (Volkow 2016, …show more content…
However, the origin of Lysergic acid diethylamide or specifically what makes up LSD, lysergic acid, can be narrowed down as an ergot alkaloid found in the Ergot Fungus (Claviceps purpurea), a parasite commonly located on rye and other species of grain or wild grasses (Schumann 2016). After placing themselves on the desired rye or some other species of grains, it uses the plant as a host in the process of replacing its reproductive organs with a sclerotium, a dark resting body for the fungi, which is created differently for each Claviceps sp. Speaking of species, the genus Claviceps has been narrowed down to only sixteen species through the use of RNA-declassifying phylogenetic trees, which Sylvie Pažoutová (2001, 2002) kindly states in the following: C. paspali, C. zizaniae, C. grohii, C. sulcata, C. fusiformis, and C. purpurea, C.citrina, C. phalaris, C. sorghicola, C. gigantea, C sorghi, C. africana, C. viridis, C. pusilla, and two unidentified Claviceps sp. (isolates PM and SG). Although listing all of these species does show how small the Claviceps genus consists of, Claviceps purpurea is one of the few groups of ergot fungi believed to have the highest amount of lysergic acid, located in tropical regions containing wild rye, related