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LSD(health project)

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:15:26
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 3 pages (847 words)
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LSD, the generic name for the hallucinogen, lysergic acid diethylamide-25, was discovered by Dr. Albert Hofmann in 1938, LSD is one of the most potent mind-altering chemicals known to man. A white, odorless powder usually taken orally, it's effects are highly variable and begin within one hour and generally last 8-12 hours, gradually tapering off. It has been used experimentally in the treatment of alcoholics and psychiatric patients. [Where it showed some success.]. Interest in the …

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…forty-five minutes later the boy was tripping. The boy didn't know what was going on, when he stopped responding to the outside world a teacher called 911 the adolescent was rushed to the hospital and was treated immediately. Luckily this story had a happy ending it could have been much worse. In closing remember always to think, lsd isn't what hurts you it's what you do when your tripping that can hurt, harm, even kill you.

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