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- From: mjcrouch@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Matt J. Crouch)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: Physiological Effects of LSD
- Message-ID: <3114@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 06:12:04 GMT
- References: <BxrKK7.AIz@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of CS Ball State University Muncie IN
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- In article <BxrKK7.AIz@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> obradovi@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (Zo Obradovic) writes:
- >Can anyone tell me what the physiological effects of LSD are, apart from
- LSD is the most powerful hallucinogenic drug known to man. It takes
- only doses as little as 10 micrograms to be effective. You were
- correct about the serotonin. It is the inhibitor substance (it could be
- a protein or hormone) in our brain. In a normal state of conciousness,
- we typically use only 10% of our brainpower at any given moment. When
- LSD enters the central nervous system, the chemical
- (d-lysergic acid diethylamide), LSD-25, attactes to the serotonin,
- causing the natural resistance to be reduced. In turn, this causes the
- electrical current flowing between the neurons to run with far less
- resistance. If you think of your CNS as an engine, LSD could be thought
- of as an octane boost. It fires more often, with greater effenciency.
- Note: This is a very simplified explaination of what goes on. To
- further understand the drug, i recommend the following book:
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- LSD- A Total Study, by D.V. Siva Sankar
- PJD Publishing Ltd. Westbury, N.Y. 11590
- Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 72-95447
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- 'ta
- -Matt
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