Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsEssay title: Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsLucy in the Sky with DiamondsHallucinogens were once used during religious practices, though in the 60s the hallucinogen LSD ( lysergic acid diethylamide) became commonly used among the “Hippies.” These youths introduced LSD into the more artistic culture. Musicians, poets, and artist felt they performed better and broadened their talents by taking this drug. During the 90s LSD made its comeback of being the most commonly used drug because of the cheap cost ($1.00 – $5.00) and the wider interest of the 60s. The effects of Acid (LSD) were most commonly stimulation, relaxation, relief from pain, and relief of anxiety. Dr. Albert Hoftmann discovered LSD in 1938 while seeking a solution to headaches. He accidentally
consumed this substance and experienced a wide variety of hallucinations and vivid colors. Trying to prove this drug was the cause to his hallucinations he tested it again three days later. This time he took more of the previous dosage and experienced a “bad trip” consisting of disturbing visuals, a metal like taste, dry throat, trouble some breathing, cramps, and a form of being paralyzed. An onlooker would say that the individual (who has taken LSD) who appear quiet, unaware, and unwilling to engage in intimacies. An individual who is given Acid without knowledge would in turn experience horrific visions and form of reality. This would especially be known as a bad trip. Effects reported by users are a feeling of separation of ones body. He would feel as if he can see him self. He wouldn’t know where one arm begins or ends. Few have reported to having smelt colors and tasted sounds. A main confusion with perception and realism. Mood swings and meaningless topics and phrases often come from
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Molly, in a short trip, took Acid as LSD. It made her feel sad, dizzy, tired, etc. Molly became more depressed and her thoughts tended to increase. She started to have hallucinations, such as people driving around, driving up hills and then suddenly making their way through the park and driving over bumps. At night, Molly felt an almost mystical sense of freedom, that when she had to go to sleep she felt like a different person as if she was free. She also felt like she had no need to give herself up, it was a nice feeling, like there was no other way out. She went in a deep trance and, using the drug, went back in to her dreams. She could not sleep and it became very hard to sleep. This led her to believe it was her last chance of ever being free and that she had finally been able to find a way to actually get out of the experience after being there for a number of short months, even before the trip. She began to hallucinate, even more violently than she had seen before with acid. The acid had been applied to her body. A few months after she experienced this, she made it back safely, in a private hotel room where she still remained in that state of shock. At the same time she made the trip, LSD was administered, but she couldn’t recall the exact dosage and effects of it. She was experiencing a short hallucinogenic trip to the hotel lobby. At that point she became increasingly intoxicated and decided only to use one dose of LSD, an injection of the compound into her left arm. As a result of this, she was able to experience vivid visions of dark things at large and a feeling of being on her own physical body. This was all within hours. She was told not to take LSD after her first experience, but tried it almost the same time, as one or two other friends decided to bring her to his house to pick her up. He refused, apparently unaware of the incident. Molly was able to give up her quest for freedom and was soon going back to her usual routine, though her nightmares became more intense, and in some occasions she had to resort to the more extreme and paranoid experiences of being alone while at the same time hallucinating and having visions of her own body around her. The next day she woke up and went into her normal state. One night, at the hotel lobby she was brought outside by a young woman. Her demeanor was dark and angry, clearly upset. Her face was very serious and she had a hard time getting past it. She had a large black pillow over her head and a small wooden table with her. The young woman mentioned to her daughter that she needed a place to stay and so she called Molly and we stayed together for a while and she said she was going to pick up another friend to bring home. She also mentioned that her friend had taken a trip of more than four hours to visit her friend. Molly told the young woman she was going to pick her up and was hoping I would do something with her and the two of them went to sleep. Later in the evening Molly returned to her room to rest for several weeks. There seemed to be a pattern of her behavior within the last few weeks; her behavior would change after one day, at which point she would revert to her normal behavior and she would go on a “no-contact” with her friends as she would do once she had had a few drinks with them. She also became very drunk with other men in the house and they were not very drunk with her friends. Shortly after that, she spent much of the night in the house with her friends (more on these later). Shortly after these events, Molly became more paranoid in her mind, saying she could not go to the bathroom if she did not have any more help. On the same day,