Exam 14: Hallucinogens

Besides hallucinations, what else does mescaline produce?

Anticholinergic plants like Datura have potent psychological effects but are not very dangerous physiologically.

What is the anticholinergic plant with a forked root that is mentioned in the Bible?

What position is the Canadian government considering regarding Salvia divinorum? A. It is proposing to add both to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which would make it illegal to produce, possess, traffic, import, or export the substances.

Martha was telling her friends she was using a peace pill and angel dust. Which substance was she describing?

Identify the anticholinergic hallucinogens, where are they found, and what effects they have when used?

Distinguish between the phantastica and the deliriants, and give some examples of each.

What is an indole?

Explain why PCP was thought to be a useful anesthetic and why this use failed to be practical for humans.

Ayahuasca is a name for the cactus containing mescaline.

During the 1950s and 60s the Canadian government funded the research of Dr. Donald Cameron who some have suggested used LSD with psychiatric patients, and often without their consent to investigate which of the following?

Describe Saint Anthony's fire, and the events that lead to its conception.

What two drugs share the rave scene with MDMA?

Which early LSD researcher was fired from his academic job then later became a proponent of hallucinogenic drug use, and started a religion in which LSD was the sacrament?

Which term might describe the following belief that if a plant contains a spirit, then eating the plant transfers that spirit to the person who eats it?

Which drug has been reported to produce an increase in sociability and euphoria as well as an increase in blood pressure, body temperature, and pulse?