Exam 6: Lsd and Other Hallucinogens

Discuss the three major categories of hallucinogens that are related to the particular neurotransmitter systems in the brain. Include one example of a hallucinogenic drug in each.

MDMA (Ecstasy) is a designer drug that __________.

The source of psilocybin is a family of __________.

What should you do if you are with a person who is having a "bad trip" on LSD?

Taken orally, LSD __________.

LSD mimics the experience of schizophrenic psychosis.

Describe three acute effects of LSD associated with early stages of the experience, and three acute effects associated with later stages.

The most hazardous side effect of ketamine use is __________.

Datura plants yield hallucinogens chemically related to serotonin.

Street Ecstasy is much more dangerous than pure MDMA.

In early research on hallucinogens, Leary and Alpert studied __________.

Mandrake contains a combination of atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine.

"Ecstasy" is now a street drug, but it has been formerly used in psychiatry, under the name of DOM.

The actual discoverer of LSD in 1943 was __________.

A hallucination is the distorted perception of something that really exists.

"Shrooms" are __________.

STP has been the street name given to a combination of __________.

Analogy: LSD is to psilocybin as __________.

Albert Hofmann worked for Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert at Harvard University.

Typically, the effects of salvia last __________.