LSDandPCP

Today there is increasing usage of two very powerful, and dangerous drugs in the

youth of this Nation. LSD is one of these drugs, this hallucinogen more commonly

known as Acid and is one of the longest lasting highs that are out there. LSD was first

researched in 1953 when the Central Intelligence Agency thought that the Soviets and

Chinese would use LSD to brainwash American diplomats. The Federal Drug

Enforcement Administration lists this drug as a "schedule I" drug that means that it has high

potential for abuse. During the "turn-on, tune-in, drop-out" time of the 60's LSD became

the thing for social and political movements to freedom, creativity, self-discovery and

opposition to the Vietnam War. Some freaked out during bad trips as LSD caused panic

and advansded mental illnesses. Most are curried with flashbacks that are recurrences of

hallucinations. Some people thought they could fly, and jumped to their deaths. The

popularity of the rug in the 60's started research and laws making its use illegal. LSD is the

chemical term or lysergic acid diethyl amide. National Institute on Drug Abuse surveys

indicate illicit use of LSD has remained relatively constant. Almost 2 percent of high

school seniors are current users and 8.7 percent have taken LSD at least once. Its not

creating the problems it created in the 60's because the average street dose is al least 50

percent lower.

Washington, D.C. is known as the PCP capital of the United States because there

are more illicit PCP lads here than anywhere both water and fat soluble. In other words,

any way ap person gets it in his or her body, it will be absorbed. PCP can be snorted or

inhaled, put in a pill form and swallowed, sprayed on any thing and smoked. In

Washington, dealers spray it on marijuana and sell it to all the street junkies. People high

on PCP either end up overdosed, where they become kind of robotic in their movements

and behavior, or they act really crazy. PCP patients show signs of visual hallucination,

they show psychotic behavior. Many crimes of violence have been done under the have

no an amnesia component. When people smoke PCP, the high comes on in two to five

minutes, peaks at about 20 minutes, and takes 24 to 48 hours to come back to what

they call normal. Most users also smoke a combination of PCP and crack known as

bazooka. There are a lot of mixtures of there drugs in fact not many people justice one

drug. PCP is actually stores in the fatty tissue of the body. So a person can feel the affects

of PCP many days after he or she has stopped smoking it. There has been some cases they

last up to two weeks. Where people have a predisposition to a so-called nervous

breakdown, PCP can actually put them into the breakdown. In many cases they never

come back to normal, so a lot of times they have to be on antipsychotic medication for the

rest of their lives.