Choose not to Use - Drugs Some Teens Use - LSD
Street Names:
acid, blotter, doses, microdots
How It's Used:
LSD is licked or sucked off small squares of blotting paper. Capsules and liquid forms are swallowed. Paper squares containing acid may be decorated with cute cartoon characters or colorful designs.
Effects & Dangers:
Hallucinations occur within 30 to 90 minutes of dropping acid. People say their senses are intensified and distorted - they see colors or hear sounds with other delusions such as melting walls and a loss of any sense of time. But effects are unpredictable, depending on how much LSD is taken and the user.
Once you go on an acid trip, you can't get off until the drug is finished with you - at times up to about 12 hours or even longer!
Bad trips may cause panic attacks, confusion, depression, and frightening delusions.
Physical risks include sleeplessness, mangled speech, convulsions, increased heart rate, and coma.
Users often have flashbacks in which they feel some of the effects of LSD at a later time without having used the drug again.
Addictiveness:
Teens who use it can become psychologically dependent upon it to feel good, deal with life, or handle stress.
Reviewed by: Wes Bowman, PhD
Date reviewed: June 2002
Originally reviewed by: Jonathan Schneider, DO
