HALLUCINOGENS

SHORT TERM EFFECTS

• Dilated pupils
• Higher body temperature
• Increase heart rate and blood pressure
• Sweating and lost of appetite
• Lose sleep

SHORT TERM EFFECTS CONT'D

• Dry mouth and tremors
• Experience severally thoughts and feelings
• Fear of losing control, insanity and death
• Feelings of despair

LONG TERM EFFECTS

• Flashbacks or recurrences of an trip
• Decreased motivation
• Prolonged depression
• Increased panic
• Impaired memory and concentration

LONG TERM EFFECTS CONT'D

• Possible severe mental disturbances
• Psychosis
• Increased delusions

STATISTICS

• 11% of high school seniors used LSD
• 7% of high school seniors used a hallucinogen
• 3% of high school seniors used PCP
• People usually start taking this drug at age 15
• 358 hallucinogen users

STATISTICS CONT'D

• Out of the 2.9 million drug users, 3.2% are users of hallucinogens
• There is an even amount of males and females that use hallucinogens
• 6.2% of high schoolers abused hallucinogens