[The substance experience, a history of LSD].
Medecine sciences : M/S April 1, 2013 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2013294018 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractLSD is a powerful hallucinogenic substance that distorts perception and causes hearing, visual, and tactile hallucinations. Only 1.7% of people aged 15–64 have tried it in their lifetime, and it generates strong apprehension in the general population. However, ethnographic studies show that its image is rather good among illicit drug users, a representation that stems both from the substance's effects and its historical link to the counterculture of the 1960s–1970s.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 6 |
| Key finding | LSD is rarely used but has a favorable image among illicit drug users, linked to its effects and countercultural history. |
Abstract
This article reviews the recent knowledge on LSD stemming from various disciplines among which pharmacology, sociology and epidemiology. The d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a particularly powerful hallucinogenic substance. It produces distortions and hearing, visual and tactile hallucinations. Rarely used (only 1.7% of people aged 15-64 years old have tried it in their lifetime), this very powerful drug generates a strong apprehension within the general population, but the ethnographical studies show that its image seems rather good among illicit drug users. This representation relies both on the proper effects of this substance and also on the history of LSD very closely linked to the counterculture characteristic of the years 1960-1970.