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Show About Drug Abuse 1st In a Series LSD: Will if Turn You 0nf Or Will it Turn n You? No. drag has caused more Controversy, with the pos-jsible pos-jsible exception of marihu-ama, marihu-ama, than the strange compound com-pound known as LSD. Is LSD dangerous? Definitely yes, says the (National Institute of Mental Health, Federal agency fo-pus fo-pus of. a new nationwide attack at-tack 'on the abuse of danger-pus danger-pus drugs and narcotics. Hospital and other medical medi-cal studies show that LSD :an cause panic, paranoia and accidental death. ; Reactions to taking LSI) grange from worry, panic, s ,and depression to severe (mental derangement. Days, weeks, even months (after a dose of LSD has Ibeen taken, the things the Juser thought he saw and jfelt may recur in his mind jand make him fear he is (going insane. The physical effects LSD, jean produce are far from (pretty. Eye; pupils dilate, hands and feet shake and tremble uncontrollably, palms turn cold and sweaty, the body (shivers and turns chilly, Igoose pimples pop out, breathing is irregular. There is loss of appetite and nausea; naus-ea; and the pulse and heart rate rise, as does blood pressure. pres-sure. LSD is short for lysergic ,acid diethylamide. A man-made man-made chemical first produced produc-ed in 1938, it was accidentally acciden-tally discovered in 1943 to . produce bizzarre effects on the mind when a Swiss chemist swallowed some LS- . D while working in his la-, la-, boratory. He had strange sensations and felt as if he were flying. . Despite this soaring start, LSD was little explored in following years as far as de-. finitive pharmacological studies stu-dies in man were concerned. .The weird compound lay ;around, studied by some drug researchers but ignor ed by most. Then the wave , of far-out experience seek- ers washed up a-few years ago. LSD became the darling of the daring. It was claimed ,to give ' you great feelings . and increase many . capacities, capaci-ties, like sex and creativity. None of this has proved out. In fact, the reverse may be true. But many fables and fallacies like th'ese have spread about LSD. The following fol-lowing facts come 'from research, re-search, not from fantasy and rumor. Studies have shown that LSD is more likely to decrease de-crease sex interests than to .increase them. Paintings, writings, and other works ,by LSD-users fail to show, (greater talent;' rather, the works are poorer when done "under the influence." Worse, LSD is dangerous. It can cause panic (fear of losing one's mind), paranoia (suspicion that "they're after af-ter me!"), mental derangement, derange-ment, and accidental . death. It has been called the most powerful drug' in . the world-. |