LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is a semi-synthetic derivative of lysergic acid, an ALKALOID found in ERGOT, a parasitic fungus (Claviceps purpurea) that grows on rye and wheat. In the Middle Ages, consumption of infected grains resulted in vast...

A drug that can induce a psychotic-like state. A psychotomimetic drug synthesized from compounds derived from ergot. FIGURE L.7 Posterior lividity of the back of a person, with blanching due to the pressure effect of deceased’s position and...

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Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) remains one of the most poorly understood and mysterious illegal drugs in the world, particularly because its effects are so intense and unpredictable. On one hand, some people report feelings of intense fear and...

A Fair Lawn school custodian is alleging in a lawsuit that his co-workers laced his pizza with the hallucinogen LSD in an attempt to poison him at an office party in 2005.Dominick A. Rao, a janitor with the district since 2000, was served pizza out...

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The rate of illicit drug use remained stable last year in the United States, but there could be a resurgence in the use of ecstasy and LSD among young adults, the federal government reported Thursday.Bush administration officials said Thursday that overall drug use trends are...

In 1959, in Torremolinos, on a break from a failing academic career and a year after the end of his second marriage, Timothy Leary had a sudden attack of a mysterious illness which gave him enormous blisters. On one night of suffering, as he described...