Raves and Drugs

ible land them in the hospital (3). Last but not least, Ecstasy is shown to cause long-term damage to those parts of the brain that are used for thought and memory, affecting the users entire mental circuitry (1).
             When it comes to visual stimulants LSD, or "acid", is the most common drug for the users infatuated with hallucinations and distortions of objects they see. LSD is one of the most potent mood-changing chemicals known to scientists (Hallucinogens 1). LSD is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains (2). This known, it is easy to see why LSD is so common and rapidly produced and distributed throughout the "rave world". The effects of taking LSD are commonly unpredictable (3). The user could experience a vast amount of effects ranging from vivid hallucinations to melting bodies or distortions of common objects such as cars or buildings (2). Some LSD users experience severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair while using LSD (LSD1). Many users experience flashbacks, which are a recurrence of certain aspects of a person's experience, without the user having taken the drug again (2). While it is believed that the actual drug cannot kill you, the mind state created by the drug can (2). For instance, you cannot die from taking twenty hits of acid, but you can die from thinking you can jump off of a building and fly while on twenty hits of acid. Overall, the effects of LSD can be life altering and cause sever damage to various areas of the brain (3).
             Methamphetamine is an addictive stimulant drug that strongly activates certain systems in the brain (Methamphetamine 1). Methamphetamine, or Meth, is made is illegal laboratories and is very likely to become depended upon (1). Although Meth is occasionally used for treatment in obesity, it has very costly health effects that ...

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