Psychedelics

Psilocybin, mescaline and LSD produce tolerance quite rapidly and are cross tolerant. There are only minimal withdrawal symptoms. The dangers of psychedelics are largely confined to the problem of "bad trips." And the array of concerns related to such drugs--chromosomal damage, brain damage, prolonged psychosis--are, as "the weight of the evidence indicates, . . . unfounded" (Leavitt, 1995, p. 146). The psychedelic anesthetic phencyclidine, however, involves greater dangers. This drug produces weak tolerance toward its depressant effects but less to its stimulant effects. Withdrawal symptoms are very mild or nonexistent. It is a common cause of charges of driving under the influence of drugs. And the adverse effects of chronic abuse include appetite suppression and we

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