Psychology 2011A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indole, Blind Experiment, Rick Doblin

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2011A/B
• Professor: Imants Baruss

Document Summary

Drugs pcp and ketamine have been misrepresented and sold as mescaline, lsd, marijuana, amphetamine or cocaine. Mda (love drug) is 10x more powerful and has killed many. Study: 28 pills sent to a lab for testing that were suppose to be mdma (ecstasy, 15 contained mdma or related drugs; 3 contained no drugs; 10 contained unrelated drugs. Of the 10, 8 contained dextromethorphan (cough suppressant) reported nausea, itchy skin, loss of motor control, hallucinations. Ratio of the lethal dose (for 50% of the pop) to the effective dose (for 50% of the pop) Therapeutic indeces of common drugs: alcohol- 6; nicotine- 21; aspirin- 199; psilocybin- 641; lsd- Lethal dose: minimum dose that will kill 50% of the pop. Albert hofmann (1938: produced a new chemical in a series of lysergic acid. Lsd-25: some of the drug must have been absorbed through his fingertips during crystallization process. Fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes, intense colours: 1943: took lsd on purpose.