HALLUCINOGENIC AGENTS
JAMA September 14, 1963 DOI: 10.1001/jama.1963.03060110082022 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | LSD Mescaline Psilocybin |
| Keywords | Hallucinogen Glory Psychotomimetic Traditional medicine Pharmacology |
| Citations | 11 |
| Key findings | The ingestion of drugs that produce hallucinations, including stramonium, mescaline, LSD-25, psilocybin, marijuana, and morning-glory seeds, is a growing medical and social problem in the United States. |
Abstract
An article on stramonium intoxication in this issue ofThe Journal(p 882) calls attention to a growing medical and social problem in this country—the ingestion of a number of drugs which have the common property of drastically altering sensory perception. The drugs all produce hallucinations. In addition to stramonium, the drugs include mescaline or peyote, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25), psilocybin, marijuana, and, as a recent addition, morning-glory seeds (Rivea corymbosa). The morning-glory seeds contain amides of lysergic acid. General public interest in these psychotomimetic drugs is now on the increase in many parts of the United States. Use of the drugs to produce hallucinations goes back for centuries, but in recent years we have discovered new forms of these hallucinogens; and we have witnessed the development of a new and subtle promotion designed to interest the general public in trying them out. The promotion of the drugs is having