Relation of Lsd, Ecstasy and Alcohol Used by Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the individual and combined consumption of LSD – lysergic acid diethylamide, the psychedelic drug that causes visual hallucinations, a distorted sense of time and a feeling of euphoria, ecstasy and alcohol by undergraduation people in São Paulo, Brazil. Young people can mix hallucinogens with other drugs like ecstasy or alcohol to increase the effects. In fact, the average age which many people start using LSD is around 20, but the number of people who abuse LSD today is far less than in the 1960s and 1970s and one factor limiting higher LSD use is a lack of availability.METHODOLOGYThe instrument used for data collection was Google FormsTM. The instant addition of responses to the data set makes this tool appealing for research purposes. Additionally, the respondents involved in the study has been regularly using Google FormsTM, and it was therefore considered the most appropriate method for data collection. The results of the survey was statistically analyzed. Within the various areas the group of students from medical, biology, nursing, engineering, architecture, psychology, and other undergraduate areas, were chosen because their experience using these tools.RESULTSData obtained showed that in a sample of 907 students, 71 (7.82%) students have used LSD, and 42 (59.15%) of these also used ecstasy, but 40 (56.33%) in this group used alcohol with LSD or ecstasy in their experiences. The undergraduate areas that consumed the most, is health (medical students), 29 (40.84%) for LSD and 46 (64.78%) for ecstasy. The undergraduate areas that consumed less than others is biology, 4 (5,6%) for LSD and only one (1,4%) for ecstasy.CONCLUSIONSIn fact, medical students have a high incidence of LSD and ecstasy use with or without alcohol. It's surprising because they supposedly know the damages of this practice, more than the students of other areas. This work was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration. CAAE(Br)67881517.1.0000.5511. All participants had full understanding and signed informed consent document.This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal.