Brief Description
Hallucinogens are a diverse group of drugs that alter perception (awareness of surrounding objects and conditions), thoughts, and feelings. They cause hallucinations, or sensations and images that seem real though they are not. Hallucinogens can be found in some plants and mushrooms (or their extracts) or can be human-made. People have used hallucinogens for centuries, mostly for religious rituals. Common hallucinogens include the following: ayahuasca, DMT, D-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), peyote (mescaline), and 4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (psilocybin). Learn more
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Drug | Time Period | 8th Graders | 10th Graders | 12th Graders |
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Hallucinogens | Lifetime | 1.90 | 4.40 | 6.70 |
Past Year | 1.20 | 2.90 | 4.30 | |
Past Month | 0.60 | 0.90 | 1.40 | |
LSD | Lifetime | 1.20 | 3.20 | 4.90 |
Past Year | 0.80 | 2.10 | 3.00 | |
Past Month | 0.40 | 0.70 | 1.00 | |
Ketamine | Past Year | - | - | 1.20 |
PCP | Lifetime | - | - | - |
Past Year | - | - | 1.30 | |
Past Month | - | - | - | |
Salvia | Past Year | 0.90 | 0.90 | 1.80 |
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Drug | Time Period | Ages 12 or Older | Ages 12 to 17 | Ages 18 to 25 | Ages 26 or Older |
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Hallucinogens | Lifetime | 15.30 | 3.10 | 18.60 | 16.20 |
Past Year | 1.80 | 2.10 | 7.00 | 0.80 | |
Past Month | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.80 | 0.20 | |
LSD | Lifetime | 9.50 | 1.30 | 7.70 | 10.70 |
Past Year | 0.60 | 1.00 | 2.80 | 0.10 | |
Past Month | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.00 | |
PCP | Lifetime | 2.40 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 2.90 |
Past Year | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |
Past Month | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs
Offers the latest research findings on hallucinogens and dissociative drugs, describing what they are, how they are abused, and basic facts about different drugs within this classification of drugs.