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Lsd

The book I chose is titled, "The LSD Controversy." The author is Maurice S. Trashes, Ph.D. The call number is 615.78 and I read pages 1-50.
The first section of the book I read about deals with terminology. The other section I read about involves the general chemical characteristics of LSD. LSD's complete name is D-lysergic acid diethylamide tartrate. Its abbreviation comes from the German Lyserg Säure Diethylamid. The author goes on to define numerous terms for LSD such as hallucinogen, illusinogen, and fantastica. He then attempts to find the proper term for it. He believes that the term hallucinogen is inappropriate because real hallucinations are very rare. Although it is very widely used, he prefers illusinogen because according to S. Cohen, "hallucinations" are actually illusion.
As for the general characteristics of LSD, the author asks the question, "What is LSD?" From a chemical standpoint, LSD is a semisynthetic diethylamide that is prepared from lysergic......


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