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How LSD Works

Stuff You Should Know

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The Effects of Acid on the Brain

In the sixties you would always hear a lot about the ego and the sense of self. Now we have brain scans of it that seem to support everything everyone has always said. There's no mechanism where there's like your body stores some acid for later and you start to trip again suddenly. Chana: I did a little more research apparently this persistent perceptive disorder is linked to LSD, but even then’s still not due to a mental illness.

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