Illicit Drugs: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Lsd, Haloperidol, Tetrahydrocannabinol, Phencyclidine, Pcp mnemonic

Illicit Drugs

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) [dropping acid in the eye]
- Acts on serotonin pathways [zero tanning]
- Induces psychosis and hallucinations [psychedelic colors]
- Effects can be reversed with haloperidol [halo peri denture]
- Dilates pupils
- Causes piloerection [standing hair]
- Hypertension [letting off steam from high BP indicator]
Tetrahydrocannabinol (marijuana) [4 hydra cannibal]
- Reddened conjunctiva [blood-shot eyes]
- Mellow mood
- Antiemetic [valves in esophagus preventing vomiting]
- Hypotension with reflex tachycardia [heart running away with low BP indicator]
Phencyclidine (PCP) [fan cycle dine]
- Also known as "Angel Dust" [Angel dropping dust]
- Inhibits the recycling of norepinephrine into dopamine [red bars preventing cycling of rhino to dope-mine]
- Produces belligerent behavior
- anaesthetic effect: person is awake but unaware of the pain [smiling face despite a scalpel cutting into desensitized legs]