>>>> In article<20001114215445.03892.00000240@ng-ch1.aol.com>, Psych News:
>>>> >http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/24/science/24CASE.html SSRI =
>>>> >selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. A drug that inhibits the
>>>> >brain from reabsorbing the neurotransmitter serotonin. E.g.,
>>>> >Prozac, Zoloft, etc.
>>>> >"Excitedly leafing through the literature on LSD, I learned that the
>>>> >hallucinogen not only increases serotonin levels in the brain,
>>>Dave Bird wrote:
>>>> ?????????
>>>> The immediate effect of LSD is to drastically r e d u c e
>>>> levels of serotonin.
>> On 12 Dec 2000 06:17:36 GMT, psychnews2000@aol.comStopSpam (Psych News) wrote:
>>>Oh. I didn't know I was talking to an expert.
> In article<919of901213@drn.newsguy.com>, Marc Taylor writes:
>>Psych News, I believe Dave Bird is an "independent researcher" and is speaking
>>with the authority of a clinician of recreational drugs.
In article<0Wf$QOAnWRO6Ew3C@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird writes:

> Instead of fuckwitted personal remarks, I suggest you consult a
> textbook for an accurate answer. Oh, I forgot: you're a $cientologist.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, K to M ================================ LSD. Abbreviation of LYSERGIC ACID DI-ETHYLAMIDE, also called Lysergide: potent synthetic hallucinogenic drug that can be derived from the ergot alkaloids (as ergotamine and ergonovine, principal constituents of ergot, the grain deformity and toxic infectant of flour caused by the fungus of grasses, Claviceps purpurea), LSD usually is prepared in the laboratory by chemical synthesis.

Its basic chemical structure is similar to that of the ergot alkaloids. LSD is related structurally to several other drugs (e.g. bufotenine, psylocybin, harmine, and ibogaine); all can block the action of serotonin, the indole amine neurotransmitter...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ marked deviations from normal behaviour which are probably consequences of its ability to antagonise serotonin....

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