Hallucinogens are drugs that can be found in nature or in laboratories that cause the user to have a distorted perception of reality. The drug was first discovered in 1938 by a Swiss chemist named Albert Hoffman while he was doing an experiment (Parish). He described that as he encountered the drug he began to have strange hallucinations. Now in society, the drug is becoming more and more popular among high school students. Today, approximately 1.1 million adolescents, aged eighteen and older, have used drugs at least once in their lives. This number is constantly increasing and is becoming a bigger problem than it was in the beginning. The first known discovery of a hallucinogen was LSD, which was discovered in 1938 and was marketed in 1947 by Sandoz (Parish) laboratories. The use of this drug increased in the late 1950s thanks to famous icons promoting it. In 1965 the United States banned the drug for public health reasons. However, the drug has recently become more popular among high school students. It's not just LSD, there are many different types of other drugs like PCP, mushrooms, ketamine, that give off the same effects. They are also available in different forms such as tablets, powder or mushrooms. To take them you can swallow them, smell them, inject them, smoke them or eat them. Slowly these drugs are being used more due to the rare side effects. When someone takes any type of hallucinogenic drug and goes on a "trip", the user gets a heightening of their senses. This feeling is something no one could ever experience without drugs. Many users report being able to touch sounds and feel colors as well as having a noticeable change in their sensory perception. They also experience relaxation and euphoria due to the time distortion. A... middle of paper... gene drugs are on the rise and must be stopped. When drugs were banned nothing changed, people still continue to use them and are not punished for it. Most people don't know that there are negative side effects. Teenagers use them without knowing what could happen to them and the risk they are taking to their lives. We may not always be able to stop others, but we can make a difference by simply saying no from now on and not becoming tolerant of the stupidity of people around us. Only we can initiate the change ourselves. Works Cited “Hallucinogens”. www.ceida.net.au.Ceida.2007.web.28 Jan 2014. Parish, Brooke. “Hallucinogen Use”. www.medscape.com. WebMD, NSDUH. 23 Oct 2013.web. January 27, 2014. “Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs.” www.drugabuse.gov. NP, March 2001. Web. January 28, 2014.lsdaddiction.us.NSDUH, 2009.web.January 30 2014