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Article: The LSD story. (psychoactive drug)(Drugs)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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"We would take LSD on a Friday or Saturday night up in our shared bedroom. It would keep us up all night. We couldn't sleep. We'd still be up at 10 the next morning." Duane B. and his brother TJ (not their real names) took LSD a number of times during their high school years. This is Duane's story.
"First I'd feel like I had a bunch of electricity coursing through my body. I'd feel like I had an exoskeleton. Insects have exoskeletons. Sometimes I'd take a flashlight and wave it around in the air so I could see light trails. They're like afterimages. When I'd close my eyes, I'd see a kaleidoscope of colors and vivid effects.
"As my acid trip (LSD ...