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'''Acidhead''' is a word, often derogatory, for someone who regularly uses the substance [[Lysergic Acid Diethylamide]], which to many is known as '''[[LSD]]''' or '''acid'''.

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, is a drug which some consider hard to [[Drug abuse|abuse]], claiming that it is difficult to use in the same manner as in the familiar substances of abuses of such as [[alcohol]] or [[opiate|opiates]].  In large doBecause of its rapid onsest of the drug the user can experience what some refer to as, "great insights", "blinding truths", "revelations" or "epiphany", which can result in several different courses.  The user can scare themselves into never taking it again, into taking it only when they seek particular resolution or insight into an issue, or after finding resolution to questions posed in a previous experience. [[Drug tolerance|tolerance]] it is virtually impossible to use on an every day basis. 

In large doses the user can experience what some refer to as, "great insights", "blinding truths", "revelations" or "epiphanys." It is this characteristic which gave the drug successes in it's trials as a tool in [[psychotherapy]].

An acidhead will oftensometimes appear to be unable to interact with their surroundings because of the [[Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants|psychedelic and hallucinogenic]] effect of the drug, which leaves the users in a delusional state unable to disearn reality from the "trip" in their mind.  

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