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<b>"acidhead"</b> is a word, often derogatory, for someone who actually manages to abuse** the substance [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD Lysergic Acid Diethylamide] (lsd-25).

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD LSD] or "Acid", it should be noted, is hard to abuse in the familiar fashion of substances like alcohol or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiates opiates]. In large doses one often experiences "blinding truths", revelations or epiphany which can result in the individual either scaring <i>themselves</i> into never taking it again, taking it only when they seek particular resolution or after finding resolution to questions posed in a previous experience. it is this characteristic which gave it successful trials as a tool in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotherapy psychotherapy].

An acidhead will often appear to the casual, uninitiated observer as incommunicado in the normal sense. Acidheads require a certain amount of understanding or compassion to be understood. Acidheads tend to stick together in small groups or grubby share houses and find insight in the most benign material such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%28film%29 Fantasia] (the original19 40 version), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_In_Wonderland Alice In Wonderland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_movie Madagascar], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletubbies teletubbies] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boobah boobah].

(Feel free to add to the list of potentially insightful and benign material :)


**adversely affect themselves with excessive and repeated doses.