VISUAL DISTURBANCES EXPERIENCED BY HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG ABUSERS WHILE DRIVING

PROLONGED AFTERIMAGES, VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS, AND ALTERNATIONS OF COGNITION AND JUDGMENT ARE THREE OF THE MANY ACUTE EFFECTS OF HALLUCINOGENS. THIS PAPER REPORTS THREE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EPISODES OF VISUAL DISTURBANCES THAT OCCURRED IN HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG ABUSERS WHILE DRIVING. EACH PERSON ACTED ON HIS PERCEPTIONS, AND ONLY AFTER HE HAD CHANGED THE COURSE OF HIS AUTOMOBILE DID HE REALIZE THAT WHAT HE HAS SEEN WAS UNREAL. EACH PERSON WAS SURE THAT HE WAS IN AN UNDRUGGED CONDITION AT THE TIME. THE USE OF LSD AND OTHER HALLUCINOGENS MAY BE INTRODUCING A NEW DRIVING HAZARD THROUGH THEIR ABILITY TO CAUSE VISUAL DISTURBANCES AND SPONTANEOUS RECURRENCES OF ACUTE EFFECTS. /HSL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Psychiatric Association

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  Washington, DC  United States  20009
• Authors:
  • Woody, G E
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 683-6
• Serial:
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Volume: 127
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Psychiatric Association
  • ISSN: 0002-953X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Mental disorders; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Visual perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Hallucinations
• Old TRIS Terms: Lsd /lyserg saure diethyamid/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223824
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 17 1972 12:00AM