Re: MAPS: clear ups

[Bob Wallace <bobw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Easson, Jeffery wrote:
> it was stated in a past posting that drinking a judicious amount of 
>water when using ecstasy is needed.  is too much or too little water 
>dangerous?  why is water important?

MDMA affects one's body temperature regulating mechanism; 
overheating is very possible, especially when actively dancing. 
Drinking a reasonable amount of water is useful for cooling off, 
both directly, and indirectly by sweating. Animal studies have 
also shown neurotoxic effects are more likely at higher body 
temperatures. 

However, it is possible to drink too much water. One British young 
woman, reading that drinking a lot of water is important for MDMA, 
took some MDMA (but in a quiet setting, not dancing) and drank 
so much water she died! So when taking MDMA, especially in a 
quiet setting, a little water is OK but don't overdo it. 

>another question is with lsd.  i've heard it can be psychologically 
>lethal.  is this just a nice way of saying people who can't handle 
>it will go loopy (or do something that's dangerous to themselves or 
>others; not a danger related to lsd  itself but the actions of 
>the user while under lsd's influence)?  

Nobody has died directly from the psychological effects of LSD. 

Very rarely, someone might harm themselves or others; or, the 
effects are so traumatic psychologically that someone predisposed 
to schizophrenia could be pushed into a psychosis. The same can 
happen to such a person from any psychological trauma (bad car 
accident, death of one's parents or a lover, flunking out, etc.) 
Schizophrenia typically starts to show itself in one's early 20's, 
which is also the typical time to start experimenting with the 
psychedelics. 


- Bob Wallace (just my opinion);  bobw@xxxxxxxxxxx

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