Hallucinogens or Humans—Which Control?

The Aztecs of Mexico found the psilocybin contained in certain mushrooms so powerful that they thought of the mushrooms as the flesh of their gods. Today, users and pushers have attached nicknames to commonly distributed hallucinogens. Some drugs/substances and their street names include the following:

• Ketamine is called special K, vitamin K, cat valium, and jet.
• LSD is called acid, blotter, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, dots, mellow yellow, and contact lens. An “acid head” is a regular user of LSD. The letters “LSD” inspired the title of the Beatles' hit song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
• Marijuana has been called many things, including pot, grass, and weed; a marijuana cigarette is a joint.
• MDMA may be called ecstasy, disco biscuit, beans, M&M, go, clarity, the love drug, and the hug drug. It's also called XTC and simply X. “X-ing” refers to using ecstasy.
• PCP (phencyclidine) is called angel dust, tic tac, rocket fuel, boat, hog, wack, and zoom.
• Peyote (mescaline) is called buttons, shaman, half moon, and cactus head.
• Psilocybin is called magic mushrooms, shrooms, musk, and divine flesh.