Which of the following drug is a hallucinogen: September 2011
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. C: Cocaine The complications of chronic cocaine use include acute anxiety reaction, uncontrolled compulsive behaviour, psychotic episodes (with persecutory delusions, and tactile and other hallucinations), delirium and delusional disorder. Hallucination: It is a disorder of perception (false perception without external stimulus) It is viewed as sensory perceptions and occurs in inner subjective space Not dependent on the will of the observer Formed visual hallucinations are seen in: Temporal lobe lesion