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PERSISTENT HALLUCINOSIS FOLLOWING REPEATED ADMINISTRATION OF HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.238

The use of hallucinogenic drugs carries a danger which is not sufficiently recognized, namely that of prolonged adverse reactions. Among these reactions is a chronic hallucinatory state or hallucinosis which is occasionally seen after repeated drug administrations. Several characteristic cases have been reported in the literature and a further case is added here.

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