Hallucinogen drugs are substances that distort the perceptual of objective reality.

The risks associated include increased heart rate and blood pressure, sleepiness and tremors, lack of muscle coordination, incoherent speech, decreased awareness of touch and pain, coma heart and lung failure, and eve n death.

The risks associated sense of distance and estrangement, depression, anxiety, paranoia, violent behaviors, confusion, suspicion, loss of control, flashbacks, psychosis, lethargic and disoriented (as in a catatonic state).

The effects of PCP begin in 2 to 5 minutes, peak in 20 minutes and may last 6 hours.

The effects of LSD usually take about 30 to 90 minutes after taking it and can last up to a total of 12 hours. Mescaline can take up to 60 minutes to effect someone and will last up to 12 hours. Mushrooms begin to effect people within 15 minutes and may last up to 9 hours.

PCP is taken orally, injected, and even smoked. LSD is taken orally, licked off paper, gelatin or liquid form, and even can be placed in the eyes. Mescaline and Peyote are chewed, swallowed, smoked. Can be found in tablets or capsules and then taken orally. Mushrooms are chewed and then swallowed.

PCP can be in liquid form, white crystalline powder, pills or capsules. LSD is found in colored tablets, blotter paper, clear liquid, and thin squares of gelatin. Mescaline or Peyote is hard dark brown discs, tablets, or capsules. Mushrooms are either fresh or dried.