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(i) Psychedelic drugs are known as 'vision producing drugs'. Explain.

(ii) Write the name of two such vision producing drugs and also mention the source from which they are obtained.

Answer:

(i) Psychedelic drugs or hallucinogens can change one's behaviour, thoughts, feeling and perceptions without any actual sensory stimulus. These usually produce a dream like state with the disorientation and loss of contact with reality without any true stimulus. These are also called 'vision producing drugs' as they produce false imaginations by affecting cerebrum and sense organs.

(ii) Two such vision producing drugs and their source are as follows

(a) LSD (Lysergic acid Diethylamide) It is obtained from Claviceps purpurea.

(b) Ganja It is obtained from Cannabis sativa.