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Cuomo, Michael J.-Dyment, Paul G.-et al, Increasing use of `Ecstasy' (MDMA) and other hallucinogens on a college campus., Journal of American College Health, 1 May 1994.
LSD is synthesized from the alkaloid found in the rye fungus, ergot (Claviceps purpurea). It is the most powerful of the known hallucinogens. LSD, which was synthesized in 1938, is taken orally and can produce significant changes in perception, mood, and thought. The changes include visual hallucinations and distortions. Cases of suicide during or following LSD intoxication have occurred occasionally, as have accidental (sometimes bizarre) fatalities, homicides, and self-mutilations.[11] LSD had been used medically almost exclusively as an investigational drug in psychotherapy and in the treatment of alcoholism.
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You are probably recalling the story of St. Vitus’ dance which is often attributed to bad rye bread.
That disease called Sydenham’s Chorea, is linked primarily to acute rheumatic fever rather than bad rye. The tiny motor centers in the forepart of the brain (basal ganglia) get stimulated with this disease, causing convulsive movements.
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