Hi,
I was wondering if anybody would be able to share their experiences in using legal and illegal drugs and their short and long term effects on lucid dreaming.

About a year ago I went on an all-out drug binge (btw, this is a very stupid idea for anybody interested), I ended up experementing with various types of magic mushrooms (legal and illegal), Salvia Divinorum and LSD. Up until then I was only having very short, infrequent lucid dreams, usually just noticing that I was dreaming then waking up. During my period of 'drug abuse ' I had quite a few fantastic lucid experiences, everything from flying (LSD), my bedroom changing colors & turning into a jungle (Salvia & Mushrooms), and closing my eyes & seeing very realistic people walking past.

Even though it's been about a year since then, I find it fairly easily to induce weak hallucinations - for example, when I'm going to sleep I see pictures, people & objects in different situations just by closing my eyes, or even if it's just really dark & my eyes are open. Another side to this is that I seem to be having more frequent lucid dreams, varying in length from less than a minute upto what seems like half an hour, but I'm never in control of them.

I'm not entirely sure if a lot of these are lucid dreams, or just a sign of severe mental instability , but I usually have fairly vivid visions when I close my eyes & drift off to sleep from whatever I've been doing before I went to bed. (If i've been playing computer games, i'll usually re-enact some part of that game, or if i've been making love with my partner i'll probably go on and have some pretty raunchy visions).

Compared to other peoples (e.g. you) experiences, do you notice similarities between my experiences and your own? Or if you have 'experemented' with similar substances a year or more ago, have you noticed them to effect your experiences of lucidity?

Much appreciated.
(Although my nickname is DrSpliff, I'm not an active user of cannabis, and haven't been for some time now)