LSD Addiction

LSD addiction is largely psychologically addictive. It is not considered to be a physically addictive drug as it doesn’t create the same compulsive drug seeking behaviours as do heroin, gambling and alcohol etc. Tollerence for LSD increases and decreases rapidly leaving it ineffective to take the same dose the day after.

LSD Pharmaceutical Name:

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

LSD Street Names:

Acid, blotter, trips, cheer, sids sid, dots, drop, flash, hawk, L, lightening flash, liquid acid, Lucy, flints, microdots, paper mushrooms, rainbows, similes, stars, tab, tripper, window. Sometimes LSD is known by the pictures on them e.g. Simpsons and Strawberries etc.

LSD Forms:

LSD is a member of the Tryptamine group of drugs, like magic mushrooms. It is available in tablets, capsules, liquid, blotting paper and in small pellets known as microdots / flints, because of their lighter flint appearance. The most common form is blotting paper.

LSD Doses:

A typical Acid Tab typically holds 20 – 80 micrograms; today these doses are lower than in the 60’s when the street versions would hold between 100 – 200 micrograms.

LSD History:

LSD was first synthesised by Dr Albert Hofmann in 1938 but it wasn’t until 1943 that the doctor accidentally discovered its mind altering properties. Alarmed at what he had discovered and fearful of his sanity, Dr Albert Hofmann called for his physician. On arrival his physician could find nothing wrong with him other than dilated pupils. During Doctor Hofmann’s ‘acid trip’ he experienced hallucinations, bright colours and upon awakening heightened senses for the course of the day. In 1948 LSD was used by psychiatrists to better understand the effects of schizophrenia.

LSD Side Effects:

Dilated pupils, higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors, delusions, hallucinations, mood swings, flashbacks.

LSD Overdose:

The amount of LSD required to overdose is thought to be 200 micrograms of LSD to 1mg of human body fat. There has been one recorded death to LSD, this was in the state of Kentucky, USA, in 1975. The individual injected 320,000 micrograms of LSD and died.

LSD Withdrawals:

No withdrawal symptoms have been reported from LSD. However, adverse symptoms have been recorded when the drug starts to wear off after having a bad experience from taking LSD. A bad LSD experience in known as a ‘Bad Trip’.