LSD
What is LSD?
LSD stands for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, and is also known as
Acid. It is derived from ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and
other grasses. It is usually seen in the form of tabs, small
squares of paper impregnated with LSD with a printed image on.
Occasionally microdots are available which are very small tablets
containing LSD.
How is it used?
The most common way to use LSD is to allow the tab to dissolve
under the tongue. Tablets can be swallowed.
What are the effects?
The effects of LSD begin about half an hour to one hour after
taking and can last up to 12 hours. How a person feels when they
take the drug can influence the experience they have. Your mood
and environment can impact on the experience. An unpleasant
experience seems more common when individuals feel emotions
such as anxiety, nervousness and depression before taking LSD.
The experience can involve shapes becoming distorted, stationary
objects moving, colours intensifying and distortions of hearing can
also occur. Users often report a heightened self-awareness and
talk of having a mystical experience. Feelings of dissociation from
the body (feeling that you are outside or separate from your
body) are also commonly reported.
It is possible when using LSD to have both good and bad trips,
even within the same trip. Something may occur during the
trip to cause anxiety to an individual and then what had
previously been a good trip could become a bad trip.
Some users experience flashbacks, short vivid re-experiences
of part of a previous trip. These can leave the individual
feeling disoriented, anxious and distressed, but are rarely
dangerous.
There are no known physical health problems associated with
LSD use, although there is some evidence to suggest that LSD
can trigger underlying mental health problems and produce
delusions, paranoia and schizophrenia-like states.
Physical dependence is not a feature of LSD use but tolerance
rapidly develops, so after three or four days’ use LSD would
have no effect.
Legal Status
LSD is a Class A drug.
The maximum penalty for possessing a Class A drug is 7 years
in prison and/or unlimited fine.
The maximum penalty for supplying a Class A drug is life
imprisonment and/or unlimited fine.
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