LSD/Acid

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• Other Names
• How's it taken?
• Effects
• Legal Status

Related links

• Government drugs website

Summary

• Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is an hallucinogenic drug.
• It comes from 'ergot', a fungus that grows wild on rye and other grasses.
• LSD usually comes in quarter inch squares of paper, often with a picture on one side
• Sometimes LSD is dropped on to sugar cubes or made into tablets or small capsules.

Other names include

• Acid, trips, tabs, blotters, microdots, dots
• Chemical name - Lysergic acid diethylamide

How is it taken?

• The squares of paper, sugar cubes, tablets or capsules are swallowed

Effects

• Effects are known as a 'trip' and can last for up to 8 to 12 hours
• Users will experience their surroundings in a very different way
• Sense of movement and time may speed up or slow down
• Objects, colours and sounds may be distorted
• The effects depend on the user's mood, where they are and who they're with and may be different every time
• Users experience trips differently every time
• Once a trip starts, there's no way of stopping it; it helps to be in a safe, calm environment with someone you trust
• A bad trip can be terrifying. Users may feel very threatened and can even forget that the drug is responsible
• 'Flashbacks' may be experienced where parts of a trip are re-lived some time after the event
• LSD may complicate mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia but also can bring on mental health problems
• Feeling paranoid or out of control can leave users shaken for a long time after using LSD
• Accidents may happen while users are hallucinating

Legal status

• LSD is a class A drug
• Possession - 7 years prison and/or a fine
• Possession with intent to supply, or supply - life imprisonment and/or a fine