LSD
What is it?
LSD, or (lysergic acid diethylamide), is a psychedelic drug from a chemical in fungus. It is best known for its use during the 1960s, and while it was banned is was given a bad name. In 1938, a scientist named Albert Hofmann broke down LSD in his laboratory and he unexpectedly discovered its hallucinogenic effects in 1943 when a tiny amount came in contact with his skin.
LSD is an extremely powerful hallucinogen and has therapeutic use, spiritual and cultural potential, just like other LSD drugs like DMT or Magic Mushrooms.
Albert Hofmann explained his first encounter with LSD, “Last Friday, April 16, 1943, I was forced to interrupt my work in the laboratory in the middle of the afternoon and proceed home, being affected by a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness. At home, I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination. In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with an intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors. After some two hours, this condition faded away.”
Hoffman had just experienced the world’s first LSD trip.
Later on, in the 1950s new research expanded outside of mental illness into assisting psychotherapeutic pursuits. Psychedelic therapy using hallucinogenic drugs to facilitate therapy became increasingly valuable.
Is LSD Toxic?
Numerous studies have found no evidence of chromosomal damage or developmental defects in humans. There have been no documented deaths from LSD overdoses in humans.
Effects?
Some physical effects include:
Numbness
Weakness
Nausea
Hypothermia
Elevated Blood Sugar
Heart rate increase
Also, LSD can affect your sleep cycle and reflexes tested at the doctor like your kneecaps and walking. Although scientific research on LSD due to its prohibition as a Schedule 1 drug, much of the research carried out in the 50s and 60s showed no long-term damage to the brain or any long term effects.
Therapeutic use
Therapists who used LSD and other psychedelics in their practice noted that one of its greatest advantages was that it allowed the patient to explore their unconscious drives and motives while their ego was left intact or their adult ego was left intact.
Further public studies have found:
Data collected in 2010 for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimated that between 22 and 25 million people in the US have used LSD at some point in their lifetime. The highest usage rates reported were among 30 to 34-year-olds and about 20% of people in this age group are estimated to have used it at some point in their lives. An estimated 15–18% of people ages 21–64 had used it at some point in their lifetimes.
The more recent 2015 NSDUH survey showed that LSD was used by about 287,000 people 12 years of age and older within the past month in the US. It’s crazy to read some 12-year-olds take crazy min altering drugs.
Quote from Steve Jobs
“TAKING LSD WAS A PROFOUND EXPERIENCE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE. LSD SHOWS YOU THAT THERE’S ANOTHER SIDE TO THE COIN, AND YOU CAN’T REMEMBER IT WHEN IT WEARS OFF, BUT YOU KNOW IT. IT REINFORCED MY SENSE OF WHAT WAS IMPORTANT — CREATING GREAT THINGS INSTEAD OF MAKING MONEY, PUTTING THINGS BACK INTO THE STREAM OF HISTORY AND OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AS MUCH AS I COULD.”
Many we’ll know people have tried LSD and have reported there is a different side to everything then under the influence of LSD.
A recent review of 25 years of research (1990–2015) on LSD, as well as psilocybin and ayahuasca, found that results consistently suggested therapeutic uses for hallucinogens in treating anxiety disorders, depression, and addictive disorders which is the same with shrooms. They both can have positive effects.
