LSD
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
What is it? (History of Drug)
Albert Hofmann, a chemist working for Sandoz Pharmaceutical, synthesized1 LSD for the first time in 1938, in Basel, Switzerland, while looking for a blood stimulant. However, its hallucinogenic effects were unknown until 1943 when Hofmann accidentally consumed some LSD.
How is the drug used?
LSD is usually taken by ingesting small tabs of paper (frequently placed under the tongue) which have been soaked in the liquid form of the drug then dried. In rare cases it is taken in a liquid, gelatin, or tablet form.
Short Term Effects (List 3)
Increased heart rate
Heart failure
Confusion
Long Term Effects (List 3)
Flashbacks may be set off by using other drugs or by physical exercise
Possible severe mental disturbances
Flashbacks may be pleasant or a living nightmareList 4 Important Facts/ Statistics about the drug
LSD is a psychoactive hallucinogenic drug
It comes in a variety of forms, but is most commonly sold in the form of blotter papers, which are small paper squares that have been dipped in LSD.
SD is sold under more than 80 street names
The drug also can be found in several others forms--including a powder or crystal, liquid, gelatin squares, laced on a sugar cube and capsules, or as a small pill (not common).
Liquid
This type of LSD is put into a needle. And injected into you.
Sugar Cube
The LSD is injected into the sugar cubes and eaten.
Powder
This type of LSD is put into food and eaten.