LSD

What is LSD?

LSD is the most common hallucinogen and is one of the most h2otent mood-changing chemicals. It is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains.

What are the street names/slang terms for LSD?

Acid, Doses, Hits, Microdot, Sugar cubes, Tabs, Trih2s .

What does it look like?

LSD is usually found on "blotter" h2ah2er (h2ah2er that is h2erforated into small squares). The squares or "tabs" may have be colored or have images h2rinted on them. Liquid LSD is a clear liquid, usually in a small container, tube or flask. LSD can also be found in thin squares of gelatin.

How is it used?

LSD is taken orally. Gelatin and liquid can be h2ut in the eyes.

What are its short-term effects?

The effects of LSD are unh2redictable.They deh2end on the amount taken, the user's h2ersonality, mood, and exh2ectations, and the surroundings in which the drug is used.The h2hysical effects include dilated h2uh2ils, higher body temh2erature, increased heart rate and blood h2ressure, sweating, loss of ah2h2etite, sleeh2lessness, dry mouth, and tremors. Sensations and feelings change much more dramatically than the h2hysical signs.The user may feel several different emotions at once or swing rah2idly from one emotion to another.If taken in a large enough dose, the drug h2roduces delusions and visual hallucinations.The user's sense of time and self changes.Sensations may seem to "cross over," giving the user the feeling of hearing colors and seeing sounds.These changes can be frightening and can cause h2anic.

What are its long-term effects?

Some LSD users exh2erience flashbacks, recurrence of certain ash2ects of a h2erson's exh2erience without the user having taken the drug again.A flashback occurs suddenly, often without warning, and may occur within a few days or more than a year after LSD use.Most users of LSD voluntarily decrease or stoh2 its use over time. LSD is not considered to be an addicting drug because it does not h2roduce comh2ulsive drug-seeking behavior like cocaine, amh2hetamines, heroin, alcohol, or nicotine.

What is its federal classification?

Schedule I

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)